diff --git a/po/Makefile.in b/po/Makefile.in
index b96dffd05..da3d456f6 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mustek_usb.*.po: ../backend/mustek_usb.c
 plustek.*.po: ../backend/plustek.c ../backend/plustek.h
 pnm.*.po: ../backend/pnm.c
 umax.*.po: ../backend/umax.c
+sceptre.*.po: ../backend/sceptre.c ../backend/sceptre.h
 snapscan.*.po: ../backend/snapscan.c
 
 # end of configuration
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ DISTCLEAN_FILES = @DISTCLEAN_FILES@
 
 DISTFILES = Makefile.in README epson.de.po mustek.de.po \
   mustek_usb.de.po plustek.de.po pnm.de.po saneopts.de.po saneopts.fr.po \
-  umax.de.po umax.fr.po snapscan.de.po
+  sceptre.fr.po umax.de.po umax.fr.po snapscan.de.po
 
 .PHONY: all clean depend dist distclean install install-translations \
   uninstall update-mo update-po generate-%
diff --git a/po/sceptre.fr.po b/po/sceptre.fr.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab594e988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/sceptre.fr.po
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Translation file for the Sceptre backend
+# Copyright (C) 2002 Frank Zago
+#
+# Copyright (c) Frank Zago
+#      Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+#      under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+#      or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+#      with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with 
+#      no Back-Cover.
+#      A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
+#      Free Documentation License".
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: sane-backends 1.0.7\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2002-02-14 21:21-0600\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2002-02-10 22:57:13-0600\n"
+"Last-Translator: Frank Zago <fzago at greshamstorage.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: .tmp/sceptre.c:423
+msgid "flatbed scanner"
+msgstr "numériseur à plat"
+
+#: .tmp/sceptre.c:503
+msgid "Scan Mode"
+msgstr "Mode de numérisation"
+
+#: .tmp/sceptre.c:531
+msgid "Geometry"
+msgstr "Aire de numérisation"
+
+#: .tmp/sceptre.c:578
+msgid "Enhancement"
+msgstr ""
+
+# sceptre.h:280
+#: .tmp/sceptre.h:278
+msgid "Lineart"
+msgstr "Noir et blanc"
+
+# sceptre.h:280
+#: .tmp/sceptre.h:279
+msgid "Halftone"
+msgstr "Demi-ton"
+
+# sceptre.h:280
+#: .tmp/sceptre.h:280
+msgid "Gray"
+msgstr "Gris"
+
+# sceptre.h:280
+#: .tmp/sceptre.h:281
+msgid "Color"
+msgstr "Couleur"