diff --git a/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.cpp b/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.cpp
index 6ade92aeb..980dbbf62 100644
--- a/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ namespace Utils
         // clang-format on
         float sMenuTitleScaleFactor {1.0f};
 
+        const char* pgettextBuiltin(const char* msgctxt, const char* msgid)
+        {
+            // This is an unbelievable hack but it's actually done pretty much the same way in
+            // the gettext.h header where a macro is used to wrap around the libintl functionality.
+            // Why this function is simply not part of libintl itself is anyone's guess, as that
+            // would be the logical thing to do.
+            std::string lookup;
+            lookup.append(msgctxt).append("\004").append(msgid);
+            const char* translation = gettext(lookup.c_str());
+            if (translation == lookup.c_str())
+                return msgid;
+            else
+                return translation;
+        }
+
+        const char* npgettextBuiltin(const char* msgctxt,
+                                     const char* msgid1,
+                                     const char* msgid2,
+                                     unsigned long int n)
+        {
+            std::string lookup;
+            lookup.append(msgctxt).append("\004").append(msgid1);
+            const char* translation = ngettext(lookup.c_str(), msgid2, n);
+            if (translation == lookup.c_str())
+                return msgid1;
+            else
+                return translation;
+        }
+
         std::pair<std::string, std::string> getLocale()
         {
 #if defined(_WIN64)
diff --git a/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.h b/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.h
index 39bd03452..05a131410 100644
--- a/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.h
+++ b/es-core/src/utils/LocalizationUtil.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #define _(STR) std::string(gettext(STR))
 #define _n(STR1, STR2, NUM) std::string(ngettext(STR1, STR2, NUM))
+#define _p(STR1, STR2) Utils::Localization::pgettextBuiltin(STR1, STR2)
+#define _np(STR1, STR2, STR3, NUM) Utils::Localization::npgettextBuiltin(STR1, STR2, STR3, NUM)
 
 namespace Utils
 {
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ namespace Utils
         extern const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> sSupportedLocales;
         extern float sMenuTitleScaleFactor;
 
+        const char* pgettextBuiltin(const char* msgctxt, const char* msgid);
+        const char* npgettextBuiltin(const char* msgctxt,
+                                     const char* msgid1,
+                                     const char* msgid2,
+                                     unsigned long int n);
         std::pair<std::string, std::string> getLocale();
         void setLocale();
 
diff --git a/tools/update_translation_strings.sh b/tools/update_translation_strings.sh
index ae5504920..a62ec11d2 100755
--- a/tools/update_translation_strings.sh
+++ b/tools/update_translation_strings.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [ ! $(which xgettext 2>/dev/null) ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-find ../es-app/src/ ../es-core/src -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h' | xgettext -f - -o ../locale/es-de.pot -k_ -k_n:1,2 --no-location \
+find ../es-app/src/ ../es-core/src -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h' | xgettext -f - -o ../locale/es-de.pot -k_ -k_n:1,2 -k_p:1c,2 -k_np:1c,2,3 --no-location \
 --copyright-holder="Northwestern Software AB" --package-name="ES-DE Frontend" --msgid-bugs-address "info@es-de.org"
 
 sed -i "1s/.*/# ES-DE Frontend translation strings./" ../locale/es-de.pot