diff --git a/translations/pot/command-line.pot b/translations/pot/command-line.pot
index c452ac5..01569ed 100644
--- a/translations/pot/command-line.pot
+++ b/translations/pot/command-line.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-22 23:02+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/translations/pot/gds-render-gui.pot b/translations/pot/gds-render-gui.pot
index 7d41a23..3f8cd5a 100644
--- a/translations/pot/gds-render-gui.pot
+++ b/translations/pot/gds-render-gui.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-22 23:02+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/translations/pot/main.pot b/translations/pot/main.pot
index 5dbf53a..141a115 100644
--- a/translations/pot/main.pot
+++ b/translations/pot/main.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-22 23:02+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/translations/pot/po/de/widgets_activity-bar.po b/translations/pot/po/de/widgets_activity-bar.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dca313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/pot/po/de/widgets_activity-bar.po
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# German translations for gds-render package.
+# Copyright (C) 2019 THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# Mario Hüttel <mario.huettel@gmx.net>, 2019.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator:  <mario.huettel@gmx.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: German <translation-team-de@lists.sourceforge.net>\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: ../widgets/activity-bar.c:105
+msgid "Ready"
+msgstr "Bereit"
+
+#: ../widgets/activity-bar.c:111
+msgid "Working..."
+msgstr "Berechnung aktiv..."
diff --git a/translations/pot/widgets_activity-bar.pot b/translations/pot/widgets_activity-bar.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9adf407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/pot/widgets_activity-bar.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-10-25 20:27+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: ../widgets/activity-bar.c:105
+msgid "Ready"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../widgets/activity-bar.c:111
+msgid "Working..."
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/widgets/activity-bar.c b/widgets/activity-bar.c
index dccd9d0..ebeaebf 100644
--- a/widgets/activity-bar.c
+++ b/widgets/activity-bar.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <gds-render/widgets/activity-bar.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
 
 /** @brief Opaque ActivityBar object. Not viewable outside this source file. */
 struct _ActivityBar {
@@ -101,13 +102,13 @@ ActivityBar *activity_bar_new()
 /* TODO: Complete this once the task list is fully implemented */
 void activity_bar_set_ready(ActivityBar *bar)
 {
-	gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(bar->label), "Ready");
+	gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(bar->label), _("Ready"));
 	gtk_spinner_stop(GTK_SPINNER(bar->spinner));
 }
 
 void activity_bar_set_busy(ActivityBar *bar, const char *text)
 {
-	gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(bar->label), (text ? text : "Working..."));
+	gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(bar->label), (text ? text : _("Working...")));
 	gtk_spinner_start(GTK_SPINNER(bar->spinner));
 }