diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index 09f794c8f98..fc9ab232f3c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 					arrivalmessage = replacetext(arrivalmessage,"$species",character.dna.species.name)
 					arrivalmessage = replacetext(arrivalmessage,"$age",num2text(character.age))
 					arrivalmessage = replacetext(arrivalmessage,"$gender",character.gender == FEMALE ? "Female" : "Male")
-					announcer.say(";[arrivalmessage]")
+					announcer.say(";[arrivalmessage]", ignore_languages = TRUE)
 		else
 			if(character.mind)
 				if((character.mind.assigned_role != "Cyborg") && (character.mind.assigned_role != character.mind.special_role))
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 			if(character.mind)
 				if(character.mind.assigned_role != character.mind.special_role)
 					var/arrivalmessage = "A new[rank ? " [rank]" : " visitor" ] [join_message ? join_message : "has arrived on the station"]."
-					announcer.say(";[arrivalmessage]")
+					announcer.say(";[arrivalmessage]", ignore_languages = TRUE)
 		else
 			if(character.mind)
 				if(character.mind.assigned_role != character.mind.special_role)