diff --git a/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/Messages.sh b/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55abe90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!bin/sh
+# invoke the extractrc script on all .ui, .rc, and .kcfg files in the sources
+# the results are stored in a pseudo .cpp file to be picked up by xgettext.
+$EXTRACTRC `find . -name \*.rc -o -name \*.ui -o -name \*.kcfg` >> rc.cpp
+
+# call xgettext on all source files. If your sources have other filename
+# extensions besides .cpp, and .h, just add them in the find call.
+$XGETTEXT  `find . -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.h -o -name \*.qml` -o $podir/alkimia-plasma-foreign-currencies.pot
+
+# Remove these two generated files again
+rm rc.cpp
diff --git a/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/contents/ui/config/ConfigGeneral.qml b/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/contents/ui/config/ConfigGeneral.qml
index 8bea5e9..27a7153 100644
--- a/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/contents/ui/config/ConfigGeneral.qml
+++ b/plasma/applets/ForeignCurrencies/contents/ui/config/ConfigGeneral.qml
@@ -1,161 +1,161 @@
 import QtQuick 2.2
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.2
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 
 Item {
 
     property string cfg_currencies
 
     ListModel {
         id: currenciesModel
         }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         var currencies = JSON.parse(plasmoid.configuration.currencies)
         currencies.forEach(function (line) {
             currenciesModel.append({
                 symbol: line.symbol
                 })
             })
         }
 
 
     function currenciesModelChanged() {
         var newCurrenciesArray = []
         for (var i = 0; i < currenciesModel.count; i++) {
             newCurrenciesArray.push({
                 symbol: currenciesModel.get(i).symbol
             })
         }
         cfg_currencies = JSON.stringify(newCurrenciesArray)
     }
 
 
     Dialog {
         id: addCurrencyDialog
-        title: i18n('Add Currency Pair')
+        title: i18n("Add Currency Pair")
 
         width: 300
 
         standardButtons: StandardButton.Ok | StandardButton.Cancel
 
         onAccepted: {
             if (symbolField.text !== "") { 
                 console.log("symbol: " + symbolField.text);
                 currenciesModel.append({ symbol: symbolField.text });
                 currenciesModelChanged()
                 close()
                 }
             }
 
         TextField {
             id: symbolField
-            placeholderText: i18n('Paste currency pair symbol here')
+            placeholderText: i18n("Paste currency pair symbol here")
             width: parent.width
             }
 
         }
 
 
     ColumnLayout {
         anchors.left: parent.left
         anchors.right: parent.right
 
         Label {
-            text: i18n('Currency Pairs')
+            text: i18n("Currency Pairs")
             font.bold: true
             Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignLeft
             }
 
         Item { }
 
         TableView {
             id: currenciesTable
             width: parent.width
 
             TableViewColumn {
                 id: symbolIdCol
                 role: 'symbolId'
-                title: i18n('Symbol')
+                title: i18n("Symbol")
                 // width: parent.width * 0.6
 
                 delegate: Label {
                     text: styleData.value
                     elide: Text.ElideRight
                     anchors.left: parent ? parent.left : undefined
                     anchors.leftMargin: 5
                     anchors.right: parent ? parent.right : undefined
                     anchors.rightMargin: 5
                 }
             }
 
 
             TableViewColumn {
-                title: i18n('Action')
+                title: i18n("Action")
                 // width: parent.width * 0.2
 
                 delegate: Item {
 
                     GridLayout {
                         height: parent.height
                         columns: 3
                         rowSpacing: 0
 
                         Button {
                             iconName: 'go-up'
                             Layout.fillHeight: true
                             onClicked: {
                                 currenciesModel.move(styleData.row, styleData.row - 1, 1)
                                 currenciesModelChanged()
                             }
                             enabled: styleData.row > 0
                         }
 
                         Button {
                             iconName: 'go-down'
                             Layout.fillHeight: true
                             onClicked: {
                                 currenciesModel.move(styleData.row, styleData.row + 1, 1)
                                 currenciesModelChanged()
                             }
                             enabled: styleData.row < currenciesModel.count - 1
                         }
 
                         Button {
                             iconName: 'list-remove'
                             Layout.fillHeight: true
                             onClicked: {
                                 currenciesModel.remove(styleData.row)
                                 currenciesModelChanged()
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
 
             }
             model: currenciesModel
             Layout.preferredHeight: 150
             Layout.preferredWidth: parent.width
             Layout.columnSpan: 2
         }
 
         Row {
             Layout.columnSpan: 2
 
             Button {
                 iconName: 'list-add'
                 text: 'Add Currency Pair'
                 onClicked: {
                     addCurrencyDialog.open();
                     symbolField.text = ''
                     symbolField.focus = true
                 }
             }
 
         }
 
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/plasma/applets/onlinequote/CMakeLists.txt b/plasma/applets/onlinequote/CMakeLists.txt
index 07eb21f..a724d11 100644
--- a/plasma/applets/onlinequote/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plasma/applets/onlinequote/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 # We add our source code here
 set(SOURCES plasma-onlinequote.cpp)
 
 set(UI configwidget.ui)
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(SOURCES ${UI})
 
 # Now make sure all files get to the right place
 kde4_add_plugin(plasma_applet_onlinequote ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_onlinequote
     alkimia
 )
 if(BUILD_QT4)
     target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_onlinequote
         ${KDE4_PLASMA_LIBS}
         ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS}
     )
     set(PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR "${KDE4_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/kde4")
     set(SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR ${KDE4_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 else()
     target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_onlinequote
         KF5::Package
         KF5::Plasma
     )
+    add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"alkimia-plasma-onlinequote\")
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS plasma_applet_onlinequote
         DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 install(FILES plasma-applet-onlinequote.desktop
         DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/plasma/applets/onlinequote/Messages.sh b/plasma/applets/onlinequote/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e73da07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma/applets/onlinequote/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# invoke the extractrc script on all .ui, .rc, and .kcfg files in the sources
+# the results are stored in a pseudo .cpp file to be picked up by xgettext.
+$EXTRACTRC `find . -name \*.rc -o -name \*.ui -o -name \*.kcfg` >> rc.cpp
+
+# call xgettext on all source files. If your sources have other filename
+# extensions besides .cc, .cpp, and .h, just add them in the find call.
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.cc -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.h -name \*.qml` -o $podir/alkimia-plasma-onlinequote.pot
+
+# Remove this generated files
+rm rc.cpp
+