diff --git a/include/search_renderer.h b/include/search_renderer.h
index 2669b84cf..e328f85b5 100644
--- a/include/search_renderer.h
+++ b/include/search_renderer.h
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ class SearchRenderer
     this->pageLength  = pageLength;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * set user language
+   */
+  void setUserLang(const std::string& lang){
+    this->userlang  = lang;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Generate the html page with the resutls of the search.
    *
@@ -105,6 +112,7 @@ class SearchRenderer
   unsigned int pageLength;
   unsigned int estimatedResultCount;
   unsigned int resultStart;
+  std::string userlang = "en";
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/search_renderer.cpp b/src/search_renderer.cpp
index 3b2ae161b..e64eb5611 100644
--- a/src/search_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/search_renderer.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,42 @@
 #include "libkiwix-resources.h"
 #include "tools/stringTools.h"
 
+#include "server/i18n.h"
+
 namespace kiwix
 {
 
+namespace
+{
+
+ParameterizedMessage searchResultsPageTitleMsg(const std::string& searchPattern)
+{
+  return ParameterizedMessage("search-results-page-title",
+                              {{"SEARCH_PATTERN", searchPattern}}
+  );
+}
+
+ParameterizedMessage searchResultsPageHeaderMsg(const std::string& searchPattern,
+                                                const kainjow::mustache::data& r)
+{
+  if ( r.get("count")->string_value() == "0" ) {
+    return ParameterizedMessage("empty-search-results-page-header",
+                                {{"SEARCH_PATTERN", searchPattern}}
+    );
+  } else {
+    return ParameterizedMessage("search-results-page-header",
+                                {
+                                  {"SEARCH_PATTERN", searchPattern},
+                                  {"START", r.get("start")->string_value()},
+                                  {"END",   r.get("end")  ->string_value()},
+                                  {"COUNT", r.get("count")->string_value()},
+                                }
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+} // unnamed namespace
+
 /* Constructor */
 SearchRenderer::SearchRenderer(zim::SearchResultSet srs,
                       unsigned int start, unsigned int estimatedResultCount)
@@ -170,10 +203,20 @@ std::string SearchRenderer::renderTemplate(const std::string& tmpl_str, const Na
     result.set("absolutePath", absPathPrefix + urlEncode(path));
     result.set("snippet", it.getSnippet());
     if (library) {
-      result.set("bookTitle", library->getBookById(zim_id).getTitle());
+      const std::string bookTitle = library->getBookById(zim_id).getTitle();
+      const ParameterizedMessage bookInfoMsg("search-result-book-info",
+          {{"BOOK_TITLE", bookTitle}}
+      );
+      result.set("bookInfo",  bookInfoMsg.getText(userlang)); // for HTML
+      result.set("bookTitle", bookTitle); // for XML
     }
     if (it.getWordCount() >= 0) {
-      result.set("wordCount", kiwix::beautifyInteger(it.getWordCount()));
+      const auto wordCountStr = kiwix::beautifyInteger(it.getWordCount());
+      const ParameterizedMessage wordCountMsg("word-count",
+          {{"COUNT", wordCountStr}}
+      );
+      result.set("wordCountInfo", wordCountMsg.getText(userlang)); // for HTML
+      result.set("wordCount", wordCountStr); // for XML
     }
 
     items.push_back(result);
@@ -181,7 +224,6 @@ std::string SearchRenderer::renderTemplate(const std::string& tmpl_str, const Na
   kainjow::mustache::data results;
   results.set("items", items);
   results.set("count", kiwix::beautifyInteger(estimatedResultCount));
-  results.set("hasResults", estimatedResultCount != 0);
   results.set("start", kiwix::beautifyInteger(resultStart));
   results.set("end", kiwix::beautifyInteger(std::min(resultStart+pageLength-1, estimatedResultCount)));
 
@@ -198,12 +240,15 @@ std::string SearchRenderer::renderTemplate(const std::string& tmpl_str, const Na
     searchBookQuery
   );
 
-
-  kainjow::mustache::data allData;
-  allData.set("searchProtocolPrefix", searchProtocolPrefix);
-  allData.set("results", results);
-  allData.set("pagination", pagination);
-  allData.set("query", query);
+  const auto pageHeaderMsg = searchResultsPageHeaderMsg(searchPattern, results);
+  const kainjow::mustache::object allData{
+    {"PAGE_TITLE", searchResultsPageTitleMsg(searchPattern).getText(userlang)},
+    {"PAGE_HEADER", pageHeaderMsg.getText(userlang)},
+    {"searchProtocolPrefix", searchProtocolPrefix},
+    {"results", results},
+    {"pagination", pagination},
+    {"query", query},
+  };
 
   kainjow::mustache::mustache tmpl(tmpl_str);
 
diff --git a/src/server/internalServer.cpp b/src/server/internalServer.cpp
index 5c9d733d9..910ade8a4 100644
--- a/src/server/internalServer.cpp
+++ b/src/server/internalServer.cpp
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Response> InternalServer::handle_search_request(const RequestCon
   renderer.setProtocolPrefix(m_root + "/content/");
   renderer.setSearchProtocolPrefix(m_root + "/search");
   renderer.setPageLength(pageLength);
+  renderer.setUserLang(request.get_user_language());
   if (request.get_requested_format() == "xml") {
     return ContentResponse::build(
       renderer.getXml(*mp_nameMapper, mp_library.get()),
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/en.json b/static/skin/i18n/en.json
index 8c4a6b0bc..918304808 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/en.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/en.json
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 	, "500-page-text": "An internal server error occured. We are sorry about that :/"
 	, "fulltext-search-unavailable" : "Fulltext search unavailable"
 	, "no-search-results": "The fulltext search engine is not available for this content."
+	, "search-results-page-title": "Search: {{SEARCH_PATTERN}}"
+	, "search-results-page-header": "Results <b>{{START}}-{{END}}</b> of <b>{{COUNT}}</b> for <b>\"{{{SEARCH_PATTERN}}}\"</b>"
+	, "empty-search-results-page-header": "No results were found for <b>\"{{{SEARCH_PATTERN}}}\"</b>"
+	, "search-result-book-info": "from {{BOOK_TITLE}}"
+	, "word-count": "{{COUNT}} words"
 	, "library-button-text": "Go to welcome page"
 	, "home-button-text": "Go to the main page of '{{BOOK_TITLE}}'"
 	, "random-page-button-text": "Go to a randomly selected page"
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json b/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
index 386ee1972..9a8c5c144 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 	"500-page-text": "Text of the 500 error page",
 	"fulltext-search-unavailable": "Title of the error page returned when search is attempted in a book without fulltext search database",
 	"no-search-results": "Text of the error page returned when search is attempted in a book without fulltext search database",
+	"search-results-page-title": "Title of the search results page",
+	"search-results-page-header": "Header of the search results page",
+	"empty-search-results-page-header": "Header of the empty search results page",
+	"search-result-book-info": "Reference to the book where the search result belongs (this is displayed AFTER the search result)",
+	"word-count": "Word count information",
 	"library-button-text": "Tooltip of the button leading to the welcome page",
 	"home-button-text": "Tooltip of the button leading to the main page of a book",
 	"random-page-button-text": "Tooltip of the button opening a randomly selected page",
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/test.json b/static/skin/i18n/test.json
index 29def8eac..29c2e9613 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/test.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/test.json
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@
 	, "preview-book": "[I18N] Preview [TESTING]"
 	, "no-query" : "[I18N TESTING] Kiwix can read your thoughts but it is against GDPR. Please provide your query explicitly."
 	, "invalid-request" : "[I18N TESTING] Invalid URL: \"{{{url}}}\""
+	, "search-results-page-title": "[I18N TESTING] Search: {{SEARCH_PATTERN}}"
+	, "search-results-page-header": "[I18N TESTING] Results <b>{{START}}-{{END}}</b> of <b>{{COUNT}}</b> for <b>\"{{{SEARCH_PATTERN}}}\"</b>"
+	, "empty-search-results-page-header": "[I18N TESTING] No results were found for <b>\"{{{SEARCH_PATTERN}}}\"</b>"
+	, "search-result-book-info": "from [I18N TESTING] {{BOOK_TITLE}}"
+	, "word-count": "{{COUNT}} [I18N TESTING] words"
 }
diff --git a/static/skin/languages.js b/static/skin/languages.js
index bcddf8114..8585f9ec4 100644
--- a/static/skin/languages.js
+++ b/static/skin/languages.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const uiLanguages = [
   {
     "iso_code": "en",
     "self_name": "English",
-    "translation_count": 53
+    "translation_count": 58
   },
   {
     "iso_code": "es",
diff --git a/static/skin/viewer.js b/static/skin/viewer.js
index a311552db..8beec989e 100644
--- a/static/skin/viewer.js
+++ b/static/skin/viewer.js
@@ -10,13 +10,22 @@ let viewerState = {
   uiLanguage: 'en',
 };
 
+function dropUserLang(query) {
+  const q = new URLSearchParams(query);
+  q.delete('userlang');
+  const pre = (query.startsWith('?') && q.size != 0 ? '?' : '');
+  return pre + q.toString();
+}
+
 function userUrl2IframeUrl(url) {
   if ( url == '' ) {
     return blankPageUrl;
   }
 
   if ( url.startsWith('search?') ) {
-    return `${root}/${url}`;
+    const q = new URLSearchParams(url.slice("search?".length));
+    q.set('userlang', viewerState.uiLanguage);
+    return `${root}/search?${q.toString()}`;
   }
 
   return `${root}/content/${url}`;
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ function quasiUriEncode(s, specialSymbols) {
 function performSearch() {
   const searchbox = document.getElementById('kiwixsearchbox');
   const q = encodeURIComponent(searchbox.value);
-  gotoUrl(`/search?books.name=${currentBook}&pattern=${q}`);
+  gotoUrl(`/search?books.name=${currentBook}&pattern=${q}&userlang=${viewerState.uiLanguage}`);
 }
 
 function makeJSLink(jsCodeString, linkText, linkAttr="") {
@@ -148,7 +157,7 @@ function iframeUrl2UserUrl(url, query) {
   }
 
   if ( url == `${root}/search` ) {
-    return `search${query}`;
+    return `search${dropUserLang(query)}`;
   }
 
   url = url.slice(root.length);
@@ -537,9 +546,8 @@ function setupViewer() {
   const lang = getUserLanguage();
   setUserLanguage(lang, finishViewerSetupOnceTranslationsAreLoaded);
   viewerState.uiLanguage = lang;
-  const q = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-  q.delete('userlang');
-  const rewrittenURL = makeURL(q.toString(), location.hash);
+  const cleanedUpQuery = dropUserLang(window.location.search);
+  const rewrittenURL = makeURL(cleanedUpQuery, location.hash);
   history.replaceState(viewerState, null, rewrittenURL);
 
   kiwixToolBarWrapper.style.display = 'block';
diff --git a/static/templates/search_result.html b/static/templates/search_result.html
index 93133c584..eac969158 100644
--- a/static/templates/search_result.html
+++ b/static/templates/search_result.html
@@ -102,23 +102,11 @@
       }
 
     </style>
-    <title>Search: {{query.pattern}}</title>
+    <title>{{PAGE_TITLE}}</title>
   </head>
   <body bgcolor="white">
     <div class="header">
-      {{#results.hasResults}}
-        Results
-        <b>
-          {{results.start}}-{{results.end}}
-        </b> of <b>
-          {{results.count}}
-        </b> for <b>
-          "{{{query.pattern}}}"
-        </b>
-      {{/results.hasResults}}
-      {{^results.hasResults}}
-        No results were found for <b>"{{{query.pattern}}}"</b>
-      {{/results.hasResults}}
+      {{{PAGE_HEADER}}}
     </div>
 
     <div class="results">
@@ -131,12 +119,12 @@
             {{#snippet}}
               <cite>{{>snippet}}...</cite>
             {{/snippet}}
-            {{#bookTitle}}
-              <div class="book-title">from {{bookTitle}}</div>
-            {{/bookTitle}}
-            {{#wordCount}}
-              <div class="informations">{{wordCount}} words</div>
-            {{/wordCount}}
+            {{#bookInfo}}
+              <div class="book-title">{{bookInfo}}</div>
+            {{/bookInfo}}
+            {{#wordCountInfo}}
+              <div class="informations">{{wordCountInfo}}</div>
+            {{/wordCountInfo}}
           </li>
         {{/results.items}}
       </ul>
diff --git a/test/server.cpp b/test/server.cpp
index 5a0bd072e..fb9d577ea 100644
--- a/test/server.cpp
+++ b/test/server.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const ResourceCollection resources200Compressible{
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/taskbar.css" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/taskbar.css?cacheid=e014a885" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/viewer.js" },
-  { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/viewer.js?cacheid=e9c025f2" },
+  { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/viewer.js?cacheid=5fc4badf" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/fonts/Poppins.ttf" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/fonts/Poppins.ttf?cacheid=af705837" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/fonts/Roboto.ttf" },
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const ResourceCollection resources200Compressible{
   // TODO: implement cache management of i18n resources
   //{ STATIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/i18n/test.json?cacheid=unknown" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/languages.js" },
-  { STATIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/languages.js?cacheid=c41aae47" },
+  { STATIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/languages.js?cacheid=9ccd43fd" },
 
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/catalog/search" },
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ R"EXPECTEDRESULT(      href="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/kiwix.css?cacheid=2158fad9"
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/favicon/favicon.ico?cacheid=92663314">
     <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/favicon/browserconfig.xml?cacheid=f29a7c4a">
     <script type="module" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/i18n.js?cacheid=071abc9a" defer></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/languages.js?cacheid=c41aae47" defer></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/languages.js?cacheid=9ccd43fd" defer></script>
     <script src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/isotope.pkgd.min.js?cacheid=2e48d392" defer></script>
     <script src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/iso6391To3.js?cacheid=ecde2bb3"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js?cacheid=ce19da2a" defer></script>
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ R"EXPECTEDRESULT(    <link type="text/css" href="./skin/kiwix.css?cacheid=2158fa
     <link type="text/css" href="./skin/taskbar.css?cacheid=e014a885" rel="Stylesheet" />
     <link type="text/css" href="./skin/autoComplete/css/autoComplete.css?cacheid=ef30cd42" rel="Stylesheet" />
     <script type="module" src="./skin/i18n.js?cacheid=071abc9a" defer></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="./skin/languages.js?cacheid=c41aae47" defer></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="./skin/viewer.js?cacheid=e9c025f2" defer></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="./skin/languages.js?cacheid=9ccd43fd" defer></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="./skin/viewer.js?cacheid=5fc4badf" defer></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="./skin/autoComplete/autoComplete.min.js?cacheid=1191aaaf"></script>
       const blankPageUrl = root + "/skin/blank.html?cacheid=6b1fa032";
           <label for="kiwix_button_show_toggle"><img src="./skin/caret.png?cacheid=22b942b4" alt=""></label>
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ R"EXPECTEDRESPONSE(const uiLanguages = [
   {
     "iso_code": "en",
     "self_name": "English",
-    "translation_count": 53
+    "translation_count": 58
   },
   {
     "iso_code": "es",
diff --git a/test/server_search.cpp b/test/server_search.cpp
index 358160edd..de8cd9046 100644
--- a/test/server_search.cpp
+++ b/test/server_search.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ std::string makeSearchResultsHtml(const std::string& pattern,
       }
 
     </style>
-    <title>Search: %PATTERN%</title>
+    <title>%USERLANGMARKER%Search: %PATTERN%</title>
   </head>
   <body bgcolor="white">
     <div class="header">
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ struct SearchResult
       + "              " + title + "\n"
       + "            </a>\n"
       + "              <cite>" + snippet + "</cite>\n"
-      + "              <div class=\"book-title\">from " + bookTitle + "</div>\n"
-      + "              <div class=\"informations\">" + wordCount + " words</div>\n";
+      + "              <div class=\"book-title\">from %USERLANGMARKER%" + bookTitle + "</div>\n"
+      + "              <div class=\"informations\">" + wordCount + " %USERLANGMARKER%words</div>\n";
   }
 
   std::string getXml() const
@@ -737,26 +737,16 @@ struct TestData
 
   std::string expectedHtmlHeader() const
   {
-    if ( totalResultCount == 0 ) {
-      return "\n        No results were found for <b>\"" + getPattern() + "\"</b>";
-    }
-
-    std::string header = R"(  Results
-        <b>
-          FIRSTRESULT-LASTRESULT
-        </b> of <b>
-          RESULTCOUNT
-        </b> for <b>
-          "PATTERN"
-        </b>
-      )";
+    std::string header = totalResultCount == 0
+                       ? R"(No results were found for <b>"PATTERN"</b>)"
+                       : R"(Results <b>FIRSTRESULT-LASTRESULT</b> of <b>RESULTCOUNT</b> for <b>"PATTERN"</b>)";
 
     const size_t lastResultIndex = std::min(totalResultCount, firstResultIndex + results.size() - 1);
     header = replace(header, "FIRSTRESULT", std::to_string(firstResultIndex));
     header = replace(header, "LASTRESULT",  std::to_string(lastResultIndex));
     header = replace(header, "RESULTCOUNT", std::to_string(totalResultCount));
     header = replace(header, "PATTERN",     getPattern());
-    return header;
+    return "%USERLANGMARKER%" + header;
   }
 
   std::string expectedHtmlResultsString() const
@@ -800,12 +790,18 @@ struct TestData
 
   std::string expectedHtml() const
   {
-    return makeSearchResultsHtml(
-             getPattern(),
-             expectedHtmlHeader(),
-             expectedHtmlResultsString(),
-             expectedHtmlFooter()
+    const std::string html = makeSearchResultsHtml(
+                                 getPattern(),
+                                 expectedHtmlHeader(),
+                                 expectedHtmlResultsString(),
+                                 expectedHtmlFooter()
     );
+
+    const std::string userlangMarker = extractQueryValue("userlang") == "test"
+                                     ? "[I18N TESTING] "
+                                     : "";
+
+    return replace(html, "%USERLANGMARKER%", userlangMarker);
   }
 
     std::string expectedXmlHeader() const
@@ -824,7 +820,8 @@ struct TestData
     />)";
 
       const auto realResultsPerPage = resultsPerPage?resultsPerPage:25;
-      const auto url = makeUrl(query + "&format=xml", firstResultIndex, realResultsPerPage);
+      const auto cleanedUpQuery = replace(query, "&userlang=test", "");
+      const auto url = makeUrl(cleanedUpQuery + "&format=xml", firstResultIndex, realResultsPerPage);
       header = replace(header, "URL", replace(url, "&", "&amp;"));
       header = replace(header, "FIRSTRESULT", std::to_string(firstResultIndex));
       header = replace(header, "ITEMCOUNT",  std::to_string(realResultsPerPage));
@@ -931,6 +928,17 @@ TEST(ServerSearchTest, searchResults)
       /* pagination */       {}
     },
 
+    {
+      /* query */          "pattern=velomanyunkan&books.id=" RAYCHARLESZIMID
+                           "&userlang=test",
+      /* start */            -1,
+      /* resultsPerPage */   0,
+      /* totalResultCount */ 0,
+      /* firstResultIndex */ 1,
+      /* results */          {},
+      /* pagination */       {}
+    },
+
     {
       /* query */          "pattern=razaf&books.id=" RAYCHARLESZIMID,
       /* start */            -1,
@@ -1037,6 +1045,17 @@ TEST(ServerSearchTest, searchResults)
       /* pagination */ {}
     },
 
+    {
+      /* query */          "pattern=jazz&books.id=" RAYCHARLESZIMID
+                           "&userlang=test",
+      /* start */            -1,
+      /* resultsPerPage */   100,
+      /* totalResultCount */ 44,
+      /* firstResultIndex */ 1,
+      /* results */ LARGE_SEARCH_RESULTS,
+      /* pagination */ {}
+    },
+
     {
       /* query */          "pattern=jazz&books.id=" RAYCHARLESZIMID,
       /* start */            -1,