diff --git a/app/services/discourse_translator/amazon.rb b/app/services/discourse_translator/amazon.rb
index 98252a1a..3694f5f3 100644
--- a/app/services/discourse_translator/amazon.rb
+++ b/app/services/discourse_translator/amazon.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def self.translate!(translatable, target_locale_sym = I18n.locale)
         )
       rescue Aws::Translate::Errors::UnsupportedLanguagePairException
         raise I18n.t(
-                "translator.failed",
+                "translator.failed.#{translatable.class.name.downcase}",
                 source_locale: detected_lang,
                 target_locale: target_locale_sym,
               )
diff --git a/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb b/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
index 7a46b99c..f43c7f15 100644
--- a/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
+++ b/app/services/discourse_translator/base.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def self.translate(translatable, target_locale_sym = I18n.locale)
       unless translate_supported?(detected_lang, target_locale_sym)
         raise TranslatorError.new(
                 I18n.t(
-                  "translator.failed",
+                  "translator.failed.#{translatable.class.name.downcase}",
                   source_locale: detected_lang,
                   target_locale: target_locale_sym,
                 ),
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index da4ced5b..2bba77c8 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ en:
     experimental_inline_translation: "Enable experimental inline translation feature. This replaces existing parallel translation, allowing site visitors with a non-default locale to view content in their language."
     automatic_translation_target_languages: "The languages to automatically translate user content (posts, topics) to. If empty, no languages will be automatically translated."
   translator:
-    failed: "The translator is unable to translate this content (%{source_locale}) to the default language of this site (%{target_locale})."
+    failed:
+      topic: "The translator is unable to translate this topic's title (%{source_locale}) to your language (%{target_locale})."
+      post: "The translator is unable to translate this post's content (%{source_locale}) to your language (%{target_locale})."
     not_supported: "This language is not supported by the translator."
     too_long: "This post is too long to be translated by the translator."
     not_available: "The translator service is currently not available."
     api_timeout: "The translator service took too long to respond. Please try again later."
+
     amazon:
       invalid_credentials: "The provided credentials for AWS translate are invalid."
 
diff --git a/spec/services/amazon_spec.rb b/spec/services/amazon_spec.rb
index 101b9d9f..2182e231 100644
--- a/spec/services/amazon_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/amazon_spec.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
     it "raises an error when trying to translate an unsupported language" do
       expect { described_class.translate(post) }.to raise_error(
-        I18n.t("translator.failed", source_locale: "en", target_locale: "es"),
+        I18n.t("translator.failed.post", source_locale: "en", target_locale: "es"),
       )
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/services/google_spec.rb b/spec/services/google_spec.rb
index a5929803..6f6cddbf 100644
--- a/spec/services/google_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/google_spec.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       )
 
       expect { described_class.translate(post) }.to raise_error(
-        I18n.t("translator.failed", source_locale: "cat", target_locale: "dog"),
+        I18n.t("translator.failed.post", source_locale: "cat", target_locale: "dog"),
       )
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/services/microsoft_spec.rb b/spec/services/microsoft_spec.rb
index 7c2cfb80..463b5f5d 100644
--- a/spec/services/microsoft_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/microsoft_spec.rb
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def translate_endpoint
 
         expect { described_class.translate(post) }.to raise_error(
           DiscourseTranslator::TranslatorError,
-          I18n.t("translator.failed", source_locale: "donkey", target_locale: I18n.locale),
+          I18n.t("translator.failed.post", source_locale: "donkey", target_locale: I18n.locale),
         )
       end