diff --git a/admin/itemtypes.pl b/admin/itemtypes.pl
index 9e2fdfeebb..67b4c48c54 100755
--- a/admin/itemtypes.pl
+++ b/admin/itemtypes.pl
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'add_form' ) {
     }
 
     my $searchcategory = GetAuthorisedValues("ITEMTYPECAT", $data->{'searchcategory'});
+    my $translated_languages = C4::Languages::getTranslatedLanguages( undef , C4::Context->preference('template') );
 
     $template->param(
         itemtype        => $itemtype,
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'add_form' ) {
         sip_media_type  => $data->{sip_media_type},
         hideinopac      => $data->{'hideinopac'},
         searchcategory  => $searchcategory,
+        can_be_translated => ( scalar(@$translated_languages) > 1 ? 1 : 0 ),
     );
 
     # END $OP eq ADD_FORM
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
index 6b2ab05374..11e81afca0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/itemtypes.tt
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ Item types administration
   [% END %]
       <li>
           <label for="description" class="required">Description: </label><input type="text" id="description" name="description" size="48" value="[% description |html %]" required="required" /> <span class="required">Required</span>
-          <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/localization.pl?entity=itemtypes&code=[% itemtype %]" title="Translate item type [% itemtype %]" rel="gb_page_center[600,500]"><i class="icon-edit"></i> Translate into other languages</a>
+          [% IF can_be_translated %]
+              <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/localization.pl?entity=itemtypes&code=[% itemtype %]" title="Translate item type [% itemtype %]" rel="gb_page_center[600,500]"><i class="icon-edit"></i> Translate into other languages</a>
+          [% END %]
       </li>
       <li>
           <span class="label">Search category</span>