diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
index 3e36765b27..efeb93b5b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
@@ -1037,7 +1037,14 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
       seafileAPI.renameFile(repoID, path, newName).then(() => {
         this.renameItemAjaxCallback(path, newName);
       }).catch((error) => {
-        let errMessage = Utils.getErrorMsg(error);
+
+        let errMessage = "";
+        if (error.response.status == 403 && error.response.data && error.response.data['error_msg']) {
+          errMessage = error.response.data['error_msg'];
+        } else {
+          errMessage = Utils.getErrorMsg(error);
+	}
+
         if (errMessage === gettext('Error')) {
           let name = Utils.getFileName(path);
           errMessage = gettext('Renaming {name} failed').replace('{name}', name);
diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/file.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/file.py
index cd34fba602..a40ac31f26 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/file.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/file.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class FileView(APIView):
 
             # permission check
             if parse_repo_perm(check_folder_permission(request, repo_id, parent_dir)).can_edit_on_web is False:
-                error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
+                error_msg = _("Permission denied.")
                 return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
 
             # check file lock