diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started.haml
index c8c5a405b10101c5c41238dd014e9dc0e26d89b5..c0b0f6bb3f2f62e080acadbf73472766ec33bd8a 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started.haml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                 = profile_field_tag(current_user.person.profile, attr)
 
           #edit_profile_button_div
-            = link_to "Edit Profile", edit_profile_path, :class => "button"
+            = link_to t(".edit_profile"), edit_profile_path, :class => "button"
 
       - unless AppConfig[:configured_services].blank?
         %li.services{:class => ("completed" if has_connected_services?)}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
               = t('.find_friends')
             .span-5.append-1
               = form_tag(people_path, :method => 'get', :class => "people search_form") do
-                = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => "Search for people", :type => 'search', :results => 5
+                = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => t(".search_for_people"), :type => 'search', :results => 5
             .span-5.last{:style => "height:30px;"}
               %h4{:style => "margin-top:7px;"}
                 or
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
           .span-5.append-1
             = form_tag(tags_path, :method => 'get', :class => "tag search_form") do
-              = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => "Search for #hashtags", :type => 'search', :results => 5
+              = text_field_tag 'q', nil, :placeholder => t(".search_for_hashtags"), :type => 'search', :results => 5
           .span-5.last
             %h4{:style => "margin-top:7px;"}
               = t('.featured_tags')
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 35fab7a0b9aaafa0cdf93515dec724bd5bb6206e..d6e3d6fc5e3193a11dd2dacd3c85beea3662d00f 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ en:
       connect_with_people: "Connect with cool people"
       connect_with_people_explanation_pt1: "Connect with people by placing them into one or more of your %{bold}."
       bold: "aspects"
+      edit_profile: "Edit Profile"
+      search_for_hashtags: "Search for #hashtags"
+      search_for_people: "Search for people"
       connect_with_people_explanation_pt2: "Aspects are an intuitive way to group new and familar faces, private to you, allowing you to filter down or share with subsets of your contacts easily."
       featured_users: "Featured users"