diff --git a/locale/Babelfish.lua b/locale/Babelfish.lua
index 0b6f803..3efabf1 100644
--- a/locale/Babelfish.lua
+++ b/locale/Babelfish.lua
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ end
 
 local localizedStrings = {}
 
+table.insert(locale, baseLocale)
 -- load existing data from locale files
 for idx, lang in ipairs(locale) do
 	local file = io.open(lang .. ".lua", "r")
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ for idx, lang in ipairs(locale) do
 	localizedStrings[lang] = L
 	file:close()
 end
+table.remove(locale)
 
 -- Write enUS file
 local file = io.open(string.format("%s.lua", baseLocale), "w")
@@ -106,7 +108,11 @@ file:write("-- Generated by Babelfish script, do not edit directly.\n")
 file:write(string.format("local L = LibStub(\"AceLocale-3.0\"):NewLocale(\"%s\", \"%s\", true)\n", localeName, baseLocale))
 file:write("\n\n")
 for idx, match in ipairs(work) do
-	file:write(string.format("L[\"%s\"] = true\n", match))
+	local value = "true"
+	if type(localizedStrings[baseLocale][match]) == "string" then
+		value = string.format("\"%s\"", localizedStrings[baseLocale][match])
+	end
+	file:write(string.format("L[\"%s\"] = %s\n", match, value))
 end
 file:close()
 
@@ -123,7 +129,11 @@ for idx, lang in ipairs(locale) do
 		if L[match] then
 			file:write(string.format("L[\"%s\"] = \"%s\"\n", match, L[match]))
 		else
-			file:write(string.format("-- L[\"%s\"] = true\n", match))
+			local value = "true"
+			if type(localizedStrings[baseLocale][match]) == "string" then
+				value = string.format("\"%s\"", localizedStrings[baseLocale][match])
+			end
+			file:write(string.format("-- L[\"%s\"] = %s\n", match, value))
 		end
 	end
 	file:close()