diff --git a/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml b/app/views/shared/user_menu.rhtml
index 72e3135..71b285f 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><%= _('My Home Page') %></a></li>
+             ><span class="icon-menu-home"></span><%= Noosfero.term(N_('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 b7f31a7..0762da4 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'gettext'
+
 module Noosfero
   PROJECT = 'noosfero'
   VERSION = '0.11.0'
@@ -30,6 +32,16 @@ module Noosfero
     end
   end
 
+  def self.term(t)
+    gettext(self.terminology.get(t))
+  end
+  def self.terminology
+    @terminology ||= Noosfero::Terminology::Default.new
+  end
+  def self.terminology=(term)
+    @terminology = term
+  end
+
 end
 
 require 'noosfero/constants'
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/terminology.rb b/lib/noosfero/terminology.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23c950e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/noosfero/terminology.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module Noosfero
+  class  Terminology
+
+    def get(x)
+      raise NotImplementedError
+    end
+
+    # the default terminology. Just returns the same message as is.
+    class Default
+      def get(x)
+        x
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Custom
+      def initialize(hash)
+        @messages = hash
+      end
+      def get(x)
+        @messages[x] || x
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/zen3_terminology.rb b/lib/zen3_terminology.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a5d772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zen3_terminology.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'noosfero/terminology'
+
+class Zen3Terminology < Noosfero::Terminology::Custom
+  include GetText
+
+  def initialize
+    super({
+      'My Home Page' => N_('My ePortfolio'),
+    })
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/noosfero_test.rb b/test/unit/noosfero_test.rb
index 09827b8..9d1e478 100644
--- a/test/unit/noosfero_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/noosfero_test.rb
@@ -31,4 +31,13 @@ class NoosferoTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_match /^#{Noosfero.identifier_format}$/, 'with.dot'
   end
 
+  should 'delegate terminology' do
+    Noosfero.terminology.expects(:get).with('lalala').returns('lelele')
+    assert_equal 'lelele', Noosfero.term('lalala')
+  end
+
+  should 'use default terminology by default' do
+    assert_equal 'lalalalala', Noosfero.term('lalalalala')
+  end
+
 end
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