diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.properties b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa80740199b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Symbian Software Private Ltd. and others.
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+# 
+# Contributors:
+#     Bala Torati (Symbian) - initial API and implementation
+###############################################################################
+
+#Template Default Values
+MakefileHelloWorld.CCtemplate.label=Hello World C++ Project
+MakefileHelloWorld.CCtemplate.description=A Hello World C++ Project
+MakefileHelloWorld.basics.label=Basic Settings
+MakefileHelloWorld.basics.description=Basic properties of a project
+MakefileHelloWorld.author.label=Author
+MakefileHelloWorld.author.description=Name of the author
+MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.label=Copyright notice
+MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.description=Your copyright notice
+MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.default=Your copyright notice
+MakefileHelloWorld.message.default=Hello World!!!
+MakefileHelloWorld.message.description=Your hello world greeting message
+MakefileHelloWorld.message.label=Hello world greeting
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.xml b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.xml
index d5c845b7b18..dc492584beb 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/templates/projecttemplates/MakefileHelloWorldCCProject/template.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <template type="ProjTempl" version="1.0" supplier="Eclipse.org" revision="1.0" author="Intel Corporation"
 		copyright="Copyright (c) 2007 Intel Corporation and others. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"
-		id="MakefileHelloWorldCCProject" label="Hello World C++ Project" description="A Hello World C++ Project"
+		id="MakefileHelloWorldCCProject" label="%MakefileHelloWorld.CCtemplate.label" description="%MakefileHelloWorld.CCtemplate.description"
 		 help="help.html">
-	<property-group id="basics" label="Basic Settings" description="Basic properties of a project" type="PAGES-ONLY" help="help.html">
+	<property-group id="basics" label="%MakefileHelloWorld.basics.label" description="%MakefileHelloWorld.basics.description" type="PAGES-ONLY" help="help.html">
 		<property id="author"
-			label="Author"
-			description="Name of the author"
+			label="%MakefileHelloWorld.author.label"
+			description="%MakefileHelloWorld.author.description"
 			type="input"
 			pattern=".*"
 			default=""
 			hidden="false"
 			persist="true"/>
 		<property id="copyright"
-			label="Copyright notice"
-			description="Your copyright notice"
+			label="%MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.label"
+			description="%MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.description"
 			type="input"
 			pattern=".*"
-			default="Your copyright notice"
+			default="%MakefileHelloWorld.copyright.default"
 			hidden="false"
 			persist="true"/>
 		<property id="message"
-			label="Hello world greeting"
-			description="Your hello world greeting message"
+			label="%MakefileHelloWorld.message.label"
+			description="%MakefileHelloWorld.message.description"
 			type="input"
 			pattern=".*"
-			default="Hello World!!!"
+			default="%MakefileHelloWorld.message.default"
 			hidden="false"
 			persist="true"/>
 	</property-group>