diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4b7476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#################################################
+#
+#  (C) 2020 Slávek Banko
+#  slavek.banko (AT) axis.cz
+#
+#  Improvements and feedback are welcome
+#
+#  This file is released under GPL >= 2
+#
+#################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8 )
+
+
+##### include our cmake modules #################
+
+set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" )
+include( TDEL10n )
+
+
+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_auto_add_subdirectories( )
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e4eba..0b9fae7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ option( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY "Enable fvisibility and fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
 
 ##### user requested modules
 
-option( BUILD_ALL "Build all" ON )
+option( BUILD_ALL "Build all" ON                                     )
+option( BUILD_THEMES "Build themes" ${BUILD_ALL}                     )
+option( BUILD_TRANSLATIONS "Build translations" ${BUILD_ALL}         )
 
 
 ##### configure checks
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ set( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined"
 ##### directories
 
 add_subdirectory( src )
+tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_TRANSLATIONS translations )
 
 
 ##### write configure files
diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdeb121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_create_template( "messages/ksplash-engine-moodin" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/ksplashmoodin.desktop/"
+    SOURCES ksplashmoodin.desktop
+)
+
+tde_l10n_auto_add_subdirectories( )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ad6a22..e635036 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-add_subdirectory( themes )
+tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_THEMES themes )
 
 include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tde_add_kpart( ksplashmoodin AUTOMOC
 
 ##### other data
 
-install(
-    FILES ksplashmoodin.desktop
+tde_create_translated_desktop(
+    SOURCE ksplashmoodin.desktop
     DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/src/thememoodin.cpp b/src/thememoodin.cpp
index b87b92a..d7fb17f 100644
--- a/src/thememoodin.cpp
+++ b/src/thememoodin.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY(ksplashmoodin, KGenericFactory<ThemeMoodin>("ksplash"
 ThemeMoodin::ThemeMoodin(TQWidget* parent, const char* name, const TQStringList& args)
             :ThemeEngine(parent, name, args)
 {
+  TDEGlobal::locale()->insertCatalogue( "ksplash-engine-moodin" );
   readSettings();
   init();
 }
diff --git a/src/themes/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt b/src/themes/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
index 90bc1fb..5af4a21 100644
--- a/src/themes/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/themes/Architecture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-file( GLOB _pics RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.png )
+file( GLOB _pics RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.png *.jpg )
 
 install(
-    FILES ${_pics} Background.jpg Theme.rc
+    FILES ${_pics}
     DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/Architecture
 )
+
+tde_create_translated_desktop(
+    SOURCE Theme.rc
+    KEYWORDS Label1 Label2 Label3 Label4 Label5
+    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/Architecture
+    PO_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/desktop_files/themes
+)
diff --git a/src/themes/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/themes/CMakeL10n.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66cd231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+file( GLOB_RECURSE _themes RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} Theme.rc )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/themes/"
+    SOURCES_DESKTOP ${_themes}
+    KEYWORDS Label1 Label2 Label3 Label4 Label5
+)
diff --git a/src/themes/FingerPrint/CMakeLists.txt b/src/themes/FingerPrint/CMakeLists.txt
index cfcad13..fa5afec 100644
--- a/src/themes/FingerPrint/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/themes/FingerPrint/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-file( GLOB _pics RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.png )
+file( GLOB _pics RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.png *.jpg )
 
 install(
-    FILES ${_pics} Background.jpg Theme.rc
+    FILES ${_pics}
     DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/FingerPrint
 )
+
+tde_create_translated_desktop(
+    SOURCE Theme.rc
+    KEYWORDS Label1 Label2 Label3 Label4 Label5
+    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/FingerPrint
+    PO_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/desktop_files/themes
+)
diff --git a/src/themes/MoodinKDE/CMakeLists.txt b/src/themes/MoodinKDE/CMakeLists.txt
index d0fbb88..68afed2 100644
--- a/src/themes/MoodinKDE/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/themes/MoodinKDE/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+file( GLOB _pics RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.png *.jpg )
+
 install(
-    FILES Background.jpg Preview.png Theme.rc
+    FILES ${_pics}
     DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/MoodinKDE
 )
+
+tde_create_translated_desktop(
+    SOURCE Theme.rc
+    KEYWORDS Label1 Label2 Label3 Label4 Label5
+    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/ksplash/Themes/MoodinKDE
+    PO_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/desktop_files/themes
+)
diff --git a/translations/CMakeLists.txt b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b186a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tde_auto_add_subdirectories()
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ksplashmoodin.desktop/ksplashmoodin.desktop.pot b/translations/desktop_files/ksplashmoodin.desktop/ksplashmoodin.desktop.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c6c3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ksplashmoodin.desktop/ksplashmoodin.desktop.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-03 01:02+0200\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"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Comment
+#: ksplashmoodin.desktop:2
+msgid "KSplash Plugin"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Name
+#: ksplashmoodin.desktop:5
+msgid "KSplashMoodin"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/themes/themes.pot b/translations/desktop_files/themes/themes.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66fe3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/themes/themes.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-03 00:58+0200\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"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Name
+#: Architecture/Theme.rc:2
+msgid "Architecture"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Description
+#: Architecture/Theme.rc:3
+msgid "Fading splash screen based on the Moodin engine, for widescreens"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Label1
+#: Architecture/Theme.rc:43
+msgid "Welcome to TDE"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Name
+#: FingerPrint/Theme.rc:2
+msgid "FingerPrint"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Description
+#: FingerPrint/Theme.rc:3
+msgid ""
+"Taste your fingers (wallpaper from Dalmases http://www.deviantart.com/"
+"deviation/11180503/)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Label1
+#: FingerPrint/Theme.rc:33
+msgid "Validating..."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Label2
+#: FingerPrint/Theme.rc:37
+msgid "ML:USER:loginname"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Name
+#: MoodinKDE/Theme.rc:2
+msgid "MoodinKDE"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Description
+#: MoodinKDE/Theme.rc:3
+msgid "Fading splash screen based on the svg wallpaper (Lineart Logo)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Label1
+#: MoodinKDE/Theme.rc:24
+msgid "Welcome"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/translations/messages/CMakeLists.txt b/translations/messages/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75c89f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/messages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+file( GLOB_RECURSE po_files RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.po )
+string( REGEX REPLACE "[ \r\n\t]+" ";" _linguas "$ENV{LINGUAS}" )
+
+foreach( _po ${po_files} )
+  get_filename_component( _lang ${_po} NAME_WE )
+  if( "${_linguas}" MATCHES "^;*$" OR ";${_linguas};" MATCHES ";${_lang};" )
+    if( "${_po}" MATCHES "^([^/]*)/.*" )
+      string( REGEX REPLACE "^([^/]*)/.*" "\\1" _component "${_po}" )
+    else( )
+      set( _component "${PROJECT_NAME}" )
+    endif( )
+    tde_create_translation( FILES ${_po} LANG ${_lang} OUTPUT_NAME ${_component} )
+  endif( )
+endforeach( )
diff --git a/translations/messages/ksplash-engine-moodin.pot b/translations/messages/ksplash-engine-moodin.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4dc937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/messages/ksplash-engine-moodin.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-03 00:39+0200\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=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: _translatorinfo:1
+msgid ""
+"_: NAME OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your names"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: _translatorinfo:2
+msgid ""
+"_: EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your emails"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: thememoodin.cpp:202
+msgid "No background. Try to put a Background.jpg in theme folder"
+msgstr ""