diff --git a/Classes/Service/MailTemplateService.php b/Classes/Service/MailTemplateService.php
index 6c28e8ab869447e959f9f37f91f0f95acbfd1908..5e02927a73ede39a8de52eae63b0715e8c189321 100644
--- a/Classes/Service/MailTemplateService.php
+++ b/Classes/Service/MailTemplateService.php
@@ -222,8 +222,13 @@ class MailTemplateService {
 			} else {
 				// no language found and no default template
 				$this->setLanguage('en');
-				$this->sendEmail();
-				return TRUE;
+				// does an english default template exist ?
+				if (file_exists($templatePath . $this->language . '.template.html')) {
+					$this->sendEmail();
+					return TRUE;
+				}
+
+				return FALSE;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Templates/Mail/Index.html b/Resources/Private/Templates/Mail/Index.html
index 52da4b022afeb3ee570842801a80750a54746a7c..c24786b1f33d58811d4f5151ff7056dc3428bfc5 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Templates/Mail/Index.html
+++ b/Resources/Private/Templates/Mail/Index.html
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 			<f:for each="{selectedTemplate.marker}" as="marker">
 				<tr>
 					<td>{marker.marker}</td>
-					<td>{marker.value}</td>
-					<td>{marker.description}</td>
+					<td><f:translate key="{marker.value}">{marker.value}</f:translate></td>
+					<td><f:translate key="{marker.description}">{marker.description}</f:translate></td>
 				</tr>
 			</f:for>
 		</table>