Index: node.module
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--- node.module	(revision 2223)
+++ node.module	(working copy)
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@
       $type_object->disabled = TRUE;
     }
     if (!isset($_node_types[$type_object->type]) || $type_object->modified) {
+      $type_object->name = t($type_object->name);
+      $type_object->description = t($type_object->description);
+      $type_object->title_label = t($type_object->title_label);
+      $type_object->body_label = t($type_object->body_label);
       $_node_types[$type_object->type] = $type_object;
       $_node_names[$type_object->type] = $type_object->name;