diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/DoxiaMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/DoxiaMojo.java
index 8fa37e8aec..27f5ec083b 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/DoxiaMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/DoxiaMojo.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class DoxiaMojo
                         outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
                     }
 
-                    siteRenderer.generateDocument( new FileWriter( outputFile ), template, attributes, sink );
+                    siteRenderer.generateDocument( new FileWriter( outputFile ), template, attributes, sink, Locale.ENGLISH );
                 }
             }
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ public class DoxiaMojo
         sink.close();
 
         siteRenderer.generateDocument( new FileWriter( new File( outputDirectory, outputFileName ) ), template,
-                                       attributes, sink );
+                                       attributes, sink, Locale.ENGLISH );
     }
 
     private void generateProjectReportsPage( InputStream siteDescriptor )
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ public class DoxiaMojo
         sink.body_();
 
         siteRenderer.generateDocument( new FileWriter( new File( outputDirectory, outputFileName ) ), template,
-                                       attributes, sink );
+                                       attributes, sink, Locale.ENGLISH );
     }
 
     private void copyResources( String outputDirectory )
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/doxia/maven-site.vm b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/doxia/maven-site.vm
index 3e4ff7a69a..37a50d3f5d 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/doxia/maven-site.vm
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/doxia/maven-site.vm
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div id="breadcrumbs">
-      <div class="xleft">Last Published: $currentDate</div>
+      <div class="xleft">$i18n.getString( "site-plugin", $locale, "template.lastpublished" ): $currentDate</div>
       <div class="xright">#links()</div>
       <div class="clear">
         <hr/>
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div id="leftColumn"><div id="navcolumn">#mainMenu()<a href="http://maven.apache.org/" title="Built by Maven" id="poweredBy">
-              <img alt="Built by Maven" src="$relativePath/images/logos/maven-feather.png"></img>
+    <div id="leftColumn"><div id="navcolumn">#mainMenu()<a href="http://maven.apache.org/" title="$i18n.getString( "site-plugin", $locale, "template.builtby" ) Maven" id="poweredBy">
+              <img alt="$i18n.getString( "site-plugin", $locale, "template.builtby" ) Maven" src="$relativePath/images/logos/maven-feather.png"></img>
             </a>
     </div></div>
     <div id="bodyColumn">