diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_new_status_message.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_new_status_message.haml
index 329e72d66..b515dadff 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_new_status_message.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_new_status_message.haml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 = form_for StatusMessage.new, :remote => true do |f|
   = f.error_messages
   %p
-    = f.text_field :message, :value => "tell me something good"
-    = f.submit 'oh yeah!', :class => 'button'
+    = f.text_field :message, :value => t('.tell_me_something_good')
+    = f.submit t('.oh_yeah'), :class => 'button'
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
index a22098afa..f6cac9155 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     .info
       = link_to(how_long_ago(post), object_path(post))
       \--
-      = link_to "show comments (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
+      = link_to "#{t('.show_comments')} (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
 
     = render   "comments/comments", :post => post 
 
 
   - if current_user.owns?(post)
     .destroy_link
-      = link_to 'Delete', status_message_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete"
+      = link_to t('.delete'), status_message_path(post), :confirm => t('.are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete"
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
index 358c2244b..b27208d2b 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/show.html.haml
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 
-- title "Status Message"
+- title t('.status_message')
 
 %p
-  %strong Message:
+  %strong="#{t('.message')}:"
   = @status_message.message
   
 %p
-  %strong Owner:
+  %strong="#{t('.owner')}:"
   = @status_message.person.real_name
 
-%h4= "comments (#{@status_message.comments.count})"
+%h4= "#{t('.comments')} (#{@status_message.comments.count})"
 = render "comments/comments", :post => @status_message
 
 %p
-  = link_to "Destroy", @status_message, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+  = link_to t('.destroy'), @status_message, :confirm => t('.are_you_sure'), :method => :delete
   |
-  = link_to "View All", status_messages_path
+  = link_to t('.view_all'), status_messages_path