diff --git a/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py b/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
index cada5dec75..0b3673fe39 100644
--- a/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
+++ b/src/Gui/FreeCADGuiInit.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import FreeCADGui
 Gui = FreeCADGui
 App = FreeCAD
 
+translate = FreeCAD.Qt.translate
+
 App.Console.PrintLog("Init: Running FreeCADGuiInit.py start script...\n")
 App.Console.PrintLog("░░░▀█▀░█▀█░▀█▀░▀█▀░░░█▀▀░█░█░▀█▀░░\n")
 App.Console.PrintLog("░░░░█░░█░█░░█░░░█░░░░█░█░█░█░░█░░░\n")
@@ -459,7 +461,9 @@ FreeCAD.addExportType("Inventor V2.1 (*.iv)", "FreeCADGui")
 FreeCAD.addExportType("VRML V2.0 (*.wrl *.vrml *.wrz *.wrl.gz)", "FreeCADGui")
 FreeCAD.addExportType("X3D Extensible 3D (*.x3d *.x3dz)", "FreeCADGui")
 FreeCAD.addExportType("WebGL/X3D (*.xhtml)", "FreeCADGui")
-FreeCAD.addExportType("Portable Document Format (*.pdf)", "FreeCADGui")
+FreeCAD.addTranslatableExportType(
+    translate("FileFormat", "Portable Document Format"), ["pdf"], "FreeCADGui"
+)
 # FreeCAD.addExportType("IDTF (for 3D PDF) (*.idtf)","FreeCADGui")
 # FreeCAD.addExportType("3D View (*.svg)","FreeCADGui")