diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
index 50278081..eb356d0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
+import net.minecraft.util.StatCollector;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class ItemList {
             }
 
             for (String alias : ItemInfo.getAliases(item)) {
-                if (this.pattern.matcher(alias).find()) {
+                if (this.pattern.matcher(StatCollector.translateToLocal(alias)).find()) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/api/API.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
index a1804215..0877923b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ public class API {
 
     /**
      * Add an alias name that this item can be found by in the search field, in addition to its display name.
+     *
+     * @param aliases translation keys, localized at search time
      */
     public static void setAliases(ItemStack item, String... aliases) {
         final List<String> list = Arrays.asList(aliases).stream().filter(Objects::nonNull).map(String::trim)