closes #4911

public/src/app.js

@@ -511,20 +511,22 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 
 	app.parseAndTranslate = function(template, blockName, data, callback) {
 		require(['translator'], function(translator) {
+			function translate(html, callback) {
+				translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+					translatedHTML = translator.unescape(translatedHTML);
+					callback($(translatedHTML));
+				});
+			}
+
 			if (typeof blockName === 'string') {
 				templates.parse(template, blockName, data, function(html) {
-					translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
-						translatedHTML = translator.unescape(translatedHTML);
-						callback($(translatedHTML));
-					});
+					translate(html, callback);
 				});
 			} else {
-				callback = data, data = blockName;
+				callback = data;
+				data = blockName;
 				templates.parse(template, data, function(html) {
-					translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
-						translatedHTML = translator.unescape(translatedHTML);
-						callback($(translatedHTML));
-					});
+					translate(html, callback);
 				});
 			}
 		});

public/src/client/topic/fork.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-/* globals define, app, ajaxify, socket, templates, translator */
+/* globals define, app, ajaxify, socket */
 
 define('forum/topic/fork', ['components', 'postSelect'], function(components, postSelect) {
 
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ define('forum/topic/fork', ['components', 'postSelect'], function(components, po
 
 	Fork.init = function() {
 		$('.topic').on('click', '[component="topic/fork"]', onForkThreadClicked);
+		$(window).on('action:ajaxify.start', onAjaxifyStart);
 	};
 
+	function onAjaxifyStart() {
+		closeForkModal();
+		$(window).off('action:ajaxify.start', onAjaxifyStart);
+	}
+
 	function onForkThreadClicked() {
-		parseModal(function(html) {
-			forkModal = $(html);
+		app.parseAndTranslate('partials/fork_thread_modal', {}, function(html) {
+			forkModal = html;
 
 			forkCommit = forkModal.find('#fork_thread_commit');
 
@@ -33,12 +39,6 @@ define('forum/topic/fork', ['components', 'postSelect'], function(components, po
 		});
 	}
 
-	function parseModal(callback) {
-		templates.parse('partials/fork_thread_modal', {}, function(html) {
-			translator.translate(html, callback);
-		});
-	}
-
 	function createTopicFromPosts() {
 		forkCommit.attr('disabled', true);
 		socket.emit('topics.createTopicFromPosts', {