diff -r da4aedfabea5 -r f63d2f9aca35 site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteAction.java
--- a/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteAction.java	Tue Apr 01 16:34:41 2014 +0800
+++ b/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteAction.java	Tue Apr 01 16:37:46 2014 +0800
@@ -1330,14 +1330,16 @@
 			views.put(SiteConstants.SITE_TYPE_MYWORKSPACE, rb.getFormattedMessage("java.sites", new Object[]{rb.getString("java.my")}));
 			for (int sTypeIndex = 0; sTypeIndex < sTypes.size(); sTypeIndex++) {
 				String type = (String) sTypes.get(sTypeIndex);
-				views.put(type, rb.getFormattedMessage("java.sites", new Object[]{type}));
+				String typeName = SiteService.getLocalizedSiteType(type);
+ 				views.put(type, rb.getFormattedMessage("java.sites", new Object[]{typeName}));
 			}
 			List<String> moreTypes = siteTypeProvider.getTypesForSiteList();
			if (!moreTypes.isEmpty())
 			{
 				for(String mType : moreTypes)
 				{
-					views.put(mType, rb.getFormattedMessage("java.sites", new Object[]{mType}));
+					String typeName = SiteService.getLocalizedSiteType(mType);
+ 					views.put(mType, rb.getFormattedMessage("java.sites", new Object[]{typeName}));
 				}
 			}
			// default view
diff -r da4aedfabea5 -r f63d2f9aca35 site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteBrowserAction.java
--- a/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteBrowserAction.java	Tue Apr 01 16:34:41 2014 +0800
+++ b/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/site/tool/SiteBrowserAction.java	Tue Apr 01 16:37:46 2014 +0800
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@
 
 		context.put("termProp", (String) state.getAttribute(SEARCH_TERM_PROP));
 		context.put("searchText", (String) state.getAttribute(STATE_SEARCH));
-		context.put("siteType", (String) state.getAttribute(STATE_SEARCH_SITE_TYPE));
+		String siteType = (String) state.getAttribute(STATE_SEARCH_SITE_TYPE);
+		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(siteType)) {
+			siteType = SiteService.getLocalizedSiteType(siteType);
+		}
+		context.put("siteType", siteType);
 		context.put("termSelection", (String) state.getAttribute(STATE_TERM_SELECTION));
 		context.put("siteBrowserTextEdit", new SiteTextEditUtil());

@@ -342,7 +346,7 @@
 	private String buildSimpleSearchContext(SessionState state, Context context)
 	{
 
-		List newTypes = new Vector();
+		List<String> newTypes = new Vector<String>();
 		if (state.getAttribute(NO_SHOW_SEARCH_TYPE) != null)
 		{
 			String noType = state.getAttribute(NO_SHOW_SEARCH_TYPE).toString();
@@ -372,6 +376,12 @@
 		}
 
 		context.put("siteTypes", newTypes);
+		Map<String, String> localizedSiteTypes = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		for (String type: newTypes) 
+		{
+			localizedSiteTypes.put(type, SiteService.getLocalizedSiteType(type));
+		}
+		context.put("localizedSiteTypes", localizedSiteTypes);
 
 		String termSearchSiteType = (String) state.getAttribute(SEARCH_TERM_SITE_TYPE);
 		if (termSearchSiteType != null)
diff -r da4aedfabea5 -r f63d2f9aca35 site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_simpleSearch.vm
--- a/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_simpleSearch.vm	Tue Apr 01 16:34:41 2014 +0800
+++ b/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_simpleSearch.vm	Tue Apr 01 16:37:46 2014 +0800
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 						<input type="hidden" name="ClassSiteFromSystem" value="true" />
 						<div class="checkbox indnt1">
 							<input  type="radio" name="siteType" class="siteTypeTerm" id="siteType$siteTypeCount" value="$type" />
-							<label for="siteType$siteTypeCount"  style="text-transform: capitalize">$type</label>
+							<label for="siteType$siteTypeCount"  style="text-transform: capitalize">$localizedSiteTypes.get($type)</label>
 						</div>
 						<div class="indnt3" id="selectTermBlock">
 							<label for="selectTerm">$tlang.getString("se.term")</label>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 					#else
 						<div class="checkbox indnt1">
 							<input type="radio" name="siteType" id="siteType$siteTypeCount" value="$type" />
-							<label for="siteType$siteTypeCount"  style="text-transform: capitalize">$type</label>
+							<label for="siteType$siteTypeCount"  style="text-transform: capitalize">$localizedSiteTypes.get($type)</label>
 						</div>
 					#end
 				#end
                         <td headers="owner">
diff -r da4aedfabea5 -r f63d2f9aca35 site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitesetup/chef_site-list.vm
--- a/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitesetup/chef_site-list.vm	Tue Apr 01 16:34:41 2014 +0800
+++ b/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitesetup/chef_site-list.vm	Tue Apr 01 16:37:46 2014 +0800
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@
 								</h4>
 							</td>
 							<td headers="type">
-								#set($type="")
-								#set($type = $site.getType())
-								$!type
+								$validator.escapeHtml($site.getLocalizedType())
 							</td>
 							<td headers="createdBy">
 								#if ($site.CreatedBy)
diff -r 363a05d451fc -r 95bacb1b41ff site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_list.vm
--- a/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_list.vm	Tue Apr 01 16:39:22 2014 +0800
+++ b/site-manage/site-manage-tool/tool/src/webapp/vm/sitebrowser/chef_sitebrowser_list.vm	Tue Apr 01 17:58:58 2014 +0800
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@
                        </td>
 
                         <td headers="type">
-                        #set($type = $site.Type)
-                     	$validator.escapeHtml($!type)
+                     	$validator.escapeHtml($!site.localizedType)
                         </td>
                         
                         <td headers="owner">