diff --git a/app/views/shared/_question_header.haml b/app/views/shared/_question_header.haml
index 61400c46..0680819b 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_question_header.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_question_header.haml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
                       %li.text-danger
                         %a{href: '#', tabindex: -1, data: { action: 'ab-question-destroy', q_id: question.id, redirect: if question.author_is_anonymous? then "/" else show_user_questions_path(question.user.screen_name) end }}
                           %i.fa.fa-trash-o
-                          Delete Question
+                          = t 'views.actions.delete'
                     - unless question.user == current_user
                       %li
                         %a{href: '#', tabindex: -1, data: { action: 'ab-question-report', q_id: question.id }}
                           %i.fa.fa-exclamation-triangle
-                          Report
+                          = t 'views.actions.report'
           %h6.text-muted.media-heading.answerbox--question-user
             = user_screen_name question.user, question.author_is_anonymous, !hidden
             - unless hidden
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
index 34c79e0a..7194457f 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   .panel-heading
     %h3.panel-title
       - if @user.motivation_header.blank?
-        Ask something!
+        = t 'views.questionbox.title'
       - else
         = @user.motivation_header
   .panel-body
     - if @user.banned?
       .row
         .col-xs-12.text-center
-          %strong This user got hit with ye olde banhammer.
+          %strong= t 'views.questionbox.banned'
     - else
       - if user_signed_in? or @user.privacy_allow_anonymous_questions?
         #question-box
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
               - if user_signed_in?
                 - if @user.privacy_allow_anonymous_questions?
                   %input{:name => "qb-anonymous", :type => "checkbox"}/
-                  Hide your name
+                  = t 'views.actions.anonymous'
                   %br/
                 - else
                   %input{:name => "qb-anonymous", :type => "hidden", :value => "false"}/
@@ -34,24 +34,18 @@
           #question-box-promote.row{:style => "display: none;"}
             .row
               .col-xs-12.text-center
-                %strong Your question has been sent.
+                %strong= t 'views.questionbox.promote.message'
             .row
               .col-sm-1
               .col-sm-5
-                %button#create-account.btn.btn-block.btn-primary Create an account
+                %button#create-account.btn.btn-block.btn-primary= t 'views.questionbox.promote.create'
               .col-sm-5
-                %button#new-question.btn.btn-block.btn-default Ask another question
+                %button#new-question.btn.btn-block.btn-default= t 'views.questionbox.promote.another'
               .col-sm-1
             .row
               .col-sm-1
-              .col-xs-12.col-sm-10
-                %small
-                  Join
-                  = APP_CONFIG['site_name']
-                  today!  You'll be able to follow and ask people you know and a lot more.
+              .col-xs-12.col-sm-10.text-center
+                %small= t('views.questionbox.promote.join', app_title: APP_CONFIG['site_name'])
               .col-sm-1
         - else
-          %p
-            This user does not want to get asked by strangers.  Why don't you
-            = succeed "?" do
-              %a{:href => "{{ url_for('register') }}"} sign up
\ No newline at end of file
+          %p= raw t 'views.questionbox.required', signup: link_to(t('views.sessions.new'),new_user_registration_path)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 647f4838..abbdf50c 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ en:
       follower: "follower"
       following: "following"
     actions:
+      anonymous: "Hide your name"
       delete: "Delete"
       report: "Report"
       return: "Return to Inbox"
@@ -121,4 +122,13 @@ en:
       no_smile: "No one smiled this, yet."
       no_comment: "There are no comments yet."
       commentsmile: "People who smiled this comment"
+    questionbox:
+      title: "Ask something!"
+      banned: "This user got hit with ye olde banhammer."
+      required: "This user does not want to get asked by strangers.  Why don't you %{signup}?"
+      promote:
+        message: "Your question has been sent."
+        create: "Create an account"
+        another: "Ask another question"
+        join: "Join %{app_title} today!  You'll be able to follow and ask people you know and a lot more."
   hello: "Hello world"