diff --git a/src/layouts/index.js b/src/layouts/index.js
index 4da990bd..f6d9ee6f 100644
--- a/src/layouts/index.js
+++ b/src/layouts/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'array-from';
 import 'string.prototype.includes';
 import 'string.prototype.repeat';
 
+import patchDOMForGoogleTranslate from 'utils/patchDOMForGoogleTranslate';
 import React, {Component} from 'react';
 import Flex from 'components/Flex';
 import Footer from 'components/LayoutFooter';
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ import 'glamor/reset';
 import 'css/reset.css';
 import 'css/algolia.css';
 
+patchDOMForGoogleTranslate();
+
 type Props = {
   children: Function,
   location: Location,
diff --git a/src/utils/patchDOMForGoogleTranslate.js b/src/utils/patchDOMForGoogleTranslate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f00548b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/patchDOMForGoogleTranslate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+// This is not pretty.
+// See https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11538#issuecomment-417504600
+// We need this because we don't even offer official translations.
+// https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/12460
+
+export default function patchDOMForGoogleTranslate() {
+  const originalRemoveChild = Node.prototype.removeChild;
+  // $FlowFixMe Intentionally monkepatching.
+  Node.prototype.removeChild = function(child) {
+    if (child.parentNode !== this) {
+      if (typeof console !== 'undefined') {
+        console.error(
+          'Cannot remove a child from a different parent',
+          child,
+          this,
+        );
+      }
+      return child;
+    }
+    return originalRemoveChild.apply(this, arguments);
+  };
+
+  const originalInsertBefore = Node.prototype.insertBefore;
+  // $FlowFixMe Intentionally monkepatching.
+  Node.prototype.insertBefore = function(newNode, referenceNode) {
+    if (referenceNode && referenceNode.parentNode !== this) {
+      if (typeof console !== 'undefined') {
+        console.error(
+          'Cannot insert before a reference node from a different parent',
+          referenceNode,
+          this,
+        );
+      }
+      return newNode;
+    }
+    return originalInsertBefore.apply(this, arguments);
+  };
+}