diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sofar/coordinator.py b/homeassistant/components/sofar/coordinator.py
index 5ac7ad51e89b..200743c0b1ed 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sofar/coordinator.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sofar/coordinator.py
@@ -73,12 +73,10 @@ class SofarDataUpdateCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[UpdateReport]):
                     raise UpdateFailed(
                         translation_domain=DOMAIN,
                         translation_key="no_component_answered",
-                        translation_placeholders={"name": self.name},
                     )
                 raise UpdateFailed(
                     translation_domain=DOMAIN,
                     translation_key="no_component_answered",
-                    translation_placeholders={"name": self.name},
                 ) from ExceptionGroup("all components failed to refresh", errors)
         except ModbusError as err:
             # ModbusConnectionError (dead link) and ModbusTimeoutError reach
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ class SofarDataUpdateCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[UpdateReport]):
             raise UpdateFailed(
                 translation_domain=DOMAIN,
                 translation_key="modbus_error",
-                translation_placeholders={"error": str(err)},
             ) from err
         else:
             return report
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sofar/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/sofar/strings.json
index a9603df09458..a9822f170a70 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sofar/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sofar/strings.json
@@ -612,10 +612,10 @@
       "message": "Maximum power must be a multiple of 100 W."
     },
     "modbus_error": {
-      "message": "{error}"
+      "message": "Error communicating with the inverter."
     },
     "no_component_answered": {
-      "message": "{name}: no component answered."
+      "message": "No component answered."
     },
     "unrecognized_inverter_model": {
       "message": "Unrecognized Sofar inverter model for {title}."
diff --git a/tests/components/sofar/test_init.py b/tests/components/sofar/test_init.py
index d956782289f5..f48148ab87c5 100644
--- a/tests/components/sofar/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/sofar/test_init.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ async def test_every_component_failing_recovers_on_a_later_poll(
     assert hass.states.get(entity_id).state == STATE_UNAVAILABLE
     # Availability alone cannot tell a failed poll from one that reported
     # every component as failed; only the logged error separates them.
-    assert "no component answered" in caplog.text
+    assert "No component answered" in caplog.text
 
     mock_connection.for_unit(1).fail_requests(None)
     freezer.tick(timedelta(seconds=SCAN_INTERVAL))