--- src/main.cpp	2012-07-09 07:35:49.000000000 +0200
+++ src/main.cpp	2012-07-16 15:18:37.296875000 +0200
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 
 /**
- * Set up the PATH and PYTHONPATH environment variables on Windows
+ * Set up the PATH, INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR and PYTHONPATH environment
+ * variables on Windows
  * @param exe Inkscape executable directory in UTF-8
  */
 static void _win32_set_inkscape_env(gchar const *exe)
@@ -525,7 +526,11 @@
     } else {
         printf("python not found\n\n");
     }*/
-
+    
+    // INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR is needed by Python/Gettext
+    gchar *localepath = g_build_filename(exe, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, NULL);
+    g_setenv("INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR", localepath, TRUE);
+    
     g_free(python);
     g_free(scripts);
     g_free(perl);
@@ -538,6 +543,8 @@
 
     g_free(new_path);
     g_free(new_pythonpath);
+    
+    g_free(localepath);
 }
 #endif
 
--- share/extensions/inkex.py	2012-07-16 15:39:14.828125000 +0200
+++ share/extensions/inkex.py	2012-07-16 15:12:10.406250000 +0200
@@ -36,13 +36,19 @@
 
 from math import *
 
+domain = 'inkscape'
 if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
     import locale
     current_locale, encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()
     os.environ['LANG'] = current_locale
-    gettext= gettext.translation('inkscape', "C:\Program Files\Inkscape\locale", [current_locale], fallback=True)
+    try:
+        localdir = os.environ['INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR'];
+        #sys.stderr.write(str(localdir) + "\n")
+        gettext= gettext.translation(domain, localdir, [current_locale], fallback=True)
+    except KeyError:
+        gettext= gettext.translation(domain, fallback=True)
 else:
-    gettext= gettext.translation('inkscape')
+    gettext= gettext.translation(domain, fallback=True)
 
 _ = gettext.gettext