diff --git a/src/translate-modal.js b/src/translate-modal.js
index d03845e..db68c0d 100644
--- a/src/translate-modal.js
+++ b/src/translate-modal.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { initializeChunkFiveFont } from "./ui-themes.js";
 import { getUIText } from "./ui-translations.js";
 import { extractWebpageContent } from "./content.js";
-import { translateCurrentPage, translateText, translateHTML, SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES } from "./translation.js";
+import { translateCurrentPage, translateText, translateHTML, SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES, NATIVE_LANGUAGE_NAMES } from "./translation.js";
 
 // Function to fetch full HTML content from a remote URL using CORS proxy
 async function fetchRemotePageHTML(url) {
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ export function openTranslateModal() {
 	Object.entries(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES).forEach(([code, name]) => {
 		const option = document.createElement("option");
 		option.value = code;
-		option.textContent = name;
+		const nativeName = NATIVE_LANGUAGE_NAMES[code];
+		// Show both English and native names, unless they're the same
+		option.textContent = nativeName && nativeName !== name ? `${name} - ${nativeName}` : name;
 		languageSelect.appendChild(option);
 	});