diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index cac530fc..ce28b5e8 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ from dialogs import AddAddressDialog
 from class_objectHashHolder import objectHashHolder
 from class_singleWorker import singleWorker
 
-def _translate(context, text):
-    return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text)
+def _translate(context, text, number = None):
+    if number is None:
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text)
+    else:
+        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, None, QtCore.QCoreApplication.CodecForTr, number)
 
 def change_translation(locale):
     global qmytranslator, qsystranslator
@@ -100,16 +103,11 @@ def change_translation(locale):
     qsystranslator.load(translationpath)
     QtGui.QApplication.installTranslator(qsystranslator)
 
-    lang = l10n.getTranslationLanguage()
-    if "_" not in lang:
-        lang += "_" + lang.upper()
-    if ".utf8" not in lang.lower():
-        lang += ".utf8"
+    lang = pythonlocale.normalize(l10n.getTranslationLanguage())
     try:
         pythonlocale.setlocale(pythonlocale.LC_ALL, lang)
     except:
-        logger.error("Failed to set locale to %s", lang)
-        pass
+        logger.error("Failed to set locale to %s", lang, exc_info=True)
 
 class MyForm(settingsmixin.SMainWindow):
 
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/networkstatus.py b/src/bitmessageqt/networkstatus.py
index e778e605..df6a3de5 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/networkstatus.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/networkstatus.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class NetworkStatus(QtGui.QWidget, RetranslateMixin):
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.timer, QtCore.SIGNAL("timeout()"), self.runEveryTwoSeconds)
 
     def formatBytes(self, num):
-        for x in [_translate("networkstatus", "byte(s)"), "kB", "MB", "GB"]:
+        for x in [_translate("networkstatus", "byte(s)", num), "kB", "MB", "GB"]:
             if num < 1000.0:
                 return "%3.0f %s" % (num, x)
             num /= 1000.0
@@ -44,21 +44,24 @@ class NetworkStatus(QtGui.QWidget, RetranslateMixin):
     def formatByteRate(self, num):
         num /= 1000
         return "%4.0f kB" % num
+        
+    def updateNumberOfObjectsToBeSynced(self):
+        self.labelSyncStatus.setText(_translate("networkstatus", "Object(s) to be synced: %n", sum(shared.numberOfObjectsThatWeHaveYetToGetPerPeer.itervalues())))
 
     def updateNumberOfMessagesProcessed(self):
-        self.labelSyncStatus.setText(_translate("networkstatus", "Objects to be synced: %1").arg(str(sum(shared.numberOfObjectsThatWeHaveYetToGetPerPeer.itervalues()))))
+        self.updateNumberOfObjectsToBeSynced()
         self.labelMessageCount.setText(_translate(
-            "networkstatus", "Processed %1 person-to-person messages.").arg(str(shared.numberOfMessagesProcessed)))
+            "networkstatus", "Processed %n person-to-person message(s).", shared.numberOfMessagesProcessed))
 
     def updateNumberOfBroadcastsProcessed(self):
-        self.labelSyncStatus.setText(_translate("networkstatus", "Objects to be synced: %1").arg(str(sum(shared.numberOfObjectsThatWeHaveYetToGetPerPeer.itervalues()))))
+        self.updateNumberOfObjectsToBeSynced()
         self.labelBroadcastCount.setText(_translate(
-            "networkstatus", "Processed %1 broadcast messages.").arg(str(shared.numberOfBroadcastsProcessed)))
+            "networkstatus", "Processed %n broadcast message(s).", shared.numberOfBroadcastsProcessed))
 
     def updateNumberOfPubkeysProcessed(self):
-        self.labelSyncStatus.setText(_translate("networkstatus", "Objects to be synced: %1").arg(str(sum(shared.numberOfObjectsThatWeHaveYetToGetPerPeer.itervalues()))))
+        self.updateNumberOfObjectsToBeSynced()
         self.labelPubkeyCount.setText(_translate(
-            "networkstatus", "Processed %1 public keys.").arg(str(shared.numberOfPubkeysProcessed)))
+            "networkstatus", "Processed %n public key(s).", shared.numberOfPubkeysProcessed))
 
     def updateNumberOfBytes(self):
         """
diff --git a/src/tr.py b/src/tr.py
index c11d1f57..16ae2856 100644
--- a/src/tr.py
+++ b/src/tr.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ class translateClass:
         else:
             return self.text
 
-def _translate(context, text):
-    return translateText(context, text)
+def _translate(context, text, n = None):
+    return translateText(context, text, n)
 
-def translateText(context, text):
+def translateText(context, text, n = None):
     if not shared.safeConfigGetBoolean('bitmessagesettings', 'daemon'):
         try:
             from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ def translateText(context, text):
             print 'PyBitmessage requires PyQt unless you want to run it as a daemon and interact with it using the API. You can download PyQt from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download   or by searching Google for \'PyQt Download\'. If you want to run in daemon mode, see https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Daemon'
             print 'Error message:', err
             os._exit(0)
-        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text)
+        if n is None:
+            return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text)
+        else:
+            return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, None, QtCore.QCoreApplication.CodecForTr, n)
     else:
         if '%' in text:
             return translateClass(context, text.replace('%','',1))