diff --git a/web/src/components/TranslateDropdown.tsx b/web/src/components/TranslateDropdown.tsx
index 9ca5a7ab1..c23b57308 100644
--- a/web/src/components/TranslateDropdown.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/TranslateDropdown.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ const Langs: { value: SupportedLangs; text: string }[] = [
   { text: "Spanish", value: "es" },
   { text: "Hindi", value: "hi" },
   { text: "Japanese", value: "ja" },
-  { text: "Chinese", value: "zh" },
   { text: "Korean", value: "ko" },
   { text: "French", value: "fr" },
 ];
 
 const TranslateDropdown: React.FC = () => {
-  const { setLang } = useTranslate();
+  const { currentLang, setLang } = useTranslate();
   return (
     <DropdownSelect
       smallButton
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ const TranslateDropdown: React.FC = () => {
         value: range.value,
         text: range.text,
       }))}
-      defaultValue={"en"}
+      defaultValue={currentLang}
       callback={(val) => {
         setLang(val as SupportedLangs);
       }}
diff --git a/web/src/context/TranslateProvider.tsx b/web/src/context/TranslateProvider.tsx
index f5cd8b24c..280a83db7 100644
--- a/web/src/context/TranslateProvider.tsx
+++ b/web/src/context/TranslateProvider.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo } fro
 
 import { useLocalStorage } from "hooks/useLocalStorage";
 
-export type SupportedLangs = "en" | "es" | "zh" | "fr" | "hi" | "ko" | "ja";
+export type SupportedLangs = "en" | "es" | "fr" | "hi" | "ko" | "ja";
 
 interface ITranslate {
   currentLang: SupportedLangs;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const TranslateProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ chi
           new window.google.translate.TranslateElement(
             {
               pageLanguage: "en",
-              includedLanguages: "en,es,hi,ja,zh,fr,ko",
+              includedLanguages: "en,es,hi,ja,fr,ko",
             },
             "google_translate_element"
           );
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ export const TranslateProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ chi
         const select = document.querySelector(".goog-te-combo") as HTMLSelectElement;
         if (select) {
           select.value = cValue;
-          select.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
+
+          select.dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true }));
+          select.click();
         }
       }
     },