diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_subscription.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_subscription.c
index 5a733585490..7749ec380de 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_subscription.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_subscription.c
@@ -41,31 +41,35 @@ static List *textarray_to_stringlist(ArrayType *textarray);
 
 /*
  * Add a comma-separated list of publication names to the 'dest' string.
+ *
+ * If quote_literal is true, the returned list can be used to construct an SQL
+ * command, thus no translation is applied.  Otherwise, the string can be used
+ * to create a user-facing message, so translatable quote marks are added.
  */
 void
 GetPublicationsStr(List *publications, StringInfo dest, bool quote_literal)
 {
-	ListCell   *lc;
-	bool		first = true;
+	int			length = list_length(publications);
 
 	Assert(publications != NIL);
 
-	foreach(lc, publications)
+	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
 	{
-		char	   *pubname = strVal(lfirst(lc));
-
-		if (first)
-			first = false;
-		else
-			appendStringInfoString(dest, ", ");
+		char	   *pubname = strVal(list_nth(publications, i));
+		bool		last = i >= length - 1;
 
 		if (quote_literal)
+		{
 			appendStringInfoString(dest, quote_literal_cstr(pubname));
+			if (!last)
+				appendStringInfoString(dest, ", ");
+		}
 		else
 		{
-			appendStringInfoChar(dest, '"');
-			appendStringInfoString(dest, pubname);
-			appendStringInfoChar(dest, '"');
+			if (last)
+				appendStringInfo(dest, _("\"%s\""), pubname);
+			else
+				appendStringInfo(dest, _("\"%s\", "), pubname);
 		}
 	}
 }