diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 94963e463041..d6e6f7e99db5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ Akshay Jagadeesh <akjags@gmail.com>
 Nick Parlante <nick.parlante@cs.stanford.edu>
 Marko Seric <marko.seric@math.uzh.ch>
 Felipe Montoya <felipe.montoya@edunext.co>
+Olivier Marquez <oliviermarquez@gmail.com>
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tabs.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tabs.py
index f897fa1378f0..f1b29e9a10ee 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tabs.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tabs.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from ..utils import get_course_for_item, get_modulestore
 from .access import get_location_and_verify_access
 
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 __all__ = ['edit_tabs', 'reorder_static_tabs', 'static_pages']
 
@@ -31,11 +32,13 @@ def initialize_course_tabs(course):
 
     # This logic is repeated in xmodule/modulestore/tests/factories.py
     # so if you change anything here, you need to also change it there.
-    course.tabs = [{"type": "courseware"},
-                   {"type": "course_info", "name": "Course Info"},
-                   {"type": "discussion", "name": "Discussion"},
-                   {"type": "wiki", "name": "Wiki"},
-                   {"type": "progress", "name": "Progress"}]
+    course.tabs = [
+        {"type": "courseware", "name": _("Courseware")},
+        {"type": "course_info", "name": _("Course Info")},
+        {"type": "discussion", "name": _("Discussion")},
+        {"type": "wiki", "name": _("Wiki")},
+        {"type": "progress", "name": _("Progress")},
+        ]
 
     modulestore('direct').update_metadata(course.location.url(), own_metadata(course))