diff --git a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calHtmlExport.js b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calHtmlExport.js
index b7167af75bd..2b8d127721d 100644
--- a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calHtmlExport.js
+++ b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calHtmlExport.js
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ function QueryInterface(aIID) {
 calHtmlExporter.prototype.getFileTypes =
 function getFileTypes(aCount) {
     aCount.value = 1;
+    var sbs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+                        .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
+    var props = sbs.createBundle("chrome://calendar/locale/calendar.properties");
     return([{defaultExtension:'html', 
              extensionFilter:'*.html; *.htm', 
-             description:'HTML'}]);
+             description: props.GetStringFromName('htmlDesc')}]);
 };
 
 // not prototype.export. export is reserved.
diff --git a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calIcsImportExport.js b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calIcsImportExport.js
index 0e6477732c2..31386180bd9 100644
--- a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calIcsImportExport.js
+++ b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calIcsImportExport.js
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ function QueryInterface(aIID) {
 calIcsImporter.prototype.getFileTypes =
 function getFileTypes(aCount) {
     aCount.value = 1;
+    var sbs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+                        .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
+    var props = sbs.createBundle("chrome://calendar/locale/calendar.properties");
     return([{defaultExtension:'ics', 
              extensionFilter:'*.ics', 
-             description:'iCalendar'}]);
+             description: props.GetStringFromName('icsDesc')}]);
 };
 
 calIcsImporter.prototype.importFromStream =
@@ -138,9 +141,12 @@ function QueryInterface(aIID) {
 calIcsExporter.prototype.getFileTypes =
 function getFileTypes(aCount) {
     aCount.value = 1;
+    var sbs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+                        .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
+    var props = sbs.createBundle("chrome://calendar/locale/calendar.properties");
     return([{defaultExtension:'ics', 
              extensionFilter:'*.ics', 
-             description:'iCalendar'}]);
+             description: props.GetStringFromName('icsDesc')}]);
 };
 
 // not prototype.export. export is reserved.
diff --git a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calOutlookCSVImportExport.js b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calOutlookCSVImportExport.js
index 4a0cced80ee..39a2be0fa35 100644
--- a/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calOutlookCSVImportExport.js
+++ b/mozilla/calendar/import-export/calOutlookCSVImportExport.js
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ function QueryInterface(aIID) {
 calOutlookCSVImporter.prototype.getFileTypes =
 function getFileTypes(aCount) {
     aCount.value = 1;
+    var sbs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+                        .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
+    var props = sbs.createBundle("chrome://calendar/locale/calendar.properties");
     return([{defaultExtension:'csv', 
              extensionFilter:'*.csv', 
-             description:'Comma Separated Values (from Outlook)'}]);
+             description: props.GetStringFromName('outlookDesc')}]);
 };
 
 const localeEn = {
@@ -400,9 +403,12 @@ function QueryInterface(aIID) {
 calOutlookCSVExporter.prototype.getFileTypes =
 function getFileTypes(aCount) {
     aCount.value = 1;
+    var sbs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"]
+                        .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService);
+    var props = sbs.createBundle("chrome://calendar/locale/calendar.properties");
     return([{defaultExtension:'csv', 
              extensionFilter:'*.csv', 
-             description:'Comma Separated Values (from Outlook)'}]);
+             description:props.GetStringFromName('outlookDesc')}]);
 };
 
 // not prototype.export. export is reserved.
diff --git a/mozilla/calendar/resources/locale/en-US/calendar.properties b/mozilla/calendar/resources/locale/en-US/calendar.properties
index 81f1a0b2ed1..f521f2bc4c3 100644
--- a/mozilla/calendar/resources/locale/en-US/calendar.properties
+++ b/mozilla/calendar/resources/locale/en-US/calendar.properties
@@ -307,3 +307,8 @@ likelyTimezone=America/New_York
 
 # Print Layout
 formatListName = List
+
+# Import/Export
+htmlDesc=HTML
+icsDesc=iCalendar
+outlookDesc=Comma Separated Values (from Outlook)