diff --git a/addressbook/gui/contact-list-editor/contact-list-editor.ui b/addressbook/gui/contact-list-editor/contact-list-editor.ui
index 95e0ea7bb1..2d836cdc46 100644
--- a/addressbook/gui/contact-list-editor/contact-list-editor.ui
+++ b/addressbook/gui/contact-list-editor/contact-list-editor.ui
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
                                 <property name="can_default">True</property>
                                 <property name="has_tooltip">True</property>
                                 <property name="tooltip_markup">Add an email to the List</property>
-                                <property name="tooltip_text">Add an email to the List</property>
+                                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Add an email to the List</property>
                                 <property name="label">gtk-add</property>
                                 <property name="use_stock">True</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
                                 <property name="can_default">True</property>
                                 <property name="has_tooltip">True</property>
                                 <property name="tooltip_markup">Remove an email address from the List</property>
-                                <property name="tooltip_text">Remove an email address from the List</property>
+                                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Remove an email address from the List</property>
                                 <property name="label">gtk-remove</property>
                                 <property name="use_stock">True</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
                                 <property name="has_tooltip">True</property>
 				<property name="use_underline">True</property>
                                 <property name="tooltip_markup">Insert email addresses from Address Book</property>
-                                <property name="tooltip_text">Insert email addresses from Address Book</property>
+                                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Insert email addresses from Address Book</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">_Select...</property>
                                 <signal name="clicked" handler="contact_list_editor_select_button_clicked_cb"/>
                               </object>