diff --git a/features.admin.inc b/features.admin.inc
index b86ddda..ab9a379 100644
--- a/features.admin.inc
+++ b/features.admin.inc
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ function features_export_form_validate_field($element, &$form_state) {
  * Submit handler for features_export_form_build().
  */
 function features_export_build_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   module_load_include('inc', 'features', 'features.export');
   features_include();
 
@@ -812,4 +816,4 @@ function features_dom_decode_options($options, $keys_only = FALSE) {
     $encoded[strtr($key, $replacements)] = $keys_only ? $value : strtr($value, $replacements);
   }
   return $encoded;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/features.drush.inc b/features.drush.inc
index fe02c51..7d6e6e9 100644
--- a/features.drush.inc
+++ b/features.drush.inc
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ function features_drush_help($section) {
  * Get a list of all feature modules.
  */
 function drush_features_list() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   module_load_include('inc', 'features', 'features.export');
   $rows = array(array(dt('Name'), dt('Feature'), dt('Status'), dt('State')));
   foreach (features_get_features(NULL, TRUE) as $k => $m) {
@@ -136,6 +140,10 @@ function drush_features_list() {
  * Create a feature module based on a list of components.
  */
 function drush_features_export() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   $args = func_get_args();
 
   if (count($args) == 1) {
@@ -173,6 +181,10 @@ function drush_features_export() {
  * Update an existing feature module.
  */
 function drush_features_update() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   if ($args = func_get_args()) {
     foreach ($args as $module) {
       if (($feature = feature_load($module, TRUE)) && module_exists($module)) {
@@ -201,6 +213,10 @@ function drush_features_update() {
  * exclude from being updated.
  */
 function drush_features_update_all() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   $features_to_update = array();
   $features_to_exclude = func_get_args();
   foreach (features_get_features() as $module) {
@@ -228,6 +244,10 @@ function drush_features_update_all() {
  *  Optional. The name for the exported module.
  */
 function _drush_features_export($stub, $dependencies, $module_name = NULL, $directory = NULL) {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   $root = drush_get_option(array('r', 'root'), drush_locate_root());
   if ($root) {
     $directory = isset($directory) ? $directory : 'sites/all/modules/' . $module_name;
@@ -269,6 +289,10 @@ function _drush_features_export($stub, $dependencies, $module_name = NULL, $dire
  * Revert a feature to it's code definition.
  */
 function drush_features_revert() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   if ($args = func_get_args()) {
     module_load_include('inc', 'features', 'features.export');
     features_include();
@@ -331,6 +355,10 @@ function drush_features_revert() {
  * a list of features to exclude from being reverted.
  */
 function drush_features_revert_all() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   $features_to_revert = array();
   $features_to_exclude = func_get_args();
   foreach (features_get_features() as $module) {
@@ -353,6 +381,10 @@ function drush_features_revert_all() {
  * Show the diff of a feature module.
  */
 function drush_features_diff() {
+
+  // Set language temporarily to English
+  _features_set_original_language();
+
   if (!$args = func_get_args()) {
     drush_features_list();
     return;
diff --git a/features.module b/features.module
index f85cf4c..434d2dc 100644
--- a/features.module
+++ b/features.module
@@ -726,6 +726,17 @@ function features_rebuild($rebuild = array()) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Switch system language temporary to English
+ */
+function _features_set_original_language() {
+  global $language;
+  if ($language->language != 'en') {
+    $languages = language_list();
+    $language = $languages['en'];
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Utility functions ==================================================
  */