diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiPositionalStats.py b/pyfpdb/GuiPositionalStats.py
index 06d28883..fc7ab83c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiPositionalStats.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiPositionalStats.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
 
+import L10n
+_ = L10n.get_translation()
+
 import threading
 import pygtk
 pygtk.require('2.0')
@@ -22,18 +25,6 @@ import gtk
 import os
 from time import time, strftime
     
-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
-
 import fpdb_import
 import Database
 import Filters
diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiPrefs.py b/pyfpdb/GuiPrefs.py
index 6c8c6210..166a2500 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiPrefs.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiPrefs.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
 
+import L10n
+_ = L10n.get_translation()
+
 import xml.dom.minidom
 from xml.dom.minidom import Node
 
@@ -23,18 +26,6 @@ pygtk.require('2.0')
 import gtk
 import gobject
 
-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
-
 import Configuration
 
 rewrite = { 'general' : 'General',                   'supported_databases' : 'Databases'
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
index 4a8cbc0d..fbbab1ee 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 Main for FreePokerTools HUD.
 """
+import L10n
+_ = L10n.get_translation()
+
 #    Standard Library modules
 import sys
 import os
@@ -51,21 +54,6 @@ elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
 else: # This is bad--figure out the values for the various windows flavors
     import WinTables as Tables
 
-import locale
-lang = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0][0:2]
-print "lang:", lang
-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
-
 # get config and set up logger
 c = Configuration.Config(file=options.config, dbname=options.dbname)
 log = Configuration.get_logger("logging.conf", "hud", log_dir=c.dir_log, log_file='HUD-log.txt')