diff --git a/django/views/generic/create_update.py b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
index 27ba327ff56..034253a5491 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/create_update.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/create_update.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.utils.translation import gettext
 
 def create_object(request, model, template_name=None,
         template_loader=loader, extra_context=None, post_save_redirect=None,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ def create_object(request, model, template_name=None,
             new_object = manipulator.save(new_data)
 
             if request.user.is_authenticated():
-                request.user.message_set.create(message="The %s was created successfully." % model._meta.verbose_name)
+                request.user.message_set.create(message=gettext("The %(verbose_name)s was created successfully.") % {"verbose_name": model._meta.verbose_name})
 
             # Redirect to the new object: first by trying post_save_redirect,
             # then by obj.get_absolute_url; fail if neither works.
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ def update_object(request, model, object_id=None, slug=None,
             object = manipulator.save(new_data)
 
             if request.user.is_authenticated():
-                request.user.message_set.create(message="The %s was updated successfully." % model._meta.verbose_name)
+                request.user.message_set.create(message=gettext("The %(verbose_name)s was updated successfully.") % {"verbose_name": model._meta.verbose_name})
 
             # Do a post-after-redirect so that reload works, etc.
             if post_save_redirect:
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ def delete_object(request, model, post_delete_redirect,
     if request.method == 'POST':
         object.delete()
         if request.user.is_authenticated():
-            request.user.message_set.create(message="The %s was deleted." % model._meta.verbose_name)
+            request.user.message_set.create(message=gettext("The %(verbose_name)s was deleted.") % {"verbose_name": model._meta.verbose_name})
         return HttpResponseRedirect(post_delete_redirect)
     else:
         if not template_name: