diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35e8a86..9cf82db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ coverage.xml
 cover/
 
 # Translations
-*.mo
-*.pot
 
 # Django stuff:
 *.log
diff --git a/sphinx_galleria/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo b/sphinx_galleria/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6baea5
Binary files /dev/null and b/sphinx_galleria/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo differ
diff --git a/sphinx_galleria/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo b/sphinx_galleria/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed8a914
Binary files /dev/null and b/sphinx_galleria/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo differ
diff --git a/sphinx_galleria/locale/sphinx.pot b/sphinx_galleria/locale/sphinx.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ba538f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx_galleria/locale/sphinx.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Translations template for sphinx_galleria.
+# Copyright (C) 2021 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the sphinx_galleria
+# project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2021.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: sphinx_galleria 1.0.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-06-02 23:53+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 2.9.1\n"
+
+#: sphinx_galleria/directive.py:151
+msgid "Previous"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: sphinx_galleria/directive.py:152
+msgid "Next"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: sphinx_galleria/directive.py:153
+msgid "Close"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: sphinx_galleria/directive.py:154
+msgid "Thumbnail, click to enlarge"
+msgstr ""
+