Using localize with icons

[lollilol]

How can i use jquery-localize with my icons? They are stored inside the 2 html tags. Means

<a href="/gallery" data-localize="navbar.gallery">Gallery <i class="material-icons right>image</i></a>

so it gets replaced with just "Gallery" and not "<i class ...", so the icon is missing..
Just putting the "" within the locale json file also doesnt work. (The translation stops working completely when i do this)