diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-comments.php b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-comments.php
index 5f5255c40b..76ce9320b6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-comments.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class WP_Comments_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 				$link = add_query_arg( 's', esc_attr( stripslashes( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), $link );
 			*/
 			$status_links[$status] = "<li class='$status'><a href='$link'$class>" . sprintf(
-				_n( $label[0], $label[1], $num_comments->$status ),
+				translate_nooped_plural( $label, $num_comments->$status ),
 				number_format_i18n( $num_comments->$status )
 			) . '</a>';
 		}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php
index ff08d254a7..dcd9b72d53 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class WP_Media_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			if ( !empty($_GET['post_mime_type']) && wp_match_mime_types($mime_type, $_GET['post_mime_type']) )
 				$class = ' class="current"';
 			if ( !empty( $num_posts[$mime_type] ) )
-				$type_links[$mime_type] = "<li><a href='upload.php?post_mime_type=$mime_type'$class>" . sprintf( _n( $label[2][0], $label[2][1], $num_posts[$mime_type] ), number_format_i18n( $num_posts[$mime_type] )) . '</a>';
+				$type_links[$mime_type] = "<li><a href='upload.php?post_mime_type=$mime_type'$class>" . sprintf( translate_nooped_plural( $label[2], $num_posts[$mime_type] ), number_format_i18n( $num_posts[$mime_type] )) . '</a>';
 		}
 		$type_links['detached'] = '<li><a href="upload.php?detached=1"' . ( $detached ? ' class="current"' : '' ) . '>' . sprintf( _nx( 'Unattached <span class="count">(%s)</span>', 'Unattached <span class="count">(%s)</span>', $total_orphans, 'detached files' ), number_format_i18n( $total_orphans ) ) . '</a>';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-posts.php b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-posts.php
index 07015292a9..188e04aae1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/list-table-posts.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/list-table-posts.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class WP_Posts_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			if ( isset($_REQUEST['post_status']) && $status_name == $_REQUEST['post_status'] )
 				$class = ' class="current"';
 
-			$status_links[$status_name] = "<li><a href='edit.php?post_status=$status_name&amp;post_type=$post_type'$class>" . sprintf( _n( $status->label_count[0], $status->label_count[1], $num_posts->$status_name ), number_format_i18n( $num_posts->$status_name ) ) . '</a>';
+			$status_links[$status_name] = "<li><a href='edit.php?post_status=$status_name&amp;post_type=$post_type'$class>" . sprintf( translate_nooped_plural( $status->label_count, $num_posts->$status_name ), number_format_i18n( $num_posts->$status_name ) ) . '</a>';
 		}
 
 		if ( ! empty( $this->sticky_posts_count ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index d3935a2747..5ead282a13 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ foreach ( $post_mime_types as $mime_type => $label ) {
 	if ( isset($_GET['post_mime_type']) && wp_match_mime_types($mime_type, $_GET['post_mime_type']) )
 		$class = ' class="current"';
 
-	$type_links[] = "<li><a href='" . esc_url(add_query_arg(array('post_mime_type'=>$mime_type, 'paged'=>false))) . "'$class>" . sprintf(_n($label[2][0], $label[2][1], $num_posts[$mime_type]), "<span id='$mime_type-counter'>" . number_format_i18n( $num_posts[$mime_type] ) . '</span>') . '</a>';
+	$type_links[] = "<li><a href='" . esc_url(add_query_arg(array('post_mime_type'=>$mime_type, 'paged'=>false))) . "'$class>" . sprintf( translate_nooped_plural( $label[2], $num_posts[$mime_type] ), "<span id='$mime_type-counter'>" . number_format_i18n( $num_posts[$mime_type] ) . '</span>') . '</a>';
 }
 echo implode(' | </li>', apply_filters( 'media_upload_mime_type_links', $type_links ) ) . '</li>';
 unset($type_links);
diff --git a/wp-includes/l10n.php b/wp-includes/l10n.php
index 4e76d3d87a..922ff2e96b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ b/wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -267,15 +267,15 @@ function _nx($single, $plural, $number, $context, $domain = 'default') {
  *  );
  *  ...
  *  $message = $messages[$type];
- *  $usable_text = sprintf(_n($message[0], $message[1], $count), $count);
+ *  $usable_text = sprintf( translate_nooped_plural( $message, $count ), $count );
  *
  * @since 2.5
  * @param string $single Single form to be i18ned
  * @param string $plural Plural form to be i18ned
  * @return array array($single, $plural)
  */
-function _n_noop( $single, $plural ) {
-	return array( $single, $plural );
+function _n_noop( $singular, $plural ) {
+	return array( 'singular' => $singular, 'plural' => $plural, 'context' => null );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -283,8 +283,23 @@ function _n_noop( $single, $plural ) {
  *
  * @see _n_noop()
  */
-function _nx_noop( $single, $plural, $context ) {
-	return array( $single, $plural, $context );
+function _nx_noop( $singular, $plural, $context ) {
+	return array( 'singular' => $singular, 'plural' => $plural, 'context' => $context );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Translate the result of _n_noop() or _nx_noop()
+ * 
+ * @since 3.1
+ * @param array $nooped_plural array with singular, plural and context keys, usually the result of _n_noop() or _nx_noop()
+ * @param int $count number of objects
+ * @param string $domain Optional. The domain identifier the text should be retrieved in
+ */
+function translate_nooped_plural( $nooped_plural, $count, $domain = 'default' ) {
+	if ( $nooped_plural['context'] )
+		return _nx( $nooped_plural['singular'], $nooped_plural['plural'], $count, $nooped_plural['context'], $domain );
+	else
+		return _n( $nooped_plural['singular'], $nooped_plural['plural'], $count, $domain );
 }
 
 /**