diff --git a/src/BiblioInfo.cpp b/src/BiblioInfo.cpp
index f3fe83fdd0..cd707c1151 100644
--- a/src/BiblioInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/BiblioInfo.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ BibTeXInfo::BibTeXInfo(docstring const & key, docstring const & type)
 {}
 
 
-docstring const BibTeXInfo::getAbbreviatedAuthor() const
+docstring const BibTeXInfo::getAbbreviatedAuthor(string lang) const
 {
 	if (!is_bibtex_) {
 		docstring const opt = label();
@@ -244,11 +244,12 @@ docstring const BibTeXInfo::getAbbreviatedAuthor() const
 		getVectorFromString(author, from_ascii(" and "));
 
 	if (authors.size() == 2)
-		return bformat(_("%1$s and %2$s"),
+		return bformat(translateIfPossible(from_ascii("%1$s and %2$s"), lang),
 			familyName(authors[0]), familyName(authors[1]));
 
 	if (authors.size() > 2)
-		return bformat(_("%1$s et al."), familyName(authors[0]));
+		return bformat(translateIfPossible(from_ascii("%1$s et al."), lang),
+			familyName(authors[0]));
 
 	return familyName(authors[0]);
 }
@@ -634,13 +635,13 @@ vector<docstring> const BiblioInfo::getEntries() const
 }
 
 
-docstring const BiblioInfo::getAbbreviatedAuthor(docstring const & key) const
+docstring const BiblioInfo::getAbbreviatedAuthor(docstring const & key, string lang) const
 {
 	BiblioInfo::const_iterator it = find(key);
 	if (it == end())
 		return docstring();
 	BibTeXInfo const & data = it->second;
-	return data.getAbbreviatedAuthor();
+	return data.getAbbreviatedAuthor(lang);
 }
 
 
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ docstring const BiblioInfo::getCiteNumber(docstring const & key) const
 }
 
 
-docstring const BiblioInfo::getYear(docstring const & key, bool use_modifier) const
+docstring const BiblioInfo::getYear(docstring const & key, bool use_modifier, string lang) const
 {
 	BiblioInfo::const_iterator it = find(key);
 	if (it == end())
@@ -665,10 +666,12 @@ docstring const BiblioInfo::getYear(docstring const & key, bool use_modifier) co
 		// let's try the crossref
 		docstring const xref = data.getXRef();
 		if (xref.empty())
-			return _("No year"); // no luck
+			// no luck
+			return translateIfPossible(from_ascii("No year"), lang);
 		BiblioInfo::const_iterator const xrefit = find(xref);
 		if (xrefit == end())
-			return _("No year"); // no luck again
+			// no luck again
+			return translateIfPossible(from_ascii("No year"), lang);
 		BibTeXInfo const & xref_data = xrefit->second;
 		year = xref_data.getYear();
 	}
@@ -723,8 +726,9 @@ vector<docstring> const BiblioInfo::getNumericalStrings(
 	if (empty())
 		return vector<docstring>();
 
-	docstring const author = getAbbreviatedAuthor(key);
-	docstring const year   = getYear(key);
+	string const lang = buf.params().language->code();
+	docstring const author = getAbbreviatedAuthor(key, lang);
+	docstring const year   = getYear(key, true, lang);
 	if (author.empty() || year.empty())
 		return vector<docstring>();
 
@@ -782,8 +786,9 @@ vector<docstring> const BiblioInfo::getAuthorYearStrings(
 	if (empty())
 		return vector<docstring>();
 
-	docstring const author = getAbbreviatedAuthor(key);
-	docstring const year   = getYear(key);
+	string const lang = buf.params().language->code();
+	docstring const author = getAbbreviatedAuthor(key, lang);
+	docstring const year   = getYear(key, true, lang);
 	if (author.empty() || year.empty())
 		return vector<docstring>();
 
diff --git a/src/BiblioInfo.h b/src/BiblioInfo.h
index acfc0222df..29d910c2d0 100644
--- a/src/BiblioInfo.h
+++ b/src/BiblioInfo.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 	/// constructor that sets the entryType
 	BibTeXInfo(docstring const & key, docstring const & type);
 	/// \return the short form of an authorlist
-	docstring const getAbbreviatedAuthor() const;
+	docstring const getAbbreviatedAuthor(std::string lang = "en") const;
 	/// 
 	docstring const getYear() const;
 	///
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ public:
 	/// \return a sorted vector of BibTeX entry types in use
 	std::vector<docstring> const getEntries() const;
 	/// \return the short form of an authorlist
-	docstring const getAbbreviatedAuthor(docstring const & key) const;
+	docstring const getAbbreviatedAuthor(docstring const & key, std::string lang = "en") const;
 	/// \return the year from the bibtex data record for \param key
 	/// if \param use_modifier is true, then we will also append any
 	/// modifier for this entry (e.g., 1998b).
 	/// Note that this will get the year from the crossref if it's
 	/// not present in the record itself.	
 	docstring const getYear(docstring const & key,
-			bool use_modifier = false) const;
+			bool use_modifier = false, std::string lang = "en") const;
 	///
 	docstring const getCiteNumber(docstring const & key) const;
 	/// \return formatted BibTeX data associated with a given key.
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetBibtex.cpp b/src/insets/InsetBibtex.cpp
index 0e80857288..16dbfb2d85 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetBibtex.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetBibtex.cpp
@@ -958,10 +958,10 @@ docstring InsetBibtex::xhtml(XHTMLStream & xs, OutputParams const &) const
 		if (numbers)
 			citekey = entry.citeNumber();
 		else {
-			docstring const auth = entry.getAbbreviatedAuthor();
+			docstring const auth = entry.getAbbreviatedAuthor(l->code());
 			// we do it this way so as to access the xref, if necessary
 			// note that this also gives us the modifier
-			docstring const year = bibinfo.getYear(*vit, true);
+			docstring const year = bibinfo.getYear(*vit, true, l->code());
 			if (!auth.empty() && !year.empty())
 				citekey = auth + ' ' + year;
 		}
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetCitation.cpp b/src/insets/InsetCitation.cpp
index 6f9035c5b9..d3f9271c6a 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetCitation.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetCitation.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "DispatchResult.h"
 #include "FuncCode.h"
 #include "FuncRequest.h"
+#include "Language.h"
 #include "LaTeXFeatures.h"
 #include "output_xhtml.h"
 #include "ParIterator.h"
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ docstring InsetCitation::complexLabel(bool for_xhtml) const
 	// CITE:	author/<before field>
 
 	CiteEngine const engine = buffer().params().citeEngine();
+	Language const * lang = buffer().params().language;
 	// We don't currently use the full or forceUCase fields.
 	string cite_type = asValidLatexCommand(getCmdName(), engine);
 	if (cite_type[0] == 'C')
@@ -321,8 +323,8 @@ docstring InsetCitation::complexLabel(bool for_xhtml) const
 	vector<docstring>::const_iterator end = keys.end();
 	for (; it != end; ++it) {
 		// get the bibdata corresponding to the key
-		docstring const author = biblist.getAbbreviatedAuthor(*it);
-		docstring const year = biblist.getYear(*it, for_xhtml);
+		docstring const author = biblist.getAbbreviatedAuthor(*it, lang->code());
+		docstring const year = biblist.getYear(*it, for_xhtml, lang->code());
 		docstring const citenum = for_xhtml ? biblist.getCiteNumber(*it) : *it;
 
 		if (author.empty() || year.empty())
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index dff6404944..73c0aef56e 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix the output of LyXHTML bibliography with richtext (bug 8486).
 
+- Use document language when exporting citations to LyXHTML (bug 7732).
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE