diff --git a/contrib/lisp/ox-bibtex.el b/contrib/lisp/ox-bibtex.el
index ca1513c06..9aa5b1fed 100644
--- a/contrib/lisp/ox-bibtex.el
+++ b/contrib/lisp/ox-bibtex.el
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Return new parse tree."
 	      (cond
 	       ((org-export-derived-backend-p backend 'html)
 		(insert (format "<div id=\"bibliography\">\n<h2>%s</h2>\n"
-				(org-export-translates "References" :bibtex info)))
+				(org-export-translate "References" :html info)))
 		(insert-file-contents (concat file ".html"))
 		(insert "\n</div>"))
 	       ((org-export-derived-backend-p backend 'ascii)
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ Return new parse tree."
 					    "-o"
 					    (concat file ".txt")))
 		  (error "Executing pandoc failed"))
-		(insert (format
-			 "%s\n==========\n\n"
-			 (org-export-translates "References" :bibtex info)))
+		(insert
+		 (format
+		  "%s\n==========\n\n"
+		  (org-export-translate
+		   "References"
+		   (intern (format ":%s" (plist-get info :ascii-charset)))
+		   info)))
 		(insert-file-contents (concat file ".txt"))
 		(goto-char (point-min))
 		(while (re-search-forward
diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
index e03cf2fae..2e7664912 100644
--- a/lisp/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/ox.el
@@ -5486,7 +5486,7 @@ them."
       :utf-8 "Распечатка %d.:")
      ("zh-CN" :html "&#20195;&#30721;%d&nbsp;" :utf-8 "代码%d "))
     ("References"
-     ("fr" :default "Références"))
+     ("fr" :ascii "References" :default "Références"))
     ("See section %s"
      ("da" :default "jævnfør afsnit %s")
      ("de" :default "siehe Abschnitt %s")