diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
index 7bf01fa3afb..70240d9dde3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ export default class BasicMessageEditor extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
                     dir="auto"
                     aria-disabled={this.props.disabled}
                     data-testid="basicmessagecomposer"
+                    translate="no"
                 />
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/test/components/structures/__snapshots__/RoomView-test.tsx.snap b/test/components/structures/__snapshots__/RoomView-test.tsx.snap
index 81ce09dc729..bc54b24d51b 100644
--- a/test/components/structures/__snapshots__/RoomView-test.tsx.snap
+++ b/test/components/structures/__snapshots__/RoomView-test.tsx.snap
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ exports[`RoomView for a local room in state NEW should match the snapshot 1`] =
                   role="textbox"
                   style="--placeholder: 'Send a message…';"
                   tabindex="0"
+                  translate="no"
                 >
                   <div>
                     <br />
@@ -768,6 +769,7 @@ exports[`RoomView for a local room in state NEW that is encrypted should match t
                   role="textbox"
                   style="--placeholder: 'Send a message…';"
                   tabindex="0"
+                  translate="no"
                 >
                   <div>
                     <br />