diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index c416358..71c2c9a 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ sub _req_svn {
 	}
 }
 my $can_compress = eval { require Compress::Zlib; 1};
+my $can_localize = eval { require Locale::gettext; 1};
 push @Git::SVN::Ra::ISA, 'SVN::Ra';
 push @SVN::Git::Editor::ISA, 'SVN::Delta::Editor';
 push @SVN::Git::Fetcher::ISA, 'SVN::Delta::Editor';
@@ -5535,7 +5536,12 @@ sub format_svn_date {
 	my $gm = timelocal(gmtime($t));
 	my $sign = qw( + + - )[ $t <=> $gm ];
 	my $gmoff = sprintf("%s%02d%02d", $sign, (gmtime(abs($t - $gm)))[2,1]);
-	return strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S $gmoff (%a, %d %b %Y)", localtime($t));
+	my $format = " (%a, %d %b %Y)";
+	if ($can_localize) {
+		my $d = Locale::gettext->domain("subversion");
+		$format = $d->get($format);
+	}
+	return strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S $gmoff$format", localtime($t));
 }
 
 sub parse_git_date {
@@ -5631,9 +5637,24 @@ sub show_commit_normal {
 	my ($c) = @_;
 	print commit_log_separator, "r$c->{r} | ";
 	print "$c->{c} | " if $show_commit;
-	print "$c->{a} | ", format_svn_date($c->{t_utc}), ' | ';
+	print "$c->{a} | ", format_svn_date($c->{t_utc});
 	my $nr_line = 0;
 
+	# returns " | $1 lines" properly translated
+	local *get_line_msg = sub {
+		my $n = shift;
+		if ($can_localize) {
+			my $d = Locale::gettext->domain("subversion");
+			return sprintf($d->nget(" | %d line", " | %d lines", $n), $n);
+		} else {
+			if ($n == 1) {
+				return " | 1 line";
+			} else {
+				return " | " . $n . " lines";
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
 	if (my $l = $c->{l}) {
 		while ($l->[$#$l] eq "\n" && $#$l > 0
 		                          && $l->[($#$l - 1)] eq "\n") {
@@ -5641,20 +5662,15 @@ sub show_commit_normal {
 		}
 		$nr_line = scalar @$l;
 		if (!$nr_line) {
-			print "1 line\n\n\n";
+			print get_line_msg(1), "\n\n\n"; 
 		} else {
-			if ($nr_line == 1) {
-				$nr_line = '1 line';
-			} else {
-				$nr_line .= ' lines';
-			}
-			print $nr_line, "\n";
+			print get_line_msg($nr_line), "\n";
 			show_commit_changed_paths($c);
 			print "\n";
 			print $_ foreach @$l;
 		}
 	} else {
-		print "1 line\n";
+		print get_line_msg(1), "\n";
 		show_commit_changed_paths($c);
 		print "\n";
 
@@ -5727,6 +5743,9 @@ sub cmd_show_log {
 			push @{$c->{stat}}, $_;
 			$stat = undef;
 		} elsif (/^${esc_color}    (git-svn-id:.+)$/o) {
+			if (@{$c->{l}} && $c->{l}->[-1] eq "\n") {
+				pop @{$c->{l}};
+			}
 			($c->{url}, $c->{r}, undef) = ::extract_metadata($1);
 		} elsif (s/^${esc_color}    //o) {
 			push @{$c->{l}}, $_;
diff --git a/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh b/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh
index 0374a74..586f64b 100755
--- a/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh
+++ b/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repository and import' '
 		done && \
 		svn_cmd import -m test . "$svnrepo"
 		cd .. &&
+	svn_cmd checkout "$svnrepo"/branches/a checkout &&
 	git svn init "$svnrepo" -T trunk -b branches -t tags &&
 	git svn fetch &&
 	git reset --hard trunk &&
@@ -36,7 +37,38 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repository and import' '
 	git commit -a -m spy &&
 	echo try >> README &&
 	git commit -a -m try &&
-	git svn dcommit
+	git svn dcommit &&
+	(
+		cd checkout &&
+		svn_cmd update
+	) &&
+
+	if test -n "$ORIGINAL_LANG" && test "$ORIGINAL_LANG" != C
+	then
+		test_set_prereq NONCLOCALE
+	fi
+	'
+
+test_expect_success 'log matches svn log' '
+	git reset --hard a &&
+	(
+		cd checkout &&
+		svn_cmd log >../expected
+	) &&
+	git svn log >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+	'
+
+test_expect_success NONCLOCALE 'log matches svn log, original locale' '
+	(
+		LC_ALL=$ORIGINAL_LANG &&
+		(
+			cd checkout &&
+			svn_cmd log >../expected
+		) &&
+		git svn log >actual
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
 	'
 
 test_expect_success 'run log' "
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index e5523dd..62aa48c 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ esac
 # Keep the original TERM for say_color
 ORIGINAL_TERM=$TERM
 
+# Keep the original locale for tests
+ORIGINAL_LANG=$LANG
+
 # For repeatability, reset the environment to known value.
 LANG=C
 LC_ALL=C