diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindowbase.ui b/src/gui/mainwindowbase.ui
index ce01299..842d943 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindowbase.ui
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindowbase.ui
@@ -57,37 +57,37 @@
         </property>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Partition</string>
+          <string comment="@label">Partition</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Type</string>
+          <string comment="@label partition type">Type</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Mount point</string>
+          <string comment="@label">Mount point</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Label</string>
+          <string comment="@label file system label">Label</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Size</string>
+          <string comment="@label total file system size">Size</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Used</string>
+          <string comment="@label space used">Used</string>
          </property>
         </column>
         <column>
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>Flags</string>
+          <string comment="@label partition flags">Flags</string>
          </property>
         </column>
        </widget>
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@
        </property>
        <column>
         <property name="text" >
-         <string>Time</string>
+         <string comment="@label">Time</string>
         </property>
        </column>
        <column>
         <property name="text" >
-         <string>Message</string>
+         <string comment="@label">Message</string>
         </property>
        </column>
       </widget>
diff --git a/src/gui/partpropswidgetbase.ui b/src/gui/partpropswidgetbase.ui
index 1d4bdf3..19138f9 100644
--- a/src/gui/partpropswidgetbase.ui
+++ b/src/gui/partpropswidgetbase.ui
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
    <item row="5" column="1" >
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="m_CheckRecreate" >
      <property name="text" >
-      <string>Recreate existing file system</string>
+      <string comment="@action:button">Recreate existing file system</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f54b848..1fc1790 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 			VERSION,
 			ki18nc("@title", "Manage your disks, partitions and file systems"),
 			KAboutData::License_GPL,
-			ki18n("(c) 2008 Volker Lanz")
+			ki18nc("@info:credit", "(c) 2008 Volker Lanz")
 		);
-	about.addAuthor(ki18n("Volker Lanz"), KLocalizedString(), "vl@fidra.de");
+	about.addAuthor(ki18nc("@info:credit", "Volker Lanz"), KLocalizedString(), "vl@fidra.de");
 	about.setHomepage("http://www.partitionmanager.org");
 	
 	KCmdLineArgs::init(argc, argv, &about);
diff --git a/src/util/externalcommand.cpp b/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
index 7658ea3..48e15ad 100644
--- a/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ bool ExternalCommand::start(int timeout)
 	if (!waitForStarted(timeout))
 	{
 		if (report())
-			report()->line() << i18n("(Command timeout while starting)");
+			report()->line() << i18nc("@info/plain", "(Command timeout while starting)");
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool ExternalCommand::waitFor(int timeout)
 	if (!waitForFinished(timeout))
 	{
 		if (report())
-			report()->line() << i18n("(Command timeout while running)");
+			report()->line() << i18nc("@info/plain", "(Command timeout while running)");
 		return false;
 	}