diff --git a/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/copy_paste_metadata.po b/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/copy_paste_metadata.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa6dc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/copy_paste_metadata.po
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# French messages for copy_paste_metadata.lua
+# Christophe Agathon <christophe.agathon@gmail.com>, 2020
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: copy_paste_metadata\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-12-26 12:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-12-26 12:52+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Christophe Agathon <christophe.agathon@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"Language: fr_FR\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 2.3\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: ../../../official\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
+"X-Poedit-SourceCharset: UTF-8\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: _\n"
+"X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: copy_paste_metadata.lua\n"
+
+#: copy_paste_metadata.lua:115
+msgid "copy metadata"
+msgstr "copier les métadonnées"
+
+#: copy_paste_metadata.lua:117
+msgid "copy metadata of the first selected image"
+msgstr "copier les métadonnées de la première image sélectionnée"
+
+#: copy_paste_metadata.lua:121
+msgid "paste metadata"
+msgstr "coller les métadonnées"
+
+#: copy_paste_metadata.lua:123
+msgid "paste metadata to the selected images"
+msgstr "coller les métadonnées vers les images sélectionnées"
diff --git a/official/copy_paste_metadata.lua b/official/copy_paste_metadata.lua
index ca7ccae..0049611 100644
--- a/official/copy_paste_metadata.lua
+++ b/official/copy_paste_metadata.lua
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ USAGE
 
 local dt = require "darktable"
 local du = require "lib/dtutils"
+local gettext = dt.gettext
 
 du.check_min_api_version("3.0.0", "copy_paste_metadata")
 
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@ local publisher = ""
 local rights = ""
 local tags = {}
 
+-- Tell gettext where to find the .mo file translating messages for a particular domain
+gettext.bindtextdomain("copy_paste_metadata",dt.configuration.config_dir.."/lua/locale/")
+
+local function _(msgid)
+    return gettext.dgettext("copy_paste_metadata", msgid)
+end
+
 local function copy(image)
   if not image then
     have_data = false
@@ -105,15 +113,15 @@ local function paste(images)
 end
 
 dt.gui.libs.image.register_action(
-  "copy metadata",
+  _("copy metadata"),
   function(event, images) copy(images[1]) end,
-  "copy metadata of the first selected image"
+  _("copy metadata of the first selected image")
 )
 
 dt.gui.libs.image.register_action(
-  "paste metadata",
+  _("paste metadata"),
   function(event, images) paste(images) end,
-  "paste metadata to the selected images"
+  _("paste metadata to the selected images")
 )
 
 dt.register_event(