diff --git a/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml b/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml
index 71b285f..9ba4b51 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
       <li><a href="<%= homepage_path(:profile => current_user.login) %>"
              help="<%= _('Go to your home page.') %>"
-             ><span class="icon-menu-home"></span><%= Noosfero.term(N_('My Home Page')) %></a></li>
+             ><span class="icon-menu-home"></span><%= __('My Home Page') %></a></li>
 
       <!-- li><a href="#"><span class="icon-menu-blog"></span> Meu Blog</a></li -->
 
diff --git a/lib/noosfero.rb b/lib/noosfero.rb
index 0762da4..b9f8a8d 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'gettext'
-
 module Noosfero
   PROJECT = 'noosfero'
   VERSION = '0.11.0'
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ module Noosfero
   end
 
   def self.term(t)
-    gettext(self.terminology.get(t))
+    self.terminology.get(t)
   end
   def self.terminology
     @terminology ||= Noosfero::Terminology::Default.new
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/core_ext.rb b/lib/noosfero/core_ext.rb
index 77e5530..2ee7dbf 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/core_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/core_ext.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require 'noosfero/core_ext/string'
 require 'noosfero/core_ext/integer'
+require 'noosfero/core_ext/object'
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/core_ext/object.rb b/lib/noosfero/core_ext/object.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7f3ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/noosfero/core_ext/object.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Object
+  def __(*args)
+    gettext(Noosfero.term(*args))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
index fc7e496..42d6bc5 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ end
 desc "Update pot/po files to match new version."
 task :updatepo do
   require 'gettext/utils'
+  GetText::RubyParser::ID << '__'
   GetText::ActiveRecordParser.init(:use_classname => false)
   GetText.update_pofiles(Noosfero::PROJECT, Dir.glob("{app,lib,public/designs}/**/*.{rb,rhtml}"),
                          "#{Noosfero::PROJECT} #{Noosfero::VERSION}")
diff --git a/lib/zen3_terminology.rb b/lib/zen3_terminology.rb
index 1a5d772..4c3021d 100644
--- a/lib/zen3_terminology.rb
+++ b/lib/zen3_terminology.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Zen3Terminology < Noosfero::Terminology::Custom
   include GetText
 
   def initialize
+    # NOTE: the hash values must be marked for translation!! 
     super({
       'My Home Page' => N_('My ePortfolio'),
     })
--
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