diff --git a/komga-webui/src/components/dialogs/EditBooksDialog.vue b/komga-webui/src/components/dialogs/EditBooksDialog.vue
index 167e59ac..b8e043c5 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/components/dialogs/EditBooksDialog.vue
+++ b/komga-webui/src/components/dialogs/EditBooksDialog.vue
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@
                          :key="i"
                   >
                     <v-col cols="12">
-                      <span class="text-body-2">{{ $_.capitalize(role.plural) }}</span>
-                      <v-combobox v-model="form.authors[role.role]"
+                      <span class="text-body-2">{{ $_.capitalize(role.name) }}</span>
+                      <v-combobox v-model="form.authors[role.value]"
                                   :items="authorSearchResultsFull"
                                   :search-input.sync="authorSearch[i]"
                                   @keydown.esc="authorSearch[i] = null"
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ export default Vue.extend({
     this.tagsAvailable = await this.$komgaReferential.getTags()
   },
   computed: {
-    authorRoles(): object[] {
-      return authorRoles.map((x: any) => {
-        x.plural = this.$t(`author_roles.${x.role}`)
-        return x
-      })
+    authorRoles(): NameValue[] {
+      return authorRoles.map((x: string) => ({
+        name: this.$t(`author_roles.${x}`).toString(),
+        value: x,
+      }))
     },
     single(): boolean {
       return !Array.isArray(this.books)
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/functions/authors.ts b/komga-webui/src/functions/authors.ts
index eb40717f..8094b224 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/functions/authors.ts
+++ b/komga-webui/src/functions/authors.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ export function groupAuthorsByRole (authors: AuthorDto[]): any {
     authors => authors.map((author: AuthorDto) => author.name))
 }
 
-// return an object where keys are roles (plural form), and values are string[]
-export function groupAuthorsByRolePlural (authors: AuthorDto[]): any {
+// return an object where keys are roles (i18n translated), and values are string[]
+export function groupAuthorsByRoleI18n (authors: AuthorDto[]): any {
   const r = mapKeys(groupAuthorsByRole(authors),
     (v, k) => i18n.t(`author_roles.${k}`),
   )
 
   // sort object keys according to the order of keys in authorRoles
   // push unknown keys to the end of the array
-  const roles = authorRoles.map(x => i18n.t(`author_roles.${x.role}`))
+  const roles = authorRoles.map(x => i18n.t(`author_roles.${x}`))
   const o = {} as any
   Object.keys(r)
     .sort((a, b) => {
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/types/author-roles.ts b/komga-webui/src/types/author-roles.ts
index db5bbd3e..6caa0eb9 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/types/author-roles.ts
+++ b/komga-webui/src/types/author-roles.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 export const authorRoles = [
-  { role: 'writer'},
-  { role: 'penciller'},
-  { role: 'inker'},
-  { role: 'colorist'},
-  { role: 'letterer'},
-  { role: 'cover'},
-  { role: 'editor'},
+  'writer',
+  'penciller',
+  'inker',
+  'colorist',
+  'letterer',
+  'cover',
+  'editor',
 ]
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseBook.vue b/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseBook.vue
index 4f2130e1..8fcabba4 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseBook.vue
+++ b/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseBook.vue
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 import BookActionsMenu from '@/components/menus/BookActionsMenu.vue'
 import ItemCard from '@/components/ItemCard.vue'
 import ToolbarSticky from '@/components/bars/ToolbarSticky.vue'
-import {groupAuthorsByRolePlural} from '@/functions/authors'
+import {groupAuthorsByRoleI18n} from '@/functions/authors'
 import {getBookFormatFromMediaType} from '@/functions/book-format'
 import {getReadProgress, getReadProgressPercentage} from '@/functions/book-progress'
 import {getBookTitleCompact} from '@/functions/book-title'
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export default Vue.extend({
       return getBookFormatFromMediaType(this.book.media.mediaType)
     },
     authorsByRole (): any {
-      return groupAuthorsByRolePlural(this.book.metadata.authors)
+      return groupAuthorsByRoleI18n(this.book.metadata.authors)
     },
     isRead (): boolean {
       return getReadProgress(this.book) === ReadStatus.READ
diff --git a/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseSeries.vue b/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseSeries.vue
index e5317a4e..2ee7bcf2 100644
--- a/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseSeries.vue
+++ b/komga-webui/src/views/BrowseSeries.vue
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ import SortList from '@/components/SortList.vue'
 import {mergeFilterParams, sortOrFilterActive, toNameValue} from '@/functions/filter'
 import FilterPanels from '@/components/FilterPanels.vue'
 import {SeriesDto} from "@/types/komga-series";
-import {groupAuthorsByRolePlural} from "@/functions/authors";
+import {groupAuthorsByRoleI18n} from "@/functions/authors";
 import ReadMore from "@/components/ReadMore.vue";
 
 const tags = require('language-tags')
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export default Vue.extend({
       return sortOrFilterActive(this.sortActive, this.sortDefault, this.filters)
     },
     authorsByRole(): any {
-      return groupAuthorsByRolePlural(this.series.booksMetadata.authors)
+      return groupAuthorsByRoleI18n(this.series.booksMetadata.authors)
     },
   },
   props: {