diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_published-dates.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_published-dates.scss
index 2b96a7ea2..a07ea7658 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_published-dates.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_published-dates.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .app-c-published-dates {
   @include core-16;
+  direction: ltr;
 }
 
 .app-c-published-dates__toggle {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_publisher-metadata.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_publisher-metadata.scss
index d18d9afc9..168167b9e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_publisher-metadata.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_publisher-metadata.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .app-c-publisher-metadata {
   @include responsive-bottom-margin;
   @include core-16;
+  direction: ltr;
   padding-top: govuk-spacing(3);
 }
 
@@ -11,20 +12,6 @@
 .app-c-publisher-metadata__term {
   float: left;
   padding-right: govuk-spacing(1);
-
-  .direction-rtl & {
-    float: none;
-    display: inline-block;
-    padding-right: 0;
-    padding-left: 5px;
-  }
-}
-
-.app-c-publisher-metadata__definition {
-  .direction-rtl & {
-    float: none;
-    display: inline-block;
-  }
 }
 
 .app-c-publisher-metadata__toggle,
diff --git a/app/presenters/content_item_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/content_item_presenter.rb
index e2c0e1277..d9c9fd35f 100644
--- a/app/presenters/content_item_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/content_item_presenter.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def cache_control_public?
 private
 
   def display_date(timestamp, format = "%-d %B %Y")
-    I18n.l(Time.zone.parse(timestamp), format: format) if timestamp
+    I18n.l(Time.zone.parse(timestamp), format: format, locale: 'en') if timestamp
   end
 
   def sorted_locales(translations)
diff --git a/app/views/components/_published-dates.html.erb b/app/views/components/_published-dates.html.erb
index 8cb40b27a..5c3328508 100644
--- a/app/views/components/_published-dates.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/components/_published-dates.html.erb
@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@
   history_class = "app-c-published-dates--history" if history.any?
 %>
 <% if published || last_updated %>
-<div class="app-c-published-dates <%= history_class %>" <% if history.any? %>id="history" data-module="toggle"<% end %>>
+<div class="app-c-published-dates <%= history_class %>" <% if history.any? %>id="history" data-module="toggle"<% end %> lang="en">
   <% if published %>
-    <%= t('components.published_dates.published', date: published) %>
+    Published <%= published %>
   <% end %>
   <% if last_updated %>
-    <% if published %><br /><% end %><%= t('components.published_dates.last_updated', date: last_updated) %>
+    <% if published %><br /><% end %>Last updated <%= last_updated %>
     <% if link_to_history && history.empty? %>
-      &mdash; <a href="#history"><%= t('components.published_dates.see_all_updates') %></a>
+      &mdash; <a href="#history"><%= t('components.published_dates.see_all_updates', locale: :en) %></a>
     <% elsif history.any? %>
       <a href="#full-history"
       class="app-c-published-dates__toggle"
       data-controls="full-history"
       data-expanded="false"
-      data-toggled-text="&#45;&nbsp;<%= t('components.published_dates.hide_all_updates') %>">&#43;&nbsp;<%= t('components.published_dates.show_all_updates')
-       %></a>
+      data-toggled-text="&#45;&nbsp;<%= t('components.published_dates.hide_all_updates', locale: :en) %>">&#43;&nbsp;<%= t('components.published_dates.show_all_updates', locale: :en) %></a>
       <div class="app-c-published-dates__change-history js-hidden" id="full-history">
         <ol>
           <% history.each do |change| %>
diff --git a/app/views/components/_publisher-metadata.html.erb b/app/views/components/_publisher-metadata.html.erb
index 2bdd34ef1..4a19bf4d1 100644
--- a/app/views/components/_publisher-metadata.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/components/_publisher-metadata.html.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   metadata = [published, last_updated]
 %>
 <% if metadata.any? || other_has_values %>
-  <div class="app-c-publisher-metadata">
+  <div class="app-c-publisher-metadata" lang="en">
     <%= render 'components/published-dates', published: published, last_updated: last_updated, link_to_history: link_to_history %>
     <% if other_has_values %>
       <div class="app-c-publisher-metadata__other">
@@ -20,15 +20,13 @@
           %>
           <% if values.any? %>
             <dt class="app-c-publisher-metadata__term">
-              <%= t(title.to_s.parameterize(separator: '_'),
-                    scope: 'components.publisher_metadata',
-                    default: title.to_s.humanize) %>:
+              <%= title.to_s.humanize %>:
             </dt>
             <dd class="app-c-publisher-metadata__definition" data-module="gem-toggle">
               <% if title.to_sym == :collections %>
                 <% if values.size <= 2 %>
                   <span class="app-c-publisher-metadata__definition-sentence">
-                    <%= values.take(2).to_sentence.html_safe %>
+                    <%= values.take(2).to_sentence(locale: :en).html_safe %>
                   </span>
                 <% else %>
                   <% featured_value, *other_values = values %>
@@ -42,11 +40,11 @@
                     data-toggled-text="&minus; <%= t('components.publisher_metadata.hide_all') %>">
                     + <%= t('components.publisher_metadata.show_all') %>
                   </a>
-                  <span id="<%= toggle_id %>" class="js-hidden"><%= other_values.to_sentence.html_safe %></span>
+                  <span id="<%= toggle_id %>" class="js-hidden"><%= other_values.to_sentence(locale: :en).html_safe %></span>
                 <% end %>
               <% else %>
                 <span class="app-c-publisher-metadata__definition-sentence">
-                  <%= values.to_sentence.html_safe %>
+                  <%= values.to_sentence(locale: :en).html_safe %>
                 </span>
               <% end %>
             </dd>