diff --git a/faces/ConfigAppearance.qml b/faces/ConfigAppearance.qml
--- a/faces/ConfigAppearance.qml
+++ b/faces/ConfigAppearance.qml
@@ -100,16 +100,16 @@
         }
     }
     RowLayout {
-        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Presets:")
+        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Presets:")
         
         QQC2.Button {
             icon.name: "document-open"
-            text: i18n("Load Preset...")
+            text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Load Preset...")
             onClicked: presetSheet.open()
         }
 
         NewStuff.Button {
-            Accessible.name: i18n("Get new presets...")
+            Accessible.name: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Get new presets...")
             configFile: "systemmonitor-presets.knsrc"
             text: ""
             onChangedEntriesChanged: controller.availablePresetsModel.reload();
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         QQC2.Button {
             id: saveButton
             icon.name: "document-save"
-            text: i18n("Save Settings As Preset")
+            text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Save Settings As Preset")
             enabled: controller.currentPreset.length == 0
             onClicked: controller.savePreset();
         }
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@
 
     QQC2.TextField {
         id: titleField
-        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Title:")
+        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Title:")
     }
 
     RowLayout {
-        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Display Style:")
+        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Display Style:")
         QQC2.ComboBox {
             id: faceCombo
             model: controller.availableFacesModel
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         }
 
         NewStuff.Button {
-            text: i18n("Get New Display Styles...")
+            text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Get New Display Styles...")
             configFile: "systemmonitor-faces.knsrc"
             onChangedEntriesChanged: controller.availableFacesModel.reload();
         }
diff --git a/faces/ConfigSensors.qml b/faces/ConfigSensors.qml
--- a/faces/ConfigSensors.qml
+++ b/faces/ConfigSensors.qml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             width: usedSensorsView.width
             actions: Kirigami.Action {
                 icon.name: "list-remove"
-                text: i18n("Remove")
+                text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Remove")
                 onTriggered: {
                     usedSensorsModel.remove(index, 1);
                     usedSensorsModel.save();
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@
         Layout.preferredHeight: sensorListHeader.implicitHeight
         visible: controller.supportsTotalSensors
         QQC2.Label {
-            text: i18n("Total Sensor:")
+            text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Total Sensor:")
         }
         QQC2.Label {
             Layout.fillWidth: true
-            text: cfg_totalSensors.length > 0 ? totalSensor.name : i18n("Drop Sensor Here")
+            text: cfg_totalSensors.length > 0 ? totalSensor.name : i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Drop Sensor Here")
             elide: Text.ElideRight
             DropArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
             Kirigami.Heading {
                 Layout.preferredHeight: sensorListHeader.implicitHeight
                 level: 3
-                text: i18n("Chart Sensors")
+                text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Chart Sensors")
             }
             Local.UsedSensorsView {
                 id: usedSensorsView
                 showColor: controller.supportsSensorsColors
                 sensorColors: root.controller.sensorColors
             }
             Kirigami.Heading {
                 Layout.preferredHeight: sensorListHeader.implicitHeight
-                text: i18n("Text Only Sensors")
+                text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Text Only Sensors")
                 level: 3
                 visible: lowPrioritySensorsView.visible
             }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
                     Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
                     level: 3
-                    text: i18n("All Sensors")
+                    text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "All Sensors")
                 }
             }
             Kirigami.SearchField {
diff --git a/faces/Messages.sh b/faces/Messages.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faces/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml -o -name \*.cpp` -o $podir/KSysGuardSensorFaces.pot
diff --git a/faces/SensorFaceController.cpp b/faces/SensorFaceController.cpp
--- a/faces/SensorFaceController.cpp
+++ b/faces/SensorFaceController.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     bool configNeedsSave = false;
     KPackage::Package facePackage;
     QString faceId;
+    KLocalizedContext *contextObj = nullptr;
     KConfigGroup configGroup;
     KConfigGroup appearanceGroup;
     KConfigGroup sensorsGroup;
@@ -183,17 +184,17 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    //TODO: add i18n context object
     QQmlContext *context = new QQmlContext(engine);
+    context->setContextObject(contextObj);
     QObject *guiObject = component->beginCreate(context);
     SensorFace *gui = qobject_cast<SensorFace *>(guiObject);
     if (!gui) {
         qWarning()<<"ERROR: QML gui" << guiObject << "not a SensorFace instance";
         guiObject->deleteLater();
         context->deleteLater();
         return nullptr;
     }
-   // context->setParent(gui);
+    context->setParent(gui);
 
     gui->setController(q);
 
@@ -216,12 +217,13 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    //TODO: add i18n context object
     QQmlContext *context = new QQmlContext(engine);
+    context->setContextObject(contextObj);
     QObject *guiObject = component->createWithInitialProperties(
         initialProperties, context);
     QQuickItem *gui = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(guiObject);
     Q_ASSERT(gui);
+    context->setParent(gui);
 
     component->deleteLater();
 
@@ -398,6 +400,7 @@
 
     d->facePackage = KPackage::PackageLoader::self()->loadPackage(QStringLiteral("KSysguard/SensorFace"), face);
 
+    d->contextObj->deleteLater();
     if (d->faceConfiguration) {
         d->faceConfiguration->deleteLater();
         d->faceConfiguration = nullptr;
@@ -412,6 +415,9 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    d->contextObj = new KLocalizedContext(d->engine);
+    d->contextObj->setTranslationDomain(QLatin1String("ksysguard_face_") + face);
+
     //TODO: should be in a different config file rather than metadata
     d->faceProperties = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(d->facePackage.filePath("FaceProperties")), QStringLiteral("Config"));
 
diff --git a/faces/SensorFaceController_p.h b/faces/SensorFaceController_p.h
--- a/faces/SensorFaceController_p.h
+++ b/faces/SensorFaceController_p.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <QQuickItem>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
+#include <KLocalizedContext>
 
 class QQmlEngine;
 
diff --git a/faces/UsedSensorsView.qml b/faces/UsedSensorsView.qml
--- a/faces/UsedSensorsView.qml
+++ b/faces/UsedSensorsView.qml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             id: listItem
             actions: Kirigami.Action {
                 icon.name: "list-remove"
-                text: i18n("Remove")
+                text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Remove")
                 onTriggered: {
                     usedSensorsModel.remove(index, 1);
                     usedSensorsModel.save();
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         anchors.centerIn: parent
         z: 2
         visible: usedSensorsView.count == 0
-        text: i18n("Drop Sensors Here")
+        text: i18nc("KSysGuardSensorFaces", "Drop Sensors Here")
     }
     Rectangle {
         anchors {
diff --git a/faces/facepackages/barchart/Messages.sh b/faces/facepackages/barchart/Messages.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faces/facepackages/barchart/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` -o $podir/ksysguard_face_org.kde.ksysguard.barchart.pot
diff --git a/faces/facepackages/linechart/Messages.sh b/faces/facepackages/linechart/Messages.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faces/facepackages/linechart/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` -o $podir/ksysguard_face_org.kde.ksysguard.linechart.pot
diff --git a/faces/facepackages/piechart/Messages.sh b/faces/facepackages/piechart/Messages.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faces/facepackages/piechart/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` -o $podir/ksysguard_face_org.kde.ksysguard.piechart.pot
diff --git a/faces/facepackages/textonly/Messages.sh b/faces/facepackages/textonly/Messages.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faces/facepackages/textonly/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` -o $podir/ksysguard_face_org.kde.ksysguard.textonly.pot