diff --git a/single.php b/single.php
index 6be1baa7d..8dedbfc20 100644
--- a/single.php
+++ b/single.php
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ get_header(); ?>
 
 				<nav class="nav-single">
 					<h3 class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Post navigation', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h3>
-					<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', __( '<span class="meta-nav">&larr;</span>', 'twentytwelve' ) . ' %title' ); ?></span>
-					<span class="nav-next"><?php next_post_link( '%link', '%title ' . __( '<span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?></span>
+					<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', '<span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&larr;', 'Previous post link', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span> %title' ); ?></span>
+					<span class="nav-next"><?php next_post_link( '%link', '%title <span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&rarr;', 'Next post link', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>' ); ?></span>
 				</nav><!-- .nav-single -->
 
 				<?php