diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 08d0e33b52..c2390d99fa 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -1169,3 +1169,9 @@ Charlie  11 Feb 2010
 
     clientgui/
         BOINCTaskBar.cpp
+
+David  13 Feb 2010
+    - web: make strings translatable. fixes #980
+
+    html/user
+        edit_user_info_form/action.php
diff --git a/html/user/edit_user_info_action.php b/html/user/edit_user_info_action.php
index df84203742..c25bb07e20 100644
--- a/html/user/edit_user_info_action.php
+++ b/html/user/edit_user_info_action.php
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ check_tokens($user->authenticator);
 
 $name = boinc_htmlentities(post_str("user_name"));
 if ($name != strip_tags($name)) {
-    error_page("HTML tags not allowed in name");
+    error_page(tra("HTML tags are not allowed in your name."));
 }
 if (strlen($name) == 0) {
-   error_page("You must supply a name for your account.");
+   error_page(tra("You must supply a name for your account."));
 }
 $url = post_str("url", true);
 $url = strip_tags($url);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if ($country == "") {
     $country = "International";
 }
 if (!is_valid_country($country)) {
-    error_page("bad country");
+    error_page(tra("bad country"));
 }
 $country = BoincDb::escape_string($country);
 $postal_code = post_str("postal_code", true);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $result = $user->update(
 if ($result) {
     Header("Location: home.php");
 } else {
-    error_page("Couldn't update user info.");
+    error_page(tra("Couldn't update user info."));
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/html/user/edit_user_info_form.php b/html/user/edit_user_info_form.php
index d08f1cd72e..52009cffe6 100644
--- a/html/user/edit_user_info_form.php
+++ b/html/user/edit_user_info_form.php
@@ -24,27 +24,27 @@ db_init();
 $user = get_logged_in_user();
 check_tokens($user->authenticator);
 
-page_head("Edit account information");
+page_head(tra("Edit account information"));
 
 echo "<form method=post action=edit_user_info_action.php>";
 echo form_tokens($user->authenticator);
 start_table();
-row2("Name<br><font size=-2>real name or nickname</font>",
+row2(tra("Name %1 real name or nickname%2", "<br><font size=-2>", "</font>"),
     "<input name=user_name size=30 value='$user->name'>"
 );
-row2("URL<br><font size=-2>of your web page; optional</font>",
+row2(tra("URL %1 of your web page; optional%2", "<br><font size=-2>", "</font>"),
     "http://<input name=url size=50 value='$user->url'>"
 );
-row2_init("Country",
+row2_init(tra("Country"),
     "<select name=country>"
 );
 print_country_select($user->country);
 echo "</select></td></tr>\n";
-row2("Postal (ZIP) code<br><font size=-2>Optional</font>",
+row2(tra("Postal (ZIP) code %1 Optional%2", "<br><font size=-2>", "</font>"),
     "<input name=postal_code size=20 value='$user->postal_code'>"
 );
 
-row2("", "<input type=submit value='Update info'>");
+row2("", "<input type=submit value='".tra("Update info")."'>");
 end_table();
 echo "</form>\n";
 page_tail();