diff --git a/symposion/proposals/views.py b/symposion/proposals/views.py
index fe146c9b..46c3c1c6 100644
--- a/symposion/proposals/views.py
+++ b/symposion/proposals/views.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
 from account.models import EmailAddress
 from symposion.proposals.models import (
     ProposalBase, ProposalSection, ProposalKind
@@ -36,18 +38,18 @@ def get_form(name):
 
 def proposal_submit(request):
     if not request.user.is_authenticated():
-        messages.info(request, "To submit a proposal, please "
-                      "<a href='{0}'>log in</a> and create a speaker profile "
-                      "via the dashboard.".format(settings.LOGIN_URL))
+        messages.info(request, _("To submit a proposal, please "
+                                 "<a href='{0}'>log in</a> and create a speaker profile "
+                                 "via the dashboard.".format(settings.LOGIN_URL)))
         return redirect("home")  # @@@ unauth'd speaker info page?
     else:
         try:
             request.user.speaker_profile
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             url = reverse("speaker_create")
-            messages.info(request, "To submit a proposal, first "
-                          "<a href='{0}'>create a speaker "
-                          "profile</a>.".format(url))
+            messages.info(request, _("To submit a proposal, first "
+                                     "<a href='{0}'>create a speaker "
+                                     "profile</a>.".format(url)))
             return redirect("dashboard")
 
     kinds = []