diff --git a/test/spec/rootCtrlSpec.js b/test/spec/rootCtrlSpec.js
index 1b9e24c1bf..20bb41857f 100644
--- a/test/spec/rootCtrlSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/rootCtrlSpec.js
@@ -28,5 +28,30 @@ describe('Root Controller', function() {
     expect(scope.contribText({level: 8, text: 'Blacksmith'}, {npc: 'NPC'})).to.eql('NPC');
   });
 
+  describe('i18n', function(){
+    var t = env.t;
+    beforeEach(function(){
+      env.translations = {
+        "text1": 'translatedText1',
+        "text2": '<%= number %> eggs',
+        "stringNotFound" : "String '<%= string %>' not found.",
+      };
+    });
+
+    it('translates strings', function(){
+      expect(t('')).to.eql("String '' not found.");
+      expect(t('text1')).to.eql('translatedText1');
+      expect(t(' text1 ')).to.eql("String ' text1 ' not found.");
+      expect(t('text3')).to.eql("String 'text3' not found.");
+    });
+
+    it('interpolates strings', function(){
+      expect(t('text2', {number: 2})).to.eql('2 eggs');
+      expect(t('text2', {number: 'ten'})).to.eql('ten eggs');
+      expect(t('text2', {n: 10, number: 'ten'})).to.eql('ten eggs');
+      expect(t('text2')).to.eql('<%= number %> eggs');
+    });
+  });
+
 
 });
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