diff -u b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
--- b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
   }
 
   public static function getDefaultAJAXMessage() {
-    return SafeMarkup::format('<div class="message">@message</div>', ['@message' => "Click on an item to edit that item's details."]);
+    $message = t("Click on an item to edit that item's details.");
+    return SafeMarkup::format('<div class="message">@message</div>', ['@message' => $message]);
   }
 
   /**