diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/irc/IrcStatusEnum.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/irc/IrcStatusEnum.java
index 3ea65cac4..56b7e54f3 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/irc/IrcStatusEnum.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/irc/IrcStatusEnum.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public final class IrcStatusEnum
     public static final IrcStatusEnum OFFLINE
         = new IrcStatusEnum(
             0,
-            "Offline",
+            "service.gui.OFFLINE",
             getImageInBytes("service.protocol.irc.OFFLINE_STATUS_ICON"));
 
     /**
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public final class IrcStatusEnum
     public static final IrcStatusEnum AWAY
         = new IrcStatusEnum(
             40,
-            "Away",
+            "service.gui.AWAY_STATUS",
             getImageInBytes("service.protocol.irc.AWAY_STATUS_ICON"));
 
     /**
@@ -49,14 +49,17 @@ public final class IrcStatusEnum
     public static final IrcStatusEnum ONLINE
         = new IrcStatusEnum(
             65,
-            "Online",
+            "service.gui.ONLINE",
             getImageInBytes("service.protocol.irc.IRC_16x16"));
 
     /**
-     * Initialize the list of supported status states.
+     * The list of supported status states.
      */
     private static final List<IrcStatusEnum> SUPPORTED_STATUS_SET;
 
+    /**
+     * Initialize an unmodifiable set of supported statuses.
+     */
     static
     {
         final LinkedList<IrcStatusEnum> statusSet =
@@ -91,6 +94,18 @@ static Iterator<IrcStatusEnum> supportedStatusSet()
         return SUPPORTED_STATUS_SET.iterator();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return <em>i18n</em> IRC presence status name.
+     *
+     * TODO promote i18n conversion to extended class and implement for all
+     * protocols
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getStatusName()
+    {
+        return IrcActivator.getResources().getI18NString(super.getStatusName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the byte representation of the image corresponding to the given
      * identifier.