diff --git a/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
index 46384bc28ef..4ebfaff0860 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/preferences/show.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   .col-lg-4.application-theme
     %h4.prepend-top-0
       = s_('Preferences|Navigation theme')
-    %p= _('Customize the appearance of the application header and navigation sidebar.')
+    %p
+      = s_('Preferences|Customize the appearance of the application header and navigation sidebar.')
   .col-lg-8.application-theme
     - Gitlab::Themes.each do |theme|
       = label_tag do
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@
 
   .col-lg-4.profile-settings-sidebar
     %h4.prepend-top-0
-      = _('Syntax highlighting theme')
+      = s_('Preferences|Syntax highlighting theme')
     %p
-      = _('This setting allows you to customize the appearance of the syntax.')
+      = s_('Preferences|This setting allows you to customize the appearance of the syntax.')
       = succeed '.' do
         = link_to _('Learn more'), help_page_path('user/profile/preferences', anchor: 'syntax-highlighting-theme'), target: '_blank'
   .col-lg-8.syntax-theme
@@ -35,31 +36,31 @@
 
   .col-lg-4.profile-settings-sidebar
     %h4.prepend-top-0
-      = _('Behavior')
+      = s_('Preferences|Behavior')
     %p
-      = _('This setting allows you to customize the behavior of the system layout and default views.')
+      = s_('Preferences|This setting allows you to customize the behavior of the system layout and default views.')
       = succeed '.' do
         = link_to _('Learn more'), help_page_path('user/profile/preferences', anchor: 'behavior'), target: '_blank'
   .col-lg-8
     .form-group
       = f.label :layout, class: 'label-bold' do
-        = _('Layout width')
+        = s_('Preferences|Layout width')
       = f.select :layout, layout_choices, {}, class: 'form-control'
       .form-text.text-muted
-        = _('Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout.')
+        = s_('Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout.')
     .form-group
       = f.label :dashboard, class: 'label-bold' do
-        = _('Default dashboard')
+        = s_('Preferences|Default dashboard')
       = f.select :dashboard, dashboard_choices, {}, class: 'form-control'
 
     = render_if_exists 'profiles/preferences/group_overview_selector', f: f # EE-specific
 
     .form-group
       = f.label :project_view, class: 'label-bold' do
-        = _('Project overview content')
+        = s_('Preferences|Project overview content')
       = f.select :project_view, project_view_choices, {}, class: 'form-control'
       .form-text.text-muted
-        = _('Choose what content you want to see on a project’s overview page.')
+        = s_('Preferences|Choose what content you want to see on a project’s overview page.')
 
   .col-sm-12
     %hr
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/gt-externalize-profiles-preferences.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/gt-externalize-profiles-preferences.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a72e92a241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/gt-externalize-profiles-preferences.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Externalize profiles preferences
+merge_request: 28470
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: other
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 9f3b3213a3e..5d9b49d959e 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -1485,9 +1485,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Begin with the selected commit"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Behavior"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Below are examples of regex for existing tools:"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -1911,9 +1908,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Choose between <code>clone</code> or <code>fetch</code> to get the recent application code"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Choose file…"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -1923,9 +1917,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Choose visibility level, enable/disable project features (issues, repository, wiki, snippets) and set permissions."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Choose what content you want to see on a project’s overview page."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Choose your merge method, options, checks, and set up a default merge request description template."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3167,9 +3158,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Customize language and region related settings."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Customize the appearance of the application header and navigation sidebar."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Customize your pipeline configuration, view your pipeline status and coverage report."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3257,9 +3245,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Default classification label"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Default dashboard"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Default first day of the week"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -5773,9 +5758,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Latest pipeline for this branch"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Layout width"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Lead"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -7318,21 +7300,51 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Preferences saved."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Preferences|Behavior"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|Choose between fixed (max. 1280px) and fluid (100%%) application layout."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|Choose what content you want to see on a project’s overview page."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|Customize the appearance of the application header and navigation sidebar."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|Default dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Preferences|Display time in 24-hour format"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Preferences|For example: 30 mins ago."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Preferences|Layout width"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Preferences|Navigation theme"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Preferences|Project overview content"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|Syntax highlighting theme"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Preferences|These settings will update how dates and times are displayed for you."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "Preferences|This feature is experimental and translations are not complete yet"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Preferences|This setting allows you to customize the appearance of the syntax."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Preferences|This setting allows you to customize the behavior of the system layout and default views."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Preferences|Time display"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -7768,9 +7780,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Project name"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Project overview content"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Project slug"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -9676,9 +9685,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Switch to the source to copy it to the clipboard"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Syntax highlighting theme"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "System Hooks"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -10389,12 +10395,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "This runner will only run on pipelines triggered on protected branches"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "This setting allows you to customize the appearance of the syntax."
-msgstr ""
-
-msgid "This setting allows you to customize the behavior of the system layout and default views."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "This setting can be overridden in each project."
 msgstr ""