Index: thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs.c
===================================================================
--- thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs.c	(revision 23953)
+++ thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs.c	(working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
       if (!g_thread_supported ())
         g_thread_init (NULL);
 
+      /* ensure any strings get translated properly */
+      xfce_textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, "UTF-8");
+
       /* initialize the path module */
       _thunar_vfs_path_init ();
 
Index: thunar-vfs/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- thunar-vfs/Makefile.am	(revision 23953)
+++ thunar-vfs/Makefile.am	(working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	-DEXO_DISABLE_DEPRECATED					\
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"thunar-vfs\"					\
 	-DLIBEXECDIR=\"$(libexecdir)\"					\
+	-DPACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR=\"$(localedir)\"				\
 	-DSN_API_NOT_YET_FROZEN						\
 	-DTHUNAR_VFS_COMPILATION					\
 	-DTHUNAR_VFS_VERSION_API=\"$(THUNAR_VERSION_API)\"		\