diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
index 63f097fb7..a7754a3b3 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
@@ -256,16 +256,15 @@ function FileManager:deleteFile(file)
     end
 end
 
-local collates = {
-    strcoll = _("Title"),
-    access = _("Recent"),
-}
-
 function FileManager:getSortingMenuTable()
     local fm = self
+    local collates = {
+        strcoll = {_("by title"), _("Sort by title")},
+        access = {_("by date"), _("Sort by date")},
+    }
     local set_collate_table = function(collate)
         return {
-            text = collates[collate],
+            text = collates[collate][2],
             checked_func = function()
                 return fm.file_chooser.collate == collate
             end,
@@ -274,7 +273,10 @@ function FileManager:getSortingMenuTable()
     end
     return {
         text_func = function()
-            return _("Sort order: ") .. collates[fm.file_chooser.collate]
+            return util.template(
+                _("Sort order: %1"),
+                collates[fm.file_chooser.collate][1]
+            )
         end,
         sub_item_table = {
             set_collate_table("strcoll"),
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
index f4d1d16c0..c7529d870 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ local Event = require("ui/event")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
+local T = require("ffi/util").template
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
 local ReaderFont = InputContainer:new{
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ end
 function ReaderFont:makeDefault(face)
     if face then
         UIManager:show(ConfirmBox:new{
-            text = _("Set default font to ")..face.."?",
+            text = T( _("Set default font to %1?"), face),
             ok_callback = function()
                 G_reader_settings:saveSetting("cre_font", face)
             end,
diff --git a/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua b/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
index 63759f629..b91a49a3d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/otamanager.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Device = require("device")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
+local T = require("ffi/util").template
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
 local OTAManager = {
@@ -114,9 +115,11 @@ function OTAManager:fetchAndProcessUpdate()
         })
     elseif ota_version then
         UIManager:show(ConfirmBox:new{
-            text = _("Do you want to update?\n") ..
-                    _("Installed version: ") .. local_version .. "\n" ..
-                    _("Available version: ") .. ota_version .. "\n",
+            text = T(
+                _("Do you want to update?\nInstalled version: %1\nAvailable version: %2"),
+                local_version,
+                ota_version
+            ),
             ok_callback = function()
                 UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
                     text = _("Downloading may take several minutes..."),
diff --git a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
index 929e51254..789a0a0bb 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
@@ -461,19 +461,34 @@ function UIManager:getRefreshMenuTable()
                 callback = function() UIManager:setRefreshRate(6) end,
             },
             {
-                text_func = function() return _("Custom ") .. "1: " .. custom_1() .. _(" pages") end,
+                text_func = function()
+                    return util.template(
+                        _("Custom 1: %1 pages"),
+                        custom_1()
+                    )
+                end,
                 checked_func = function() return UIManager:getRefreshRate() == custom_1() end,
                 callback = function() UIManager:setRefreshRate(custom_1()) end,
                 hold_input = custom_input("refresh_rate_1")
             },
             {
-                text_func = function() return _("Custom ") .. "2: " .. custom_2() .. _(" pages") end,
+                text_func = function()
+                    return util.template(
+                        _("Custom 2: %1 pages"),
+                        custom_2()
+                    )
+                end,
                 checked_func = function() return UIManager:getRefreshRate() == custom_2() end,
                 callback = function() UIManager:setRefreshRate(custom_2()) end,
                 hold_input = custom_input("refresh_rate_2")
             },
             {
-                text_func = function() return _("Custom ") .. "3: " .. custom_3() .. _(" pages") end,
+                text_func = function()
+                    return util.template(
+                        _("Custom 3: %1 pages"),
+                        custom_3()
+                    )
+                end,
                 checked_func = function() return UIManager:getRefreshRate() == custom_3() end,
                 callback = function() UIManager:setRefreshRate(custom_3()) end,
                 hold_input = custom_input("refresh_rate_3")