[web2py] How to include T from gluon in custom module

[monotasker]

I'm writing a plugin and (as recommended) putting my plugin classes in the 
modules folder. I'm using "from gluon import *" to get gluon classes in the 
module file, but I'm still getting an error message about translation 
strings: "global name 'T' is not defined". Do I need to import T from a 
specific gluon file?