diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
index a8a3585052..9645f8d892 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext{
 		if( empty( $base ) ) $base = '/';
 		if( '/' != substr($base, -1) ) $base .= '/';
 
-		if($echo) echo __('Changing to ') . $base  .'<br>';
+		if($echo) printf( __('Changing to %s') . '<br/>', $base );
 		if( false === $this->chdir($base) )
 			return false;
 
 		if( $this->exists($base . 'wp-settings.php') ){
-			if($echo) echo __('Found ') . $base . 'wp-settings.php<br>';
+			if($echo) printf( __('Found %s'), $base . 'wp-settings.php<br/>' );
 			$this->wp_base = $base;
 			return $this->wp_base;
 		}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext{
 
 		foreach($arrPath as $key=>$folder){
 			if( $this->is_dir($base . $folder) ){
-				if($echo) echo __('Found ') . $folder . ' ' . __('Changing to') . ' ' . $base . $folder . '/<br>';
+				if($echo) echo sprintf( __('Found %s'),  $folder ) . ' ' . sprintf( __('Changing to %s') . '<br/>', $base . $folder . '/' );
 				return $this->find_base_dir($base .  $folder . '/',$echo);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index 15ab390760..6b60e9b308 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets{
 		if( empty( $base ) ) $base = '/';
 		if( '/' != substr($base, -1) ) $base .= '/';
 
-		if($echo) echo __('Changing to ') . $base  .'<br>';
+		if($echo) printf( __('Changing to %s') . '<br/>', $base );
 		if( false === $this->chdir($base) )
 			return false;
 
 		if( $this->exists($base . 'wp-settings.php') ){
-			if($echo) echo __('Found ') . $base . 'wp-settings.php<br>';
+			if($echo) printf( __('Found %s'), $base . 'wp-settings.php<br/>' );
 			$this->wp_base = $base;
 			return $this->wp_base;
 		}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets{
 
 		foreach($arrPath as $key=>$folder){
 			if( $this->is_dir($base . $folder) ){
-				if($echo) echo __('Found ') . $folder . ' ' . __('Changing to') . ' ' . $base . $folder . '/<br>';
+				if($echo) echo sprintf( __('Found %s'),  $folder ) . ' ' . sprintf( __('Changing to %s') . '<br/>', $base . $folder . '/' );
 				return $this->find_base_dir($base .  $folder . '/',$echo);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 04f92cda9f..9e78d93044 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ function touch_time( $edit = 1, $for_post = 1, $tab_index = 0 ) {
 	$year = '<input type="text" id="aa" name="aa" value="' . $aa . '" size="4" maxlength="5" onchange="edit_date.checked=true"' . $tab_index_attribute . ' autocomplete="off"  />';
 	$hour = '<input type="text" id="hh" name="hh" value="' . $hh . '" size="2" maxlength="2" onchange="edit_date.checked=true"' . $tab_index_attribute . ' autocomplete="off"  />';
 	$minute = '<input type="text" id="mn" name="mn" value="' . $mn . '" size="2" maxlength="2" onchange="edit_date.checked=true"' . $tab_index_attribute . ' autocomplete="off"  />';
-	printf(__('%1$s%2$s%3$s @ %4$s : %5$s'), $month, $day, $year, $hour, $minute);
+	printf(_c('%1$s%2$s%3$s @ %4$s : %5$s|1: month input, 2: day input, 3: year input, 4: hour input, 5: minute input'), $month, $day, $year, $hour, $minute);
 ?>
 <input type="hidden" id="ss" name="ss" value="<?php echo $ss ?>" size="2" maxlength="2" onchange="edit_date.checked=true" />
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/widgets.php b/wp-admin/includes/widgets.php
index 4523b2425d..6c53d843ba 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/widgets.php
@@ -199,11 +199,10 @@ function wp_widget_control( $sidebar_args ) {
 	unset($wp_registered_widgets[$widget_id]['_callback']);
 
 	if ( $widget_title )
-		$widget_title = sprintf( _c('%1$s: %2$s|widget_admin_title' ), $sidebar_args['widget_name'], $widget_title );
+		$widget_title = sprintf( _c('%1$s: %2$s|1: widget name, 2: widget title' ), $sidebar_args['widget_name'], $widget_title );
 	else
 		$widget_title = wp_specialchars( strip_tags( $sidebar_args['widget_name'] ) );
 
-
 	if ( empty($sidebar_args['_display']) || 'template' != $sidebar_args['_display'] )
 		echo $sidebar_args['before_widget'];
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
index 101ce56b28..591990b35b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
+++ b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ $desc_header = ( $description != $file_show ) ? "$description</strong> (%s)" : "
 <div class="bordertitle">
 	<h2 style="border: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><?php _e('Theme Editor'); ?></h2>
 	<form id="themeselector" name="theme" action="theme-editor.php" method="post">
-		<strong><?php _e('Select theme to edit: '); ?></strong>
+		<strong><?php _e('Select theme to edit:'); ?> </strong>
 		<select name="theme" id="theme" style="margin: 0; padding: 0;">
 <?php
 	foreach ($themes as $a_theme) {