diff --git a/app/models/track.rb b/app/models/track.rb
index 6335631..80b8be3 100644
--- a/app/models/track.rb
+++ b/app/models/track.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Track < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :name, presence: true
   validates :color, presence: true, format: {with: /\A[a-f0-9]{6}\z/i}
 
+  translates :name, :description
+
   def color=(hex_triplet)
     write_attribute :color, hex_triplet.gsub(/\A#/,'') if hex_triplet
   end
diff --git a/app/views/home/_track.html.slim b/app/views/home/_track.html.slim
index 2283ac2..c76c2fa 100644
--- a/app/views/home/_track.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/home/_track.html.slim
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-li = track.name
+li
+  strong
+    = track.name
+    \-
+    span
+      = track.description
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140901103859_add_translation_tables_to_conferences.rb b/db/migrate/20140901103859_add_translation_tables_to_conferences.rb
index ba159a8..4848e4b 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20140901103859_add_translation_tables_to_conferences.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20140901103859_add_translation_tables_to_conferences.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ class AddTranslationTablesToConferences < ActiveRecord::Migration
   end
 
   def down
-    Post.drop_translation_table! :migrate_data => true
+    Conference.drop_translation_table! :migrate_data => true
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140906151300_add_description_to_tracks.rb b/db/migrate/20140906151300_add_description_to_tracks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e27dc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140906151300_add_description_to_tracks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddDescriptionToTracks < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :tracks, :description, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140906151433_add_translation_tables_to_tracks.rb b/db/migrate/20140906151433_add_translation_tables_to_tracks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e3d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140906151433_add_translation_tables_to_tracks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class AddTranslationTablesToTracks < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    Track.create_translation_table!({
+                                      name: :string,
+                                      description: :text
+                                    }, {
+                                      migrate_data: true
+                                    })
+  end
+
+  def down
+    Track.drop_translation_table! migrate_data: true
+  end
+end