diff --git a/colout/colout_g++.py b/colout/colout_g++.py
index 0b2f079..51bb1d8 100644
--- a/colout/colout_g++.py
+++ b/colout/colout_g++.py
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 
 def theme():
+    import gettext
+    import os
+
+    # get g++ version
+    gv = os.popen("g++ -dumpversion").read().strip()
+
+    # get the current translations of gcc
+    t = gettext.translation("gcc-"+gv)
+    _ = t.ugettext
+    # _("msg") will return the given message, translated
+
+
     return [
-        [ "error", "red", "bold" ],
-        [ "warning", "magenta", "bold" ],
-        [ "note", "blue", "bold" ],
+        [ _("error: "), "red", "bold" ],
+        [ _("warning: "), "magenta", "bold" ],
+        [ _("note: "), "blue", "bold" ],
         # [-Wflag]
         [ "\[-W.*\]", "magenta"],
         # Filename:line number