diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
index fcda25500..edfb03ae4 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function ReaderBookmark:onShowBookmark()
         if type(page) == "string" then
             page = self.ui.document:getPageFromXPointer(v.page)
         end
-        v.text = "Page "..page.." "..v.notes.." @ "..v.datetime
+        v.text = _("Page") .. " " .. page .. " " .. v.notes .. " @ " .. v.datetime
     end
 
     local bm_menu = Menu:new{
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
index d5bb80abc..f196ed089 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function FileChooser:genItemTableFromPath(path)
             -- exclude "." and ".."
             items = items - 2
         end
-        local istr = items .. (items > 1 and _(" items") or _(" item"))
+        local istr = util.template(items == 0 and _("0 items") or _("1 item") or items > 1 and _("%1 items"), items)
         table.insert(item_table, {
             text = dir.name.."/",
             mandatory = istr,
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
index cffe46ca9..273600ee6 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ local Input = require("device").input
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local RenderText = require("ui/rendertext")
 local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
+local util = require("ffi/util")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local _ = require("gettext")
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ function Menu:updateItems(select_number)
             self.item_group[select_number]:onFocus()
         end
         -- update page information
-        self.page_info_text.text = _("page ")..self.page.."/"..self.page_num
+        self.page_info_text.text = util.template(_("page %1 of %2"), self.page, self.page_num)
         self.page_info_left_chev:showHide(self.page_num > 1)
         self.page_info_right_chev:showHide(self.page_num > 1)
         self.page_info_first_chev:showHide(self.page_num > 2)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index 53e85ac10..832a36179 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ local Device = require("device")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
 local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Font = require("ui/font")
+local util = require("ffi/util
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 local _ = require("gettext")
 local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ function TouchMenu:updateItems()
 
     table.insert(self.item_group, VerticalSpan:new{width = Screen:scaleByDPI(2)})
     table.insert(self.item_group, self.footer)
-    self.page_info_text.text = _("Page ")..self.page.."/"..self.page_num
+    self.page_info_text.text = util.template(_("Page %1 of %2"), self.page, self.page_num)
     self.page_info_left_chev:showHide(self.page_num > 1)
     self.page_info_right_chev:showHide(self.page_num > 1)
     self.page_info_left_chev:enableDisable(self.page > 1)