diff --git a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.js b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.js
index 19b25ae724..e8cedd640e 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.js
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ function EntitiesTableWidgetController($element, $scope, $filter, $mdMedia, $mdP
         if (vm.settings.defaultSortOrder && vm.settings.defaultSortOrder.length) {
             vm.defaultSortOrder = vm.settings.defaultSortOrder;
             if (vm.settings.defaultSortOrder.charAt(0) === "-") {
-                vm.defaultSortOrder = "-'" + vm.settings.defaultSortOrder.substring(1) + "'";
+                vm.defaultSortOrder = '-"' + utils.customTranslation(vm.settings.defaultSortOrder.substring(1), vm.settings.defaultSortOrder.substring(1)) + '"';
             } else {
-                vm.defaultSortOrder = "'" + vm.settings.defaultSortOrder + "'";
+                vm.defaultSortOrder = '"' + utils.customTranslation(vm.settings.defaultSortOrder, vm.settings.defaultSortOrder) + '"';
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.tpl.html b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.tpl.html
index ec91de1531..b6ba05531d 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.tpl.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/entities-table-widget.tpl.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             <table md-table>
                 <thead fix-head md-head md-order="vm.query.order" md-on-reorder="vm.onReorder">
                 <tr md-row>
-                    <th ng-if="column.display" md-column md-order-by="'{{ column.label }}'" ng-repeat="column in vm.columns"><span>{{ column.title }}</span></th>
+                    <th ng-if="column.display" md-column md-order-by='"{{column.label}}"' ng-repeat="column in vm.columns"><span>{{ column.title }}</span></th>
                     <th md-column class="tb-action-cell" layout="row" layout-align="end center"></th>
                 </tr>
                 </thead>