if (gentle)
                return -1;
 
-       die("invalid object type \"%s\"", str);
+       die(_("invalid object type \"%s\""), str);
 }
 
 /*
        }
        else {
                if (!quiet)
-                       error("object %s is a %s, not a %s",
+                       error(_("object %s is a %s, not a %s"),
                              oid_to_hex(&obj->oid),
                              type_name(obj->type), type_name(type));
                return NULL;
                        obj = &tag->object;
                }
        } else {
-               warning("object %s has unknown type id %d", oid_to_hex(oid), type);
+               warning(_("object %s has unknown type id %d"), oid_to_hex(oid), type);
                obj = NULL;
        }
        return obj;
            (!obj && has_object_file(oid) &&
             oid_object_info(r, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
                if (check_object_signature(repl, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
-                       error("sha1 mismatch %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
+                       error(_("sha1 mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
                        return NULL;
                }
                parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(r, oid), NULL, 0);
        if (buffer) {
                if (check_object_signature(repl, buffer, size, type_name(type)) < 0) {
                        free(buffer);
-                       error("sha1 mismatch %s", oid_to_hex(repl));
+                       error(_("sha1 mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(repl));
                        return NULL;
                }