diff --git a/demos/code/code.js b/demos/code/code.js
index aaa514dd8..7ba1f25a1 100644
--- a/demos/code/code.js
+++ b/demos/code/code.js
@@ -392,8 +392,10 @@ Code.init = function() {
     }
   }
 
-  // Construct the toolbox XML.
+  // Construct the toolbox XML, replacing translated variable names.
   var toolboxText = document.getElementById('toolbox').outerHTML;
+  toolboxText = toolboxText.replace(/(^|[^%]){(\w+)}/g,
+      function(m, p1, p2) {return p1 + MSG[p2];});
   var toolboxXml = Blockly.Xml.textToDom(toolboxText);
 
   Code.workspace = Blockly.inject('content_blocks',