diff --git a/lib/write-translations.js b/lib/write-translations.js
index 24c46f1514..d8a0f4bc13 100644
--- a/lib/write-translations.js
+++ b/lib/write-translations.js
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ function execute() {
     });
   });
 
+  files = glob.sync(CWD + "/versioned_sidebars/*");
+  files.forEach(file => {
+    if (!file.endsWith("-sidebar.json")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    sidebarContent = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
+    Object.keys(sidebarContent).forEach(sb => {
+      const categories = sidebarContent[sb];
+      Object.keys(categories).forEach(category => {
+        translations["localized-strings"][category] = category;
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   /* go through pages to look for text inside translate tags */
   files = glob.sync(CWD + "/pages/en/**");
   files.forEach(file => {