diff -up cups-1.5.2/cups/language.c.translation cups-1.5.2/cups/language.c
--- cups-1.5.2/cups/language.c.translation	2011-11-01 07:06:15.000000000 +0100
+++ cups-1.5.2/cups/language.c	2012-02-28 11:08:34.858537508 +0100
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@ _cupsMessageLookup(cups_array_t *a,	/* I
 
 
  /*
-  * Lookup the message string; if it doesn't exist in the catalog,
+  * Lookup the message string;
+  * if it doesn't exist in the catalog or the translated string is empty,
   * then return the message that was passed to us...
   */
 
@@ -1134,7 +1135,7 @@ _cupsMessageLookup(cups_array_t *a,	/* I
   }
 #endif /* __APPLE__ && CUPS_BUNDLEDIR */
 
-  if (match && match->str)
+  if (match && match->str && strlen(match->str) > 0)
     return (match->str);
   else
     return (m);