diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 8d2628845a..fc793132b8 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class App {
 	public  $argc;
 	public  $module;
 	public  $pager;
+	public  $strings;   
 
 	private $scheme;
 	private $hostname;
@@ -175,6 +176,19 @@ function replace_macros($s,$r) {
 }}
 
 
+function load_translation_table($lang) {
+	global $a;
+
+}
+
+
+function t($s) {
+	global $a;
+
+	if($a->strings[$s])
+		return $a->strings[$s];
+	return $s;
+}
 
 if(! function_exists('fetch_url')) {
 function fetch_url($url,$binary = false) {
@@ -430,9 +444,9 @@ function paginate(&$a) {
 	  if($a->pager['total'] > $a->pager['itemspage']) {
 		$o .= '<div class="pager">';
     		if($a->pager['page'] != 1)
-			$o .= '<span class="pager_prev">'."<a href=\"$url".'&page='.($a->pager['page'] - 1).'">prev</a></span> ';
+			$o .= '<span class="pager_prev">'."<a href=\"$url".'&page='.($a->pager['page'] - 1).'">' . t('prev') . '</a></span> ';
 
-		$o .=  "<span class=\"pager_first\"><a href=\"$url"."&page=1\">first</a></span> ";
+		$o .=  "<span class=\"pager_first\"><a href=\"$url"."&page=1\">" . t('first') . "</a></span> ";
 
     		$numpages = $a->pager['total'] / $a->pager['itemspage'];
 
@@ -461,10 +475,10 @@ function paginate(&$a) {
 		}
 
 		$lastpage = (($numpages > intval($numpages)) ? intval($numpages)+1 : $numpages);
-		$o .= "<span class=\"pager_last\"><a href=\"$url"."&page=$lastpage\">last</a></span> ";
+		$o .= "<span class=\"pager_last\"><a href=\"$url"."&page=$lastpage\">" . t('last') . "</a></span> ";
 
     		if(($a->pager['total'] - ($a->pager['itemspage'] * $a->pager['page'])) > 0)
-			$o .= '<span class="pager_next">'."<a href=\"$url"."&page=".($a->pager['page'] + 1).'">next</a></span>';
+			$o .= '<span class="pager_next">'."<a href=\"$url"."&page=".($a->pager['page'] + 1).'">' . t('next') . '</a></span>';
 		$o .= '</div>'."\r\n";
 	}
 	return $o;
@@ -481,3 +495,5 @@ function expand_acl($s) {
 	}
 	return array();
 }		
+
+
diff --git a/include/auth.php b/include/auth.php
index 513d717e3e..8e9d19d8a9 100644
--- a/include/auth.php
+++ b/include/auth.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if((x($_SESSION,'authenticated')) && (! ($_POST['auth-params'] == 'login'))) {
 		unset($_SESSION['is_visitor']);
 		unset($_SESSION['administrator']);
 		unset($_SESSION['cid']);
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = "Logged out." . EOL;
+		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = t("Logged out.") . EOL;
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl());
 	}
 	if(x($_SESSION,'uid')) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ else {
 			dbesc(trim($_POST['login-name'])),
 			dbesc($encrypted));
 		if(($r === false) || (! count($r))) {
-			$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = 'Login failed.' . EOL ;
+			$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = t('Login failed.') . EOL ;
 			goaway($a->get_baseurl());
   		}
 		$_SESSION['uid'] = $r[0]['uid'];
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ else {
 		$_SESSION['authenticated'] = 1;
 		$_SESSION['my_url'] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $r[0]['nickname'];
 
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = "Welcome back " . $r[0]['username'] . EOL;
+		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = t("Welcome back ") . $r[0]['username'] . EOL;
 		$a->user = $r[0];
 		if(strlen($a->user['timezone']))
 			date_default_timezone_set($a->user['timezone']);
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index 0dc0f6029e..a47d55d9a2 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-
 <?php
 
 if(x($_SESSION['uid'])) {
-		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-logout-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"logout\">Logout</a>\r\n";
+		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-logout-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"logout\">" . t('Logout') . "</a>\r\n";
 }
 
 	$a->page['nav'] .= "<span id=\"nav-link-wrapper\" >\r\n";