diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 0ed6369dd..821ca279f 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 2006-10-26  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ViewManager.py (ViewManager.about): Translate comments.
+	* src/const.py.in: No gettext (won't work anyway because const.py
+	is imported before textdomain is set.
 	* NEWS: Update.
 	* help/gramps.pot: Regenerate manual template.
 	* src/data/tips.xml.in (family): Escape quotes.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py b/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
index e7bdbcfa7..0433ecffd 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class ViewManager:
             f.close()
         except:
             pass
-        about.set_comments(const.comments)
+        about.set_comments(_(const.comments))
         about.set_website_label(_('GRAMPS Homepage'))
         about.set_website('http://gramps-project.org')
         about.set_authors(const.authors)
diff --git a/gramps2/src/const.py.in b/gramps2/src/const.py.in
index dbf5352cb..e1a104e39 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/const.py.in
+++ b/gramps2/src/const.py.in
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
-from gettext import gettext as _
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #