diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index f5702147e3..6c5972e11b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+require_once('../wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
+
 $title = 'Discussion Options';
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
@@ -41,72 +43,71 @@ include('options-head.php');
 ?>
 
 <div class="wrap"> 
-	<h2>Discussion Options</h2> 
+	<h2><?php _e('Discussion Options') ?></h2> 
 	<form name="form1" method="post" action="options.php"> 
 		<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
 		<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'default_pingback_flag','default_ping_status','default_comment_status','comments_notify','moderation_notify','comment_moderation','require_name_email','comment_max_links','moderation_keys'" /> 
 <fieldset class="options">
-		<legend>Usual settings for an article: <em>(These settings may be overidden for individual articles.)</em></legend> 
+        <legend><?php _e('Usual settings for an article: <em>(These settings may be overidden for individual articles.)</em>') ?></legend> 
 		<ul> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="default_pingback_flag"> 
 				<input name="default_pingback_flag" type="checkbox" id="default_pingback_flag" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('default_pingback_flag')); ?> /> 
-				Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)</label> 
+            <?php _e('Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)') ?></label> 
 			</li> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="default_ping_status"> 
 				<input name="default_ping_status" type="checkbox" id="default_ping_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_settings('default_ping_status')); ?> /> 
-				Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)</label> 
+            <?php _e('Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)') ?></label> 
 			</li> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="default_comment_status"> 
 				<input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_settings('default_comment_status')); ?> /> 
-				Allow people to post comments on the article</label> 
+            <?php _e('Allow people to post comments on the article') ?></label> 
 			</li> 
 		</ul> 
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="options">
-		<legend>Email me whenever:</legend> 
+        <legend><?php _e('Email me whenever:') ?></legend> 
 		<ul> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="comments_notify"> 
 				<input name="comments_notify" type="checkbox" id="comments_notify" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('comments_notify')); ?> /> 
-				Anyone posts a comment </label> 
+                <?php _e('Anyone posts a comment') ?> </label> 
 			</li> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="moderation_notify"> 
 				<input name="moderation_notify" type="checkbox" id="moderation_notify" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('moderation_notify')); ?> /> 
-				A comment is approved or declined </label> 
+				<?php _e('A comment is approved or declined') ?> </label> 
 			</li> 
 		</ul> 
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="options">
-		<legend>Before a comment appears:</legend> 
+        <legend><?php _e('Before a comment appears:') ?></legend> 
 		<ul> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="comment_moderation"> 
 				<input name="comment_moderation" type="checkbox" id="comment_moderation" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('comment_moderation')); ?> /> 
-				An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below) </label> 
+				<?php _e('An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below)') ?> </label> 
 			</li> 
 			<li> 
 				<label for="require_name_email"> 
 				<input type="checkbox" name="require_name_email" id="require_name_email" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('require_name_email')); ?> /> 
-				User must fill out name and email </label> 
+				<?php _e('User must fill out name and email') ?> </label> 
 			</li> 
 		</ul> 
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="options">
-		<legend>Comment Moderation</legend>
-		<p>Hold a comment in the queue if it contains more than 
-			<input name="comment_max_links" type="text" id="comment_max_links" size="3" value="<?php echo get_settings('comment_max_links'); ?>" /> 
-		links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)</p>
-		<p>When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URI,  email, or IP, hold it in the moderation queue: (Seperate multiple words with new lines.) <a href="http://wiki.wordpress.org/index.php/SpamWords">Common spam words</a>.</p>
+    <legend><?php _e('Comment Moderation') ?></legend>
+    <p><?php printf(__('Hold a comment in the queue if it contains more than %s links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)'), '<input name="comment_max_links" type="text" id="comment_max_links" size="3" value="' . get_settings('comment_max_links'). '" />' ) ?></p>
+
+    <p><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URI,  email, or IP, hold it in the moderation queue: (Seperate multiple words with new lines.) <a href="http://wiki.wordpress.org/index.php/SpamWords">Common spam words</a>.') ?></p>
 		<p> 
 			<textarea name="moderation_keys" cols="60" rows="4" id="moderation_keys" style="width: 98%; font-size: 12px;" class="code"><?php echo get_settings('moderation_keys'); ?></textarea> 
 		</p> 
 </fieldset>
 		<p style="text-align: right;"> 
-			<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Options" /> 
+    	<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Update Options') ?>" /> 
 		</p> 
 	</form> 
 </div> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-misc.php b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
index 5264174e2a..50308e19f6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-misc.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+require_once('../wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
+
 $title = 'Miscellaneous Options';
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
@@ -42,43 +44,43 @@ include('options-head.php');
 ?>
  
 <div class="wrap"> 
-  <h2>Miscellaneous Options</h2> 
+  <h2><?php _e('Miscellaneous Options') ?></h2> 
   <form name="form1" method="post" action="options.php"> 
     <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
 	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 		<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'hack_file','use_fileupload','fileupload_realpath','fileupload_url','fileupload_allowedtypes','fileupload_maxk','fileupload_maxk'" /> 
 <fieldset class="options">
 <legend>
 <input name="use_fileupload" type="checkbox" id="use_fileupload" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('use_fileupload')); ?> />
-<label for="use_fileupload">Allow File Uploads</label></legend>
+<label for="use_fileupload"><?php _e('Allow File Uploads') ?></label></legend>
     <table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
       <tr> 
-        <th width="33%" valign="top" scope="row"> Destination directory: </th> 
+        <th width="33%" valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('Destination directory:') ?> </th> 
         <td>
         	<input name="fileupload_realpath" type="text" id="fileupload_realpath" value="<?php echo get_settings('fileupload_realpath'); ?>" size="50" /><br />
-Recommended: <code><?php echo ABSPATH . 'wp-content'; ?></code>
+<?php printf(__('Recommended: <code>%s</code>'), ABSPATH . 'wp-content') ?>
   
         	</td> 
       </tr> 
       <tr>
-        <th valign="top" scope="row">URI of this directory: </th>
+        <th valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('URI of this directory:') ?> </th>
         <td>          
         	<input name="fileupload_url" type="text" id="fileupload_url" value="<?php echo get_settings('fileupload_url'); ?>" size="50" /><br />
-Recommended: <code><?php echo get_settings('siteurl') . '/wp-content'; ?></code>
+<?php printf(__('Recommended: <code>%s</code>'), get_settings('siteurl') . '/wp-content') ?>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
-      	<th scope="row">Maximum size: </th>
+        <th scope="row"><?php _e('Maximum size:') ?> </th>
       	<td><input name="fileupload_maxk" type="text" id="fileupload_maxk" value="<?php echo get_settings('fileupload_maxk'); ?>" size="4"> 
-      		Kilobytes (KB)</td>
+        <?php _e('Kilobytes (KB)') ?></td>
       	</tr>
       <tr>
-      	<th valign="top" scope="row">Allowed file extensions:</th>
+        <th valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('Allowed file extensions:') ?></th>
       	<td><input name="fileupload_allowedtypes" type="text" id="fileupload_allowedtypes" value="<?php echo get_settings('fileupload_allowedtypes'); ?>" size="40">
       		<br>
-      		Recommended: <code>jpg jpeg png gif </code></td>
+         <?php _e('Recommended: <code>jpg jpeg png gif </code>') ?></td>
       	</tr>
       <tr>
-      	<th scope="row">Minimum level to upload:</th>
+        <th scope="row"><?php _e('Minimum level to upload:') ?></th>
       	<td><select name="fileupload_minlevel" id="fileupload_minlevel">
 <?php
 for ($i = 0; $i < 11; $i++) {
@@ -94,10 +96,10 @@ else $selected = '';
 		<p>
 			<label>
 			<input type="checkbox" name="hack_file" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('hack_file')); ?> /> 
-			Use legacy <code>my-hacks.php</code> file support</label>
+			<?php _e('Use legacy <code>my-hacks.php</code> file support') ?></label>
 		</p>
     <p style="text-align: right;">
-      <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Options" />
+      <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Update Options') ?>" />
     </p>
   </form> 
 </div> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
index c49d0adeb2..2cbda047ce 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-reading.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+require_once('../wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
+
 $title = 'Reading Options';
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
@@ -41,15 +43,15 @@ include('options-head.php');
 ?>
 
 <div class="wrap"> 
-	<h2>Reading Options</h2> 
+	<h2><?php _e('Reading Options') ?></h2> 
 	<form name="form1" method="post" action="options.php"> 
 		<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
 		<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'posts_per_page','what_to_show','rss_use_excerpt','blog_charset','gzipcompression' " /> 
 		<fieldset class="options"> 
-		<legend>Front Page</legend> 
+        <legend><?php _e('Front Page') ?></legend> 
 		<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
 			<tr valign="top"> 
-				<th width="33%" scope="row">Show the most recent:</th> 
+                <th width="33%" scope="row"><?php _e('Show the most recent:') ?></th> 
 				<td><input name="posts_per_page" type="text" id="posts_per_page" value="<?php echo get_settings('posts_per_page'); ?>" size="3" /> 
 					<select name="what_to_show" id="what_to_show" > 
 						<option value="days" <?php selected('days', get_settings('what_to_show')); ?>>days</option> 
@@ -61,15 +63,15 @@ include('options-head.php');
 		</fieldset> 
 
 		<fieldset class="options"> 
-		<legend>Syndication Feeds</legend> 
+        <legend><?php _e('Syndication Feeds') ?></legend> 
 		<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
 			<tr valign="top"> 
-				<th width="33%" scope="row">Show the most recent:</th> 
+                <th width="33%" scope="row"><?php _e('Show the most recent:') ?></th> 
 				<td><input name="posts_per_rss" type="text" id="posts_per_rss" value="<?php echo get_settings('posts_per_rss'); ?>" size="3" /> 
 					posts </td> 
 			</tr>
 			<tr valign="top">
-				<th scope="row"> For each article, show: </th>
+                <th scope="row"><?php _e('For each article, show:') ?> </th>
 				<td><label>
 					<input name="rss_use_excerpt"  type="radio" value="0" <?php checked(0, get_settings('rss_use_excerpt')); ?>  />
 					full text</label>					<br>
@@ -81,19 +83,19 @@ include('options-head.php');
 		</fieldset> 
 				<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
 			<tr valign="top"> 
-				<th width="33%" scope="row"> Encoding for pages and feeds:</th> 
+                <th width="33%" scope="row"><?php _e('Encoding for pages and feeds:') ?></th> 
 				<td><input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="<?php echo get_settings('blog_charset'); ?>" size="20" class="code" />
                     <br />
-The character encoding you write your blog in (UTF-8 recommended<a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos8/TextIntlSvcs/TextEncodingConversionManager/TEC1.5/TEC.b0.html"></a>)</td> 
+                 <?php _e('The character encoding you write your blog in (UTF-8 <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos8/TextIntlSvcs/TextEncodingConversionManager/TEC1.5/TEC.b0.html">recommended</a>)') ?></td> 
 			</tr>
 		</table> 
 		<p>
 			<label>
 			<input type="checkbox" name="gzipcompression" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('gzipcompression')); ?> /> 
-			WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them</label>
+             <?php _e('WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them') ?></label>
 		</p>
 		<p style="text-align: right;"> 
-			<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Options" /> 
+			<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Update Options') ?>" /> 
 		</p> 
 	</form> 
 </div>