}
 
 static const char *const init_db_usage[] = {
-       "git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]",
+       N_("git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]"),
        NULL
 };
 
        const char *template_dir = NULL;
        unsigned int flags = 0;
        const struct option init_db_options[] = {
-               OPT_STRING(0, "template", &template_dir, "template-directory",
-                               "directory from which templates will be used"),
+               OPT_STRING(0, "template", &template_dir, N_("template-directory"),
+                               N_("directory from which templates will be used")),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "bare", &is_bare_repository_cfg,
-                               "create a bare repository", 1),
+                               N_("create a bare repository"), 1),
                { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "shared", &init_shared_repository,
-                       "permissions",
-                       "specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users",
+                       N_("permissions"),
+                       N_("specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users"),
                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, shared_callback, 0},
-               OPT_BIT('q', "quiet", &flags, "be quiet", INIT_DB_QUIET),
-               OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, "gitdir",
-                          "separate git dir from working tree"),
+               OPT_BIT('q', "quiet", &flags, N_("be quiet"), INIT_DB_QUIET),
+               OPT_STRING(0, "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, N_("gitdir"),
+                          N_("separate git dir from working tree")),
                OPT_END()
        };