qTranslate Plus not working in functions.php

I’ve been trying endlessly to get qTranslate plus to work in my functions.php file.
Here is what I have:

if ( $image_size && has_post_thumbnail() )
$image = '<a class="image" href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_post_thumbnail(
$post->ID, $image_size ) . ' <div style="width:200px;margin:0 auto;"><span class="text-content">
<span><div style="margin:0 auto;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;">VIEW PROFILE</div></span>
</span></div></a> ';

I would like to put the 2 options for VIEW PROFILE where:
en = View Profile
fr = Voir Profil

Any idea how to make it work?
thank you very much in advance!

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