diff --git a/imagewriter/MainWindow.cpp b/imagewriter/MainWindow.cpp
index 50aa31b..bae0fe0 100644
--- a/imagewriter/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/imagewriter/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ MainWindow::useNewUI()
     directive->setText(tr("Drag disk image here\n or click to select."));
     directive->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
     deviceComboBox = new QComboBox;
-    deviceComboBox->addItem(DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE);
+    deviceComboBox->addItem(tr(DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE));
     writeButton = new QPushButton(tr("Write"));
     connect(writeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(write()));
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ MainWindow::useNewUI()
 
     mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
     AboutLabel *aboutLabel = new AboutLabel();
-    aboutLabel->setText("<u>About</u>");
+    aboutLabel->setText(tr("<u>About</u>"));
 
     mainLayout->addWidget(aboutLabel,0,Qt::AlignTop|Qt::AlignLeft);
     mainLayout->addLayout(logoLayout, Qt::AlignHCenter);
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ MainWindow::deviceRemoved(QDBusMessage message)
 void
 MainWindow::addMenuItem(const QString &item)
 {
-    if (deviceComboBox->itemText(0) == DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE)
+    if (deviceComboBox->itemText(0) == tr(DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE))
         deviceComboBox->removeItem(0);
     deviceComboBox->addItem(item, 0);
 }
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ MainWindow::removeMenuItem(const QString &item)
     {
         deviceComboBox->removeItem(index);
         if (deviceComboBox->count() == 0)
-            deviceComboBox->addItem(DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE);
+            deviceComboBox->addItem(tr(DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE));
     }
     return(index);
 }
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ MainWindow::setSizeLabel(const QString &fileName)
         if(filecheck.exists())
         {
             int size = filecheck.size() / (1024*1024);
-            fileSize->setText("(<b>" + QString::number(size) + " MB</b>)" );
+            fileSize->setText("(<b>" + QString::number(size) + tr(" MB") + "</b>)" );
         }
     }
     else
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ void MainWindow::setFile(const QString &newFile)
         fileLine->setText(file);
     #endif
 
-        fileLabel->setText("<b>Selected:</b> " + file);
+        fileLabel->setText(tr("<b>Selected:</b> ") + file);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -623,10 +623,10 @@ void
 AboutLabel::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(event);
-    QMessageBox about(QMessageBox::Information, "About SUSE Studio Imagewriter",
-                   "The <b>SUSE Studio Imagewriter</b> is (C) 2012, SUSE Linux Products GmbH<br><br>\
+    QMessageBox about(QMessageBox::Information, QObject::tr("About SUSE Studio Imagewriter"),
+                   QObject::tr("The <b>SUSE Studio Imagewriter</b> is (C) 2012, SUSE Linux Products GmbH<br><br>\
                    It is cheerfully released under the GPL v2 license.  You can find the source code on github: https://github.com/mbarringer/imagewriter<br><br>\
-                   It was written by Matt Barringer &lt;matt@incoherent.de&gt;.  Please send complaints directly to him.");
+                   It was written by Matt Barringer &lt;matt@incoherent.de&gt;.  Please send complaints directly to him."));
     about.exec();
 }
 
diff --git a/imagewriter/MainWindow.h b/imagewriter/MainWindow.h
index b09992a..2e117d8 100644
--- a/imagewriter/MainWindow.h
+++ b/imagewriter/MainWindow.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "Platform.h"
 #include "DeviceItem.h"
 
-#define DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE "Insert a USB device"
+#define DROPDOWN_DIRECTIVE QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("MainWindow", "Insert a USB device")
 
 class MainWindow : public QWidget
 {
diff --git a/imagewriter/Platform.cpp b/imagewriter/Platform.cpp
index 282492d..5620d74 100644
--- a/imagewriter/Platform.cpp
+++ b/imagewriter/Platform.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Platform::writeData(QString path, QString fileName, qint64 deviceSize)
         return;
     }
 
-    QProgressDialog progress(" ", "Cancel", 0, 100);
+    QProgressDialog progress(" ", QObject::tr("Cancel"), 0, 100);
     progress.setMinimumDuration(0);
     progress.setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal);
     progress.setValue(100);
diff --git a/imagewriter/PlatformHal.cpp b/imagewriter/PlatformHal.cpp
index c113a1b..e2db15d 100644
--- a/imagewriter/PlatformHal.cpp
+++ b/imagewriter/PlatformHal.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ PlatformHal::getNewDevice(QString devicePath, LibHalContext *context)
         {
             devItem->setVendorString(vendor);
         }
-        QString newDisplayString = QString("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)").arg(devItem->getVendorString()).arg(devItem->getModelString()).arg(devItem->getPath()).arg(devItem->getSize() / 1048576);
+        QString newDisplayString = QString(QObject::tr("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)")).arg(devItem->getVendorString()).arg(devItem->getModelString()).arg(devItem->getPath()).arg(devItem->getSize() / 1048576);
         devItem->setDisplayString(newDisplayString);
 
         if (mKioskMode)
diff --git a/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks.cpp b/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks.cpp
index bb1a5ad..36dfa1e 100644
--- a/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks.cpp
+++ b/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ PlatformUdisks::getNewDevice(QString devicePath)
     {
         devItem->setVendorString(vendor);
     }
-    QString newDisplayString = QString("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)")
+    QString newDisplayString = QString(QObject::tr("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)"))
                                       .arg(devItem->getVendorString())
                                       .arg(devItem->getModelString())
                                       .arg(devItem->getPath())
diff --git a/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks2.cpp b/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks2.cpp
index 21c9416..2ce4521 100644
--- a/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks2.cpp
+++ b/imagewriter/PlatformUdisks2.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ PlatformUdisks2::buildDevice(QVariantMap &blockProperties, QVariantMap &drivePro
     {
         devItem->setVendorString(vendor);
     }
-    QString newDisplayString = QString("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)")
+    QString newDisplayString = QString(QObject::tr("%1 %2 - %3 (%4 MB)"))
                                       .arg(devItem->getVendorString())
                                       .arg(devItem->getModelString())
                                       .arg(devItem->getPath())