diff --git a/wp-includes/js/swfupload/handlers.js b/wp-includes/js/swfupload/handlers.js
index add138436c..5f0b8e561b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/swfupload/handlers.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/swfupload/handlers.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function uploadProgress(fileObj, bytesDone, bytesTotal) {
 	jQuery('#media-item-' + fileObj.id + ' .bar').width(620*bytesDone/bytesTotal);
 
 	if ( bytesDone== bytesTotal )
-		jQuery('#media-item-' + fileObj.id + ' .bar').html('<strong style="display: block; padding-top: 9px; padding-left: 1em;">Crunching&hellip;</strong>');
+		jQuery('#media-item-' + fileObj.id + ' .bar').html('<strong style="display: block; padding-top: 9px; padding-left: 1em;">' + swfuploadL10n.crunching + '</strong>');
 }
 
 function prepareMediaItem(fileObj, serverData) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 8780ede1aa..2146988ef4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class WP_Scripts {
 				'file_cancelled' => __('File cancelled.'),
 				'upload_stopped' => __('Upload stopped.'),
 				'dismiss' => __('Dismiss'),
+				'crunching' => __('Crunching&hellip;'),
 		) );
 
 		$this->add( 'jquery-ui-tabs', '/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui.tabs.js', array('jquery'), '3' );