diff --git a/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php b/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php
index c59fcca890..14d1608d3c 100644
--- a/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ class PoweredByStatusNetPlugin extends Plugin
     function onEndAddressData($action)
     {
         $action->elementStart('span', 'poweredby');
-        $action->text(_('powered by'));
-        $action->element('a', array('href' => 'http://status.net/'), 'StatusNet');
+        $action->raw(sprintf(_m('powered by %s'),
+                     sprintf('<a href="http://status.net/">%s</a>',
+                             _m('StatusNet'))));
         $action->elementEnd('span');
 
         return true;
diff --git a/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/locale/PoweredByStatusNet.po b/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/locale/PoweredByStatusNet.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd39124efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/PoweredByStatusNet/locale/PoweredByStatusNet.po
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-01-22 15:03-0800\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php:49
+#, php-format
+msgid "powered by %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php:51
+msgid "StatusNet"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: PoweredByStatusNetPlugin.php:64
+msgid ""
+"Outputs powered by <a href=\"http://status.net/\">StatusNet</a> after site "
+"name."
+msgstr ""