diff --git a/src/core.py b/src/core.py
index fac06136e..f1fed87f8 100644
--- a/src/core.py
+++ b/src/core.py
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ PREF_FUNCTIONS = {
 def N_(self):
         return self
 
-STATE_MESSAGES = (_("Queued"),
-                  _("Checking"),
-                  _("Connecting"),
-                  _("Downloading Metadata"),
-                  _("Downloading"),
-                  _("Finished"),
-                  _("Seeding"),
-                  _("Allocating"))
+STATE_MESSAGES = (N_("Queued"),
+                  N_("Checking"),
+                  N_("Connecting"),
+                  N_("Downloading Metadata"),
+                  N_("Downloading"),
+                  N_("Finished"),
+                  N_("Seeding"),
+                  N_("Allocating"))
 # Exceptions
 
 class DelugeError(Exception):
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class InsufficientFreeSpaceError(DelugeError):
         self.free_space = free_space
         self.needed_space = needed_space
     def __str__(self):
-        return _("%d %d bytes needed")%(self.free_space, self.needed_space)
+        return "%d %d "%self.free_space, self.needed_space + _("bytes needed")
 
 # A cached data item
 
diff --git a/src/interface.py b/src/interface.py
index 1bc6bf8c1..888ff8868 100644
--- a/src/interface.py
+++ b/src/interface.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class DelugeGTK:
 
     def build_menu_radio_list(self, value_list, callback, pref_value=None, 
                               suffix=None, show_notset=False, 
-                              notset_label=_("Unlimited"), notset_lessthan=0):
+                              notset_label="Unlimited", notset_lessthan=0):
         # Build a menu with radio menu items from a list and connect them to the callback
         # The pref_value is what you would like to test for the default active radio item
         # Setting show_unlimited will include an Unlimited radio item