diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index 0aa71ff43b..c3f5632a24 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
       "header": "Statistics"
     },
     "login": "Log In",
-    "logout": "Log Out"
+    "logout": "Log Out",
+    "language": "Language switch",
+    "search": "Search"
   },
   "pagination": {
     "results-per-page": "Results Per Page",
@@ -210,52 +212,84 @@
           "no-items": "No bitstream formats to show."
         }
       }
+    }
+  },
+  "menu": {
+    "header": {
+      "admin": "Admin",
+      "image": {
+        "logo": "Repository logo"
+      }
     },
-    "sidebar": {
-      "section": {
+    "section": {
+      "pin": "Pin sidebar",
+      "unpin": "Unpin sidebar",
+      "new": "New",
+      "new_community": "Community",
+      "new_collection": "Collection",
+      "new_item": "Item",
+      "new_item_version": "Item Version",
+      "edit": "Edit",
+      "edit_community": "Community",
+      "edit_collection": "Collection",
+      "edit_item": "Item",
+      "import": "Import",
+      "import_metadata": "Metadata",
+      "import_batch": "Batch Import (ZIP)",
+      "export": "Export",
+      "export_community": "Community",
+      "export_collection": "Collection",
+      "export_item": "Item",
+      "export_metadata": "Metadata",
+      "access_control": "Access Control",
+      "access_control_people": "People",
+      "access_control_groups": "Groups",
+      "access_control_authorizations": "Authorizations",
+      "find": "Find",
+      "find_items": "Items",
+      "find_withdrawn_items": "Withdrawn Items",
+      "find_private_items": "Private Items",
+      "registries": "Registries",
+      "registries_metadata": "Metadata",
+      "registries_format": "Format",
+      "curation_task": "Curation Task",
+      "statistics_task": "Statistics Task",
+      "control_panel": "Control Panel",
+      "browse_global": "All of DSpace",
+      "browse_global_communities_and_collections": "Communities & Collections",
+      "browse_global_by_issue_date": "By Issue Date",
+      "browse_global_by_author": "By Author",
+      "browse_global_by_title": "By Title",
+      "statistics": "Statistics",
+      "browse_community": "This Community",
+      "browse_community_by_issue_date": "By Issue Date",
+      "browse_community_by_author": "By Author",
+      "browse_community_by_title": "By Title",
+      "icon": {
         "pin": "Pin sidebar",
         "unpin": "Unpin sidebar",
-        "new": "New",
-        "new_community": "Community",
-        "new_collection": "Collection",
-        "new_item": "Item",
-        "new_item_version": "Item Version",
-        "edit": "Edit",
-        "edit_community": "Community",
-        "edit_collection": "Collection",
-        "edit_item": "Item",
-        "import": "Import",
-        "import_metadata": "Metadata",
-        "import_batch": "Batch Import (ZIP)",
-        "export": "Export",
-        "export_community": "Community",
-        "export_collection": "Collection",
-        "export_item": "Item",
-        "export_metadata": "Metadata",
-        "access_control": "Access Control",
-        "access_control_people": "People",
-        "access_control_groups": "Groups",
-        "access_control_authorizations": "Authorizations",
-        "find": "Find",
-        "find_items": "Items",
-        "find_withdrawn_items": "Withdrawn Items",
-        "find_private_items": "Private Items",
-        "registries": "Registries",
-        "registries_metadata": "Metadata",
-        "registries_format": "Format",
-        "curation_task": "Curation Task",
-        "statistics_task": "Statistics Task",
-        "control_panel": "Control Panel",
-        "browse_global": "All of DSpace",
-        "browse_global_communities_and_collections": "Communities & Collections",
-        "browse_global_by_issue_date": "By Issue Date",
-        "browse_global_by_author": "By Author",
-        "browse_global_by_title": "By Title",
-        "statistics": "Statistics",
-        "browse_community": "This Community",
-        "browse_community_by_issue_date": "By Issue Date",
-        "browse_community_by_author": "By Author",
-        "browse_community_by_title": "By Title"
+        "new": "New menu section",
+        "edit": "Edit menu section",
+        "import": "Import menu section",
+        "export": "Export menu section",
+        "access_control": "Access Control menu section",
+        "find": "Find menu section",
+        "registries": "Registries menu section",
+        "curation_task": "Curation Task menu section",
+        "statistics_task": "Statistics Task menu section",
+        "control_panel": "Control Panel menu section"
+      },
+      "toggle": {
+        "new": "Toggle New section",
+        "edit": "Toggle Edit section",
+        "import": "Toggle Import section",
+        "export": "Toggle Export section",
+        "access_control": "Toggle Access Control section",
+        "find": "Toggle Find section",
+        "registries": "Toggle Registries section",
+        "curation_task": "Toggle Curation Task section",
+        "statistics_task": "Toggle Statistics Task section",
+        "control_panel": "Toggle Control Panel section"
       }
     }
   },
@@ -329,5 +363,8 @@
     "errors": {
       "invalid-user": "Invalid email address or password."
     }
+  },
+  "chips": {
+    "remove": "Remove chip"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.html b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.html
index e5fb846d2f..fc9e707bcd 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.html
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
             <li class="admin-menu-header sidebar-section">
                 <a class="shortcut-icon navbar-brand mr-0" href="#">
                 <span class="logo-wrapper">
-                    <img class="admin-logo" src="assets/images/dspace-logo-mini.svg">
+                    <img class="admin-logo" src="assets/images/dspace-logo-mini.svg"
+                         [alt]="('menu.header.image.logo') | translate">
                 </span>
                 </a>
                 <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
                     <a class="navbar-brand mr-0" href="#">
-                        <h4 class="section-header-text mb-0">Admin</h4>
+                        <h4 class="section-header-text mb-0">{{'menu.header.admin' |
+                            translate}}</h4>
                     </a>
                 </div>
             </li>
@@ -32,15 +34,17 @@
             <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon"
                href="#"
                (click)="toggle($event)">
-                <i class="fas fa-fw"
-                   [ngClass]="{'fa-angle-double-right': (menuCollapsed | async), 'fa-angle-double-left': !(menuCollapsed | async)}"></i>
+                <i *ngIf="(menuCollapsed | async)" class="fas fa-fw fa-angle-double-right"
+                   [title]="'menu.section.icon.pin' | translate"></i>
+                <i *ngIf="!(menuCollapsed | async)" class="fas fa-fw fa-angle-double-left"
+                   [title]="'menu.section.icon.unpin' | translate"></i>
             </a>
             <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
                 <a class="nav-item nav-link sidebar-section"
                    href="#"
                    (click)="toggle($event)">
-                    <span *ngIf="menuCollapsed | async" class="section-header-text">{{'admin.sidebar.section.pin' | translate }}</span>
-                    <span *ngIf="!(menuCollapsed | async)" class="section-header-text">{{'admin.sidebar.section.unpin' | translate }}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="menuCollapsed | async" class="section-header-text">{{'menu.section.pin' | translate }}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="!(menuCollapsed | async)" class="section-header-text">{{'menu.section.unpin' | translate }}</span>
                 </a>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
index 69aa9158b2..eb48f64d4d 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new'
+          text: 'menu.section.new'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'plus-circle',
         index: 0
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_community',
+          text: 'menu.section.new_community',
           link: '/communities/submission'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_collection',
+          text: 'menu.section.new_collection',
           link: '/collections/submission'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_item',
+          text: 'menu.section.new_item',
           link: '/items/submission'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_item_version',
+          text: 'menu.section.new_item_version',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.edit'
+          text: 'menu.section.edit'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'pencil-alt',
         index: 1
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.edit_community',
+          text: 'menu.section.edit_community',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.edit_collection',
+          text: 'menu.section.edit_collection',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.edit_item',
+          text: 'menu.section.edit_item',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.import'
+          text: 'menu.section.import'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'sign-in-alt',
         index: 2
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.import_metadata',
+          text: 'menu.section.import_metadata',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.import_batch',
+          text: 'menu.section.import_batch',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.export'
+          text: 'menu.section.export'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'sign-out-alt',
         index: 3
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.export_community',
+          text: 'menu.section.export_community',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.export_collection',
+          text: 'menu.section.export_collection',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.export_item',
+          text: 'menu.section.export_item',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       }, {
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.export_metadata',
+          text: 'menu.section.export_metadata',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control'
+          text: 'menu.section.access_control'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'key',
         index: 4
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control_people',
+          text: 'menu.section.access_control_people',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control_groups',
+          text: 'menu.section.access_control_groups',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control_authorizations',
+          text: 'menu.section.access_control_authorizations',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.find'
+          text: 'menu.section.find'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'search',
         index: 5
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.find_items',
+          text: 'menu.section.find_items',
           link: '/search'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.find_withdrawn_items',
+          text: 'menu.section.find_withdrawn_items',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.find_private_items',
+          text: 'menu.section.find_private_items',
           link: '/admin/items'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.registries'
+          text: 'menu.section.registries'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'list',
         index: 6
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.registries_metadata',
+          text: 'menu.section.registries_metadata',
           link: 'admin/registries/metadata'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.registries_format',
+          text: 'menu.section.registries_format',
           link: 'admin/registries/bitstream-formats'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.curation_task',
+          text: 'menu.section.curation_task',
           link: '/curation'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'filter',
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.statistics_task',
+          text: 'menu.section.statistics_task',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'chart-bar',
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.control_panel',
+          text: 'menu.section.control_panel',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
         icon: 'cogs',
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
index 11914106bd..808683910e 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      params: {endColor: (sidebarActiveBg | async)}}">
     <div class="icon-wrapper">
         <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon" (click)="toggleSection($event)" href="#">
-            <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
+            <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw" [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate"></i>
         </a>
     </div>
     <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                         *ngComponentOutlet="itemComponents.get(section.id); injector: itemInjectors.get(section.id);"></ng-container>
             </span>
             <i class="fas fa-chevron-right fa-pull-right"
-               [@rotate]="(expanded | async) ? 'expanded' : 'collapsed'"></i>
+               [@rotate]="(expanded | async) ? 'expanded' : 'collapsed'" [title]="('menu.section.toggle.' + section.id) | translate"></i>
         </a>
         <ul class="sidebar-sub-level-items list-unstyled" @slide *ngIf="(expanded | async)">
             <li *ngFor="let subSection of (subSections | async)">
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
index 16a9000c07..787386932a 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 describe('ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent', () => {
   let component: ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ describe('ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent', () => {
   const iconString = 'test';
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
+      imports: [NoopAnimationsModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
       declarations: [ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent, TestComponent],
       providers: [
         { provide: 'sectionDataProvider', useValue: {icon: iconString} },
diff --git a/src/app/header-nav-wrapper/header-navbar-wrapper.component.ts b/src/app/header-nav-wrapper/header-navbar-wrapper.component.ts
index f93005218d..34692184ff 100644
--- a/src/app/header-nav-wrapper/header-navbar-wrapper.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/header-nav-wrapper/header-navbar-wrapper.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/internal/Subscription';
 import { MenuService } from '../shared/menu/menu.service';
 import { MenuID } from '../shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
 
+/**
+ * This component represents a wrapper for the horizontal navbar and the header
+ */
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-header-navbar-wrapper',
   styleUrls: ['header-navbar-wrapper.component.scss'],
diff --git a/src/app/header/header.component.html b/src/app/header/header.component.html
index 6cd200a09c..461f809357 100644
--- a/src/app/header/header.component.html
+++ b/src/app/header/header.component.html
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
         </a>
 
         <nav class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-md float-right px-0">
-            <a href="#" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-search fa-lg fa-fw"></i></a>
-            <a href="#" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-globe-asia fa-lg fa-fw"></i></a>
+            <a href="#" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-search fa-lg fa-fw" [title]="'nav.search' | translate"></i></a>
+            <a href="#" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-globe-asia fa-lg fa-fw" [title]="'nav.language' | translate"></i></a>
             <ds-auth-nav-menu></ds-auth-nav-menu>
             <div class="pl-2">
                 <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" (click)="toggleNavbar()"
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts b/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts
index 9b0d8ebb94..54d409d751 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.browse_global'
+          text: 'menu.section.browse_global'
         } as TextMenuItemModel,
         index: 0
       },
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.browse_global_communities_and_collections',
+          text: 'menu.section.browse_global_communities_and_collections',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.browse_global_by_issue_date',
+          text: 'menu.section.browse_global_by_issue_date',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },      {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.browse_global_by_title',
+          text: 'menu.section.browse_global_by_title',
           link: '/browse/title'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.browse_global_by_author',
+          text: 'menu.section.browse_global_by_author',
           link: '/browse/author'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class NavbarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         visible: true,
         model: {
           type: MenuItemType.LINK,
-          text: 'admin.sidebar.section.statistics',
+          text: 'menu.section.statistics',
           link: '#'
         } as LinkMenuItemModel,
         index: 2
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/navbar.module.ts b/src/app/navbar/navbar.module.ts
index adb8b2d8ea..363662d614 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/navbar.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/navbar/navbar.module.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const effects = [
 })
 
 /**
- * This module handles all components and pipes that are necessary for the search page
+ * This module handles all components and pipes that are necessary for the horizontal navigation bar
  */
 export class NavbarModule {
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html b/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
index c748395b0f..56a62c0fbd 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
   </li>
   <li *ngIf="(isAuthenticated | async) && !(isXsOrSm$ | async) && (showAuth | async)" class="nav-item">
     <div ngbDropdown placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block" @fadeInOut>
-      <!--<a href="#" id="dropdownUser" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" ngbDropdownToggle><i class="fas fa-user fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>Hello {{(user | async).name}}<span class="caret"></span></a>-->
-      <a href="#" id="dropdownUser" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" class="px-1" ngbDropdownToggle><i class="fas fa-user-circle fa-lg fa-fw"></i></a>
+      <a href="#" id="dropdownUser" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" class="px-1" ngbDropdownToggle><i class="fas fa-user-circle fa-lg fa-fw" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate"></i></a>
       <ul id="logoutDropdownMenu" ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="dropdownUser">
         <li class="dropdown-item">{{(user | async).name}}</li>
         <li class="dropdown-item"><ds-log-out></ds-log-out></li>
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
     </div>
   </li>
   <li *ngIf="(isAuthenticated | async) && (isXsOrSm$ | async)" class="nav-item">
-    <a id="logoutLink" routerLink="/logout" routerLinkActive="active" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-user-circle fa-lg fa-fw"></i><span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
+    <a id="logoutLink" routerLink="/logout" routerLinkActive="active" class="px-1"><i class="fas fa-user-circle fa-lg fa-fw" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate"></i><span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
   </li>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
index e01ef70f55..9116aa5583 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                  (mouseover)="showTooltip(t, i, icon.metadata)"
                  (mouseout)="t.close()"></i>
             </ng-container>
-            <p class="chip-label text-truncate d-table-cell">{{c.display}}</p><i class="fas fa-times ml-2" (click)="removeChips($event, i)"></i>
+            <p class="chip-label text-truncate d-table-cell">{{c.display}}</p><i class="fas fa-times ml-2" (click)="removeChips($event, i)" [title]="'chips.remove' | translate"></i>
           </span>
         </a>
       </li>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.spec.ts
index d7940303c0..84efe2b86e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { SortablejsModule } from 'angular-sortablejs';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
 import { createTestComponent, hasClass } from '../testing/utils';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 describe('ChipsComponent test suite', () => {
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ describe('ChipsComponent test suite', () => {
       imports: [
         NgbModule.forRoot(),
         SortablejsModule.forRoot({animation: 150}),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
       ],
       declarations: [
         ChipsComponent,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.reducer.spec.ts
index c3968d098a..ac56bed1f0 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.reducer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 0,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new'
+              text: 'menu.section.new'
             },
             icon: 'plus-circle',
             index: 0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 1,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_item',
+              text: 'menu.section.new_item',
               link: '/items/submission'
             }
           },
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 1,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_community',
+              text: 'menu.section.new_community',
               link: '/communities/submission'
             }
           },
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 0,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control'
+              text: 'menu.section.access_control'
             },
             icon: 'key',
             index: 4
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 1,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control_people',
+              text: 'menu.section.access_control_people',
               link: '#'
             }
           },
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 1,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.access_control_groups',
+              text: 'menu.section.access_control_groups',
               link: '#'
             }
           },
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('menusReducer', () => {
             visible: true,
             model: {
               type: 1,
-              text: 'admin.sidebar.section.new_collection',
+              text: 'menu.section.new_collection',
               link: '/collections/submission'
             }
           }