diff --git a/pyfpdb/WinTables.py b/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
index 6c68cd98..adaa82be 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ import win32api
 import win32con
 import win32security
 
+import locale
+lang=locale.getdefaultlocale()[0][0:2]
+if lang=="en":
+    def _(string): return string
+else:
+    import gettext
+    try:
+        trans = gettext.translation("fpdb", localedir="locale", languages=[lang])
+        trans.install()
+    except IOError:
+        def _(string): return string
+
 #    FreePokerTools modules
 from TableWindow import Table_Window