diff --git a/lib/patch-dom-translate.js b/lib/patch-dom-translate.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a4acf709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/patch-dom-translate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* global Node */
+
+let translateActive = false
+
+function detectDOMTranslate () {
+  const html = document.documentElement
+  if (!html) return false
+
+  // classes used by DOM translators
+  if (html.classList.contains('translated-ltr')) return true
+  if (html.classList.contains('translated-rtl')) return true
+  if (html.classList.contains('translated')) return true
+
+  return false
+}
+
+/**
+ * workaround for DOM translators, facebook/react#11538
+ * browser translation engines wrap text nodes in <font> tags,
+ * which desyncs React's reconciler from the real DOM and throws
+ * `NotFoundError` on `removeChild` and `insertBefore`
+ *
+ * We only suppress these errors while a DOM translator is active
+ */
+export function patchDOMTranslations () {
+  if (typeof Node === 'undefined' || typeof window === 'undefined') return
+  if (Node.prototype.__patchedDOMTranslations) return
+
+  Node.prototype.__patchedDOMTranslations = true
+
+  const originalRemoveChild = Node.prototype.removeChild
+  const originalInsertBefore = Node.prototype.insertBefore
+
+  Node.prototype.removeChild = function (child) {
+    if (child && child.parentNode !== this) {
+      if (translateActive) {
+        return child
+      }
+    }
+    return originalRemoveChild.call(this, child)
+  }
+
+  Node.prototype.insertBefore = function (newNode, referenceNode) {
+    if (referenceNode && referenceNode.parentNode !== this) {
+      if (translateActive) {
+        // append so the node still ends up under the expected parent, React will correct on the next render
+        return this.appendChild(newNode)
+      }
+    }
+    return originalInsertBefore.call(this, newNode, referenceNode)
+  }
+
+  const update = () => { translateActive = detectDOMTranslate() }
+  update()
+
+  const observer = new window.MutationObserver(update)
+  observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
+    attributes: true,
+    attributeFilter: ['class', 'lang']
+  })
+}
diff --git a/pages/_app.js b/pages/_app.js
index 2e9af4eab..d73c56aa2 100644
--- a/pages/_app.js
+++ b/pages/_app.js
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ import { DomainProvider } from '@/components/territory-domains'
 import { WalletsProvider } from '@/wallets/client/hooks'
 import FaviconProvider from '@/components/favicon'
 import { CookiesProvider } from '@/components/use-cookie'
+import { patchDOMTranslations } from '@/lib/patch-dom-translate'
 
 const PWAPrompt = dynamic(() => import('react-ios-pwa-prompt'), { ssr: false })
 
+patchDOMTranslations()
+
 NProgress.configure({
   showSpinner: false
 })