diff --git a/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_complete.html b/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_complete.html
index 3f301102b5..6ccb75ed26 100644
--- a/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_complete.html
+++ b/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_complete.html
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load compressed %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 
-  <title>${_("Your Password Reset is Complete")}</title>
+  <title>{% trans "Your Password Reset is Complete" %}</title>
 
   {% compressed_css 'application' %}
 
@@ -54,13 +53,15 @@
   <section class="passwordreset container">
     <section class="introduction">
       <header>
-        <h1>${_("Your Password Reset is Complete")}</h1>
+        <h1>{% trans "Your Password Reset is Complete" %}</h1>
       </header>
     </section>
 
     {% block content %}
     <section role="main" class="content">
-      <p>${_('Your password has been set.  You may go ahead and {link_start}log in{link_end} now.').format(link_start='<a href="/login">', link_end='</a>')}</p>
+      {% blocktrans with link_start='<a href="/login">' link_end='</a>' %}
+      Your password has been set.  You may go ahead and {{ link_start }}log in{{ link_end }} now.
+      {% endblocktrans %}
     </section>
     {% endblock %}
   </section>
diff --git a/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_confirm.html b/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_confirm.html
index 6a568545d1..afbaa22683 100644
--- a/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_confirm.html
+++ b/lms/templates/registration/password_reset_confirm.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+{% load i18n %}
 {% load compressed %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
 
-  <title>${_("Reset Your {platform_name} Password").format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME)}</title>
+<title>{% trans "Reset Your edX Password" %}</title>
 
   {% compressed_css 'application' %}
 
@@ -53,78 +53,77 @@
   <section class="passwordreset container">
     <section class="introduction">
       <header>
-        <h1>${_("Reset Your {platform_name} Password").format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME)}</h1>
+        <h1>{% trans "Reset Your edX Password" %}</h1>
       </header>
     </section>
 
     <section role="main" class="content">
       {% if validlink %}
       <header>
-      <h2 class="sr">${_("Password Reset Form")}</h2>
+      <h2 class="sr">{% trans "Password Reset Form" %}</h2>
       </header>
 
       <form role="form" id="passwordreset-form" method="post" data-remote="true" action="">{% csrf_token %}
         <!-- status messages -->
         <div role="alert" class="status message">
-          <h3 class="message-title">${_("We're sorry, {platform_name} enrollment is not available in your region").format(platform_name=settings.PLATFORM_NAME)}</h3>
+          <h3 class="message-title">{% trans "We're sorry, edX enrollment is not available in your region" %}</h3>
         </div>
 
         <div role="alert" class="status message submission-error">
-          <h3 class="message-title">${_("The following errors occured while processing your registration: ")}</h3>
+          <h3 class="message-title">{% trans "The following errors occured while processing your registration: " %}</h3>
           <ul class="message-copy">
-            <li>${_("You must complete all fields.")}</li>
-            <li>${_("The two password fields didn't match.")}</li>
+            <li>{% trans "You must complete all fields." %}</li>
+            <li>{% trans "The two password fields didn't match." %}</li>
           </ul>
         </div>
 
         <div role="alert" class="status message system-error">
-          <h3 class="message-title">${_("We're sorry, our systems seem to be having trouble processing your password reset")}</h3>
-          <p class="message-copy">${_('Someone has been made aware of this issue. Please try again shortly. Please <a href="{{MKTG_URL_CONTACT}}">contact us</a> about any concerns you have.')}</p>
+          <h3 class="message-title">{% trans "We're sorry, our systems seem to be having trouble processing your password reset" %}</h3>
+          <p class="message-copy">{% trans 'Someone has been made aware of this issue. Please try again shortly. Please <a href="{{MKTG_URL_CONTACT}}">contact us</a> about any concerns you have.' %}</p>
         </div>
 
         <p class="instructions">
-        ${_('Please enter your new password twice so we can verify you typed it in correctly. <br /> '
-            'Required fields are noted by <strong class="indicator">bold text and an asterisk (*)</strong>.')}
+        {% trans 'Please enter your new password twice so we can verify you typed it in correctly. <br /> Required fields are noted by <strong class="indicator">bold text and an asterisk (*)</strong>.' %}
         </p>
 
         <fieldset class="group group-form group-form-requiredinformation">
-          <legend class="sr">${_("Required Information")}</legend>
+          <legend class="sr">{% trans "Required Information" %}</legend>
 
           <ol class="list-input">
             <li class="field required password" id="field-new_password1">
-              <label for="new_password1">${_("Your New Password")}</label>
+              <label for="new_password1">{% trans "Your New Password" %}</label>
               <input id="new_password1" type="password" name="new_password1" placeholder="*****" />
             </li>
             <li class="field required password" id="field-new_password2">
-              <label for="new_password2">${_("Your New Password Again")}</label>
+              <label for="new_password2">{% trans "Your New Password Again" %}</label>
               <input id="new_password2" type="password" name="new_password2" placeholder="*****" />
             </li>
           </ol>
         </fieldset>
 
         <div class="form-actions">
-          <button name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="action action-primary action-update">${_("Change My Password")}</button>
+          <button name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="action action-primary action-update">{% trans "Change My Password" %}</button>
         </div>
       </form>
 
       {% else %}
 
       <header>
-        <h2 class="sr">${_("Your Password Reset Was Unsuccessful")}</h2>
+        <h2 class="sr">{% trans "Your Password Reset Was Unsuccessful" %}</h2>
       </header>
-      <p>${_('The password reset link was invalid, possibly because the link has already been used.  Please return to the <a href="/login">login page</a> and start the password reset process again.')}</p>
+      <p>{% trans 'The password reset link was invalid, possibly because the link has already been used.  Please return to the <a href="/login">login page</a> and start the password reset process again.' %}</p>
 
       {% endif %}
     </section>
 
     <aside role="complementary">
       <header>
-      <h3 class="sr">${_("Password Reset Help")}</h3>
+      <h3 class="sr">{% trans "Password Reset Help" %}</h3>
       </header>
 
       <div class="cta cta-help">
-        <h3>${_("Need Help?")}</h3>
-        <p>${_('View our <a href="{{MKTG_URL_FAQ}}">help section for contact information and answers to commonly asked questions</a>')}</p>
+        <h3>{% trans "Need Help?" %}</h3>
+        <p>{% trans 'View our <a href="{{MKTG_URL_FAQ}}">help section for contact information and answers to commonly asked questions</a>' %}</p>
       </div>
     </aside>
   </section>
