diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 2cbd45e6d4..ece6b5beec 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -267,11 +267,19 @@ function populate_roles() {
 
 function populate_roles_160() {
 	// Add roles
-	add_role('administrator', _c('Administrator|User role'));
-	add_role('editor', _c('Editor|User role'));
-	add_role('author', _c('Author|User role'));
-	add_role('contributor', _c('Contributor|User role'));
-	add_role('subscriber', _c('Subscriber|User role'));
+
+	// Dummy gettext calls to get strings in the catalog.
+	_c('Administrator|User role');
+	_c('Editor|User role');
+	_c('Author|User role');
+	_c('Contributor|User role');
+	_c('Subscriber|User role');
+
+	add_role('administrator', 'Administrator|User role');
+	add_role('editor', 'Editor|User role');
+	add_role('author', 'Author|User role');
+	add_role('contributor', 'Contributor|User role');
+	add_role('subscriber', 'Subscriber|User role');
 
 	// Add caps for Administrator role
 	$role = get_role('administrator');
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 39651f874d..83aab1ae80 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -545,12 +545,13 @@ function user_row( $user_object, $style = '', $role = '' ) {
 	} else {
 		$edit = $user_object->user_login;
 	}
+	$role_name = translate_with_context($wp_roles->role_names[$role]);
 	$r = "<tr id='user-$user_object->ID'$style>
 		<td><input type='checkbox' name='users[]' id='user_{$user_object->ID}' class='$role' value='{$user_object->ID}' /></td>
 		<td><strong>$edit</strong></td>
 		<td>$user_object->first_name $user_object->last_name</td>
 		<td><a href='mailto:$email' title='" . sprintf( __('e-mail: %s' ), $email ) . "'>$email</a></td>
-		<td>{$wp_roles->role_names[$role]}</td>";
+		<td>$role_name</td>";
 	$r .= "\n\t\t<td>";
 	if ( $numposts > 0 ) {
 		$r .= "<a href='edit.php?author=$user_object->ID' title='" . __( 'View posts by this author' ) . "' class='edit'>";
@@ -891,11 +892,13 @@ function the_attachment_links( $id = false ) {
 function wp_dropdown_roles( $default = false ) {
 	global $wp_roles;
 	$r = '';
-	foreach( $wp_roles->role_names as $role => $name )
+	foreach( $wp_roles->role_names as $role => $name ) {
+		$name = translate_with_context($name);
 		if ( $default == $role ) // Make default first in list
 			$p = "\n\t<option selected='selected' value='$role'>$name</option>";
 		else
 			$r .= "\n\t<option value='$role'>$name</option>";
+	}
 	echo $p . $r;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index 0e292ea900..be61f0a5ea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ foreach ( $wp_roles->get_names() as $role => $name ) {
 	if ( $role == $_GET['role'] )
 		$class = ' class="current"';
 
+	$name = translate_with_context($name);
 	$name = sprintf(_c('%1$s (%2$s)|user role with count'), $name, $avail_roles[$role]);
 	$role_links[] = "<li><a href=\"users.php?role=$role\"$class>" . $name . '</a>';
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/l10n.php b/wp-includes/l10n.php
index 4701282331..2d43dbbb37 100644
--- a/wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ b/wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function get_locale() {
  * @param string $domain Domain to retrieve the translated text
  * @return string Translated text
  */
-function translate($text, $domain) {
+function translate($text, $domain = 'default') {
 	global $l10n;
 
 	if (isset($l10n[$domain]))
@@ -73,6 +73,33 @@ function translate($text, $domain) {
 		return $text;
 }
 
+/**
+ * translate_with_context() - Retrieve the translated text and strip context
+ *
+ * If the domain is set in the $l10n global, then the text is run
+ * through the domain's translate method. After it is passed to
+ * the 'gettext' filter hook, along with the untranslated text as
+ * the second parameter.
+ *
+ * If the domain is not set, the $text is just returned.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5
+ * @uses translate()
+ *
+ * @param string $text Text to translate
+ * @param string $domain Domain to retrieve the translated text
+ * @return string Translated text
+ */
+function translate_with_context($text, $domain = 'default') {
+	$whole = translate($text, $domain);
+	$last_bar = strrpos($whole, '|');
+	if ( false == $last_bar ) {
+		return $whole;
+	} else {
+		return substr($whole, 0, $last_bar);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * __() - Retrieve a translated string
  *
@@ -130,13 +157,7 @@ function _e($text, $domain = 'default') {
  * @return string Translated context string without pipe
  */
 function _c($text, $domain = 'default') {
-	$whole = translate($text, $domain);
-	$last_bar = strrpos($whole, '|');
-	if ( false == $last_bar ) {
-		return $whole;
-	} else {
-		return substr($whole, 0, $last_bar);
-	}
+	return translate_with_context($text, $domain);
 }
 
 /**