diff --git a/app/views/global/_markdownhelp.html.erb b/app/views/global/_markdownhelp.html.erb
index 2e9dd05..6338476 100644
--- a/app/views/global/_markdownhelp.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/global/_markdownhelp.html.erb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <div class="markdown_help" style="display: none; padding-top: 0.5em;">
   <table>
   <tr>
-    <td width="125"><em>emphasized text</em></td>
-    <td>surround text with <tt>*asterisks*</tt></td>
+    <td width="125"><em><%= t('.emphasizedtext') %></em></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.emphasizedtextdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td><strong>strong text</strong></td>
-    <td>surround text with <tt>**two asterisks**</tt></td>
+    <td><strong><%= t('.strongtext') %></strong></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.strongtextdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <!--
   <tr>
@@ -15,29 +15,26 @@
   </tr>
   -->
   <tr>
-    <td><tt>fixed width</tt></td>
-    <td>surround text with <tt>`backticks`</tt></td>
+    <td><tt><%= t('.fixedwidth') %></tt></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.fixedwidthdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><a href="http://example.com/"
-      style="color: inherit;">linked text</a></td>
-    <td><tt>[linked text](http://example.com/)</tt> or just a bare URL
-      to create without a title</td>
+      style="color: inherit;"><%= t('.linkedtext') %></a></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.linkedtextdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td><blockquote> quoted text</blockquote></td>
-    <td>prefix text with <tt>&gt;</tt></td>
+    <td><blockquote> <%= t('.quotedtext') %></blockquote></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.quotedtextdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td><pre style="margin: 0px;">pre
-  text</pre></td>
-    <td>prefix text with at least<tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 spaces</tt></td>
+    <td><pre style="margin: 0px;"><%= t('.pretext') %></pre></td>
+    <td><%= raw t('.pretextdesc') %></td>
   </tr>
   <% if defined?(allow_images) && allow_images %>
     <tr>
-      <td>(inline image)</td>
-      <td><tt>![alt text](http://example.com/image.jpg)</tt> (only allowed in
-        story text</td>
+      <td><%= t('.inlineimage') %></td>
+      <td><tt><%= raw t('.inlineimagedesc') %></td>
     </tr>
   <% end %>
   </table>
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index c65c4f9..e0b69f0 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Lobsters
 
     # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
     # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
-    config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'
+    config.time_zone = 'Europe/Paris'
 
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index f77e66f..3243959 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ en:
       delete: "delete"
       reply: "reply"
       about: "on:"
+  global:
+    markdownhelp:
+      emphasizedtext: "emphasized text"
+      emphasizedtextdesc: "surround text with <tt>*asterisks*</tt>"
+      strongtext: "strong text"
+      strongtextdesc: "<tt>surround text with <tt>**two asterisks**</tt>"
+      fixedwidth: "fixed width"
+      fixedwidthdesc: "<tt>surround text with <tt>`backticks`</tt>"
+      linkedtext: "linked text"
+      linkedtextdesc: "<tt>[linked text](http://example.com/)</tt> or just a bare URL to create without a title"
+      quotedtext: "quoted text"
+      quotedtextdesc: "prefix text with <tt>&gt;</tt>"
+      pretextdesc: "prefix text with at least<tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 spaces</tt>"
+      inlineimage: "(inline image)"
+      inlineimagedesc: "![alt text](http://example.com/image.jpg)</tt> (only allowed in story text)"
   home:
     index:
       homerecentsdesc: "<em>The <a href=\"/newest\">newest</a> stories with a random sampling of recently submitted stories that have not yet reached the front page.</em>"
diff --git a/config/locales/fr.yml b/config/locales/fr.yml
index 39c2ffc..7924284 100644
--- a/config/locales/fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/fr.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ fr:
       delete: "supprimer"
       reply: "répondre"
       about: "sur :"
+  global:
+    markdownhelp:
+      emphasizedtext: "italique"
+      emphasizedtextdesc: "encadrer le texte avec des <tt>*astérisques*</tt>"
+      strongtext: "gras"
+      strongtextdesc: "<tt>encadrer le texte avec <tt>**deux astérisques**</tt>"
+      fixedwidth: "chasse fixe"
+      fixedwidthdesc: "<tt>encadrer le texte avec <tt>`accent grave (backquote)`</tt>"
+      linkedtext: "lien"
+      linkedtextdesc: "<tt>[texte du lien](http://example.com/)</tt> ou bien l'url seule sans titre"
+      quotedtext: "citation"
+      quotedtextdesc: "précéder le texte avec <tt>&gt;</tt>"
+      pretext: "texte tabulé"
+      pretextdesc: "précéder le texte avec au moins <tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 spaces</tt>"
+      inlineimage: "(image en ligne)"
+      inlineimagedesc: "![texte de substitution](http://example.com/image.jpg)</tt> (autorisé seulement dans les articles)"
   home:
     index:
       homerecentsdesc: "<em>Les <a href=\"/newest\">plus récentes</a> infos avec un panaché aléatoire des infos récentes soumises qui n'ont pas encore atteint la page principale.</em>"