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