diff --git a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
index efd0a823..4ce1fcbf 100644
--- a/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
+++ b/cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/menuattachtransition.C
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 #include "mwindowgui.h"
 #include "plugindialog.h"
 #include "pluginserver.h"
+#include <clocale>
 
 
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+ char *old_locale, *saved_locale;
 
 
 MenuAttachTransition::MenuAttachTransition(MWindow *mwindow, int data_type)
@@ -78,6 +80,19 @@ void TransitionDialogThread::start()
 			mwindow->edl->session->default_vtransition);
 
 // Construct listbox names
+		
+		
+		  /* Get the name of the current locale.  */
+		  old_locale = setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL);
+
+		    /* Copy the name so it won't be clobbered by setlocale. */
+		saved_locale = strdup (old_locale);
+		if (old_locale == NULL)
+		printf ("Out of memory\n");
+
+  /* Now change the locale and do some stuff with it. */
+		setlocale (LC_ALL, "C");
+		
 		ArrayList<PluginServer*> plugindb;
 		mwindow->search_plugindb(data_type == TRACK_AUDIO,
 			data_type == TRACK_VIDEO, 0, 1, 0, plugindb);
@@ -113,6 +128,8 @@ void TransitionDialogThread::handle_close_event(int result)
 	if(!result)
 	{
 		mwindow->paste_transitions(data_type, transition_title);
+		/* estore the original locale. */
+		setlocale (LC_ALL, saved_locale);
 	}
 }