diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/date-time.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/date-time.js
index 692eaa26e..a88b4eca7 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/date-time.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/date-time.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ DateTimeUtil.setIso8601Date = function(dateObject, string) {
      
     var d = string.match(DateTimeUtil._dateRegexp);
     if(!d) {
-        throw new Error("Invalid date string: " + string);
+        throw new Error($.i18n._('core-util-enc')["invalid-date"]+": " + string);
     }
     
     var sign = (d[1] == "-") ? -1 : 1; // BC or AD
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ DateTimeUtil.setIso8601Time = function (dateObject, string) {
     
     var d = string.match(DateTimeUtil._timeRegexp);
     if(!d) {
-        SimileAjax.Debug.warn("Invalid time string: " + string);
+        SimileAjax.Debug.warn($.i18n._('core-util-enc')["invalid-date"]+": " + string);
         return false;
     }
     var hours = d[1];
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/dialog.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/dialog.js
index 54f748137..aef055271 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/dialog.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/dialog.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ DialogSystem.showBusy = function(message) {
 
   var body = $('<div>').attr('id', 'loading-message').appendTo(frame);
   $('<img>').attr("src", "images/large-spinner.gif").appendTo(body);
-  $('<span>').html(" " + (message || "Working...")).appendTo(body);
+  $('<span>').html(" " + (message || $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["working"]+"...")).appendTo(body);
 
   var level = DialogSystem.showDialog(frame);
 
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/misc.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/misc.js
index 82df4b332..21d538b53 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/misc.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/misc.js
@@ -64,22 +64,22 @@ function formatRelativeDate(d) {
   var tomorrow = Date.today().add({ days: 1 });
 
   if (d.between(today, tomorrow)) {
-    return "today " + d.toString("h:mm tt");
+    return $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["today"]+" " + d.toString("h:mm tt");
   } else if (d.between(last_week, today)) {
     var diff = Math.floor(today.getDayOfYear() - d.getDayOfYear());
-    return (diff <= 1) ? ("yesterday " + d.toString("h:mm tt")) : (diff + " days ago");
+    return (diff <= 1) ? ($.i18n._('core-util-enc')["yesterday"]+" " + d.toString("h:mm tt")) : (diff + " "+$.i18n._('core-util-enc')["days-ago"]);
   } else if (d.between(last_month, today)) {
     var diff = Math.floor((today.getDayOfYear() - d.getDayOfYear()) / 7);
     if (diff < 1) {diff += 52};
-    return (diff == 1) ? "a week ago" : diff.toFixed(0) + " weeks ago" ;
+    return (diff == 1) ? $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["week-ago"] : diff.toFixed(0) + " "+$.i18n._('core-util-enc')["weeks-ago"] ;
   } else if (d.between(almost_last_year, today)) {
     var diff = today.getMonth() - d.getMonth();
     if (diff < 1) {
       diff += 12;
     }
-    return (diff == 1) ? "a month ago" : diff + " months ago";
+    return (diff == 1) ? $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["month-ago"] : diff + " "+ $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["months-ago"];
   } else {
     var diff = Math.floor(today.getYear() - d.getYear());
-    return (diff == 1) ? "a year ago" : diff + " years ago";
+    return (diff == 1) ? $.i18n._('core-util-enc')["year-ago"] : diff + " "+$.i18n._('core-util-enc')["years-ago"];
   }
 }
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diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/select-encoding-dialog.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/select-encoding-dialog.html
index 03bfb83d0..5d5ec5b58 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/select-encoding-dialog.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/util/select-encoding-dialog.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="dialog-frame" style="width: 600px;">
   <div class="dialog-border">
-    <div class="dialog-header" bind="dialogHeader">Select Encoding</div>
+    <div class="dialog-header" bind="dialogHeader"></div>
     <div class="dialog-body" bind="dialogBody">
       <div id="select-encodings-tabs" class="refine-tabs">
         <ul>
-          <li><a href="#select-encodings-tabs-common">Common Encodings</a></li>
-          <li><a href="#select-encodings-tabs-all">All Encodings</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#select-encodings-tabs-common" id="or-enc-common"></a></li>
+          <li><a href="#select-encodings-tabs-all" id="or-enc-all"></a></li>
         </ul>
         <div id="select-encodings-tabs-common">
           <div class="select-encoding-dialog-encoding-list" bind="commonList"></div>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="dialog-footer" bind="dialogFooter">
-      <button class="button" bind="cancelButton">Cancel</button>
+      <button class="button" bind="cancelButton"></button>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
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diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/langs/translation-en.json b/main/webapp/modules/langs/translation-en.json
index 6969e2659..21ebb5cd8 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/langs/translation-en.json
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/langs/translation-en.json
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@
 		"quotation-mark": "Quotation marks are used<br/>to enclose cells containing<br/>column separators",
 		"click-xml": "Click on the first XML element corresponding to the first record to load."
 	},
-	"core-util-enc": {
-		"select-enc": "Select Encoding",
-		"common": "Common Encodings",
-		"all": "All Encodings",
-		"encoding": "Encoding",
-		"aliases": "Aliases"
-	},
 	"core-dialogs": {
 		"cluster-edit": "Cluster & Edit column",
 		"cluster-size": "Cluster Size",
@@ -350,6 +343,24 @@
 		"fb-en-ns": "the Wikipedia English namespace",
 		"this-ns": "this namespace:"
 	},
+	"core-util-enc": {
+		"select-enc": "Select Encoding",
+		"common": "Common Encodings",
+		"all": "All Encodings",
+		"encoding": "Encoding",
+		"aliases": "Aliases",
+		"today": "today",
+		"yesterday": "yesterday",
+		"days-ago": "days ago",
+		"week-ago": "a week ago",
+		"weeks-ago": "weeks ago",
+		"month-ago": "a month ago",
+		"months-ago": "months ago",
+		"year-ago": "a year ago",
+		"years-ago": "years ago",
+		"working": "Working",
+		"invalid-date": "Invalid date string"		
+	},
 	"core-buttons": {
 		"cancel": "Cancel",
 		"ok": "&nbsp;&nbsp;OK&nbsp;&nbsp;",