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 <matt@incoherent.de>.  Please send complaints directly to him.");

+                   It was written by Matt Barringer <matt@incoherent.de>.  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())