diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php b/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php
index 4d22c93c7e..f01e3eb7b8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp();
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
-     <title><?php echo get_settings('blogname'); ?> - <?php echo sprintf(__("Comments on %s"), the_title('','',false)); ?></title>
+     <title><?php echo get_settings('blogname'); ?> - Comments on <?php the_title(); ?></title>
 
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php echo get_settings('blog_charset'); ?>" />
 	<style type="text/css" media="screen">
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp();
 
 <h1 id="header"><a href="" title="<?php echo get_settings('blogname'); ?>"><?php echo get_settings('blogname'); ?></a></h1>
 
-<h2 id="comments"><?php _e("Comments"); ?></h2>
+<h2 id="comments">Comments</h2>
 
-<p><a href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=<?php echo $post->ID; ?>"><?php _e("<abbr title=\"Really Simple Syndication\">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post."); ?></a></p>
+<p><a href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=<?php echo $post->ID; ?>"><abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post.</a></p>
 
 <?php if ('open' == $post->ping_status) { ?>
-<p><?php _e("The <acronym title=\"Uniform Resource Identifier\">URI</acronym> to TrackBack this entry is:"); ?> <em><?php trackback_url() ?></em></p>
+<p>The <acronym title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</acronym> to TrackBack this entry is: <em><?php trackback_url() ?></em></p>
 <?php } ?>
 
 <?php
@@ -43,55 +43,55 @@ if (!empty($commentstatus->post_password) && $_COOKIE['wp-postpass_'. COOKIEHASH
 <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) { ?>
 	<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
 	<?php comment_text() ?>
-	<p><cite><?php comment_type(__('Comment'), __('Trackback'), __('Pingback')); ?> <?php _e("by"); ?> <?php comment_author_link() ?> &#8212; <?php comment_date() ?> @ <a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>"><?php comment_time() ?></a></cite></p>
+	<p><cite><?php comment_type('Comment', 'Trackback', 'Pingback'); ?> by <?php comment_author_link() ?> &#8212; <?php comment_date() ?> @ <a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>"><?php comment_time() ?></a></cite></p>
 	</li>
 
 <?php } // end for each comment ?>
 </ol>
 <?php } else { // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
-	<p><?php _e("No comments yet."); ?></p>
+	<p>No comments yet.</p>
 <?php } ?>
 
 <?php if ('open' == $commentstatus->comment_status) { ?>
-<h2><?php _e("Leave a comment"); ?></h2>
-<p><?php _e("Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, <acronym title=\"Hypertext Markup Language\">HTML</acronym> allowed:"); ?> <code><?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></code></p>
+<h2>Leave a comment</h2>
+<p>Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, <acronym title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</acronym> allowed: <code><?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></code></p>
 
 <form action="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
 	<p>
 	  <input type="text" name="author" id="author" class="textarea" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" size="28" tabindex="1" />
-	   <label for="author"><?php _e("Name"); ?></label>
+	   <label for="author">Name</label>
 	<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
 	<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]); ?>" />
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
 	  <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="28" tabindex="2" />
-	   <label for="email"><?php _e("E-mail"); ?></label>
+	   <label for="email">E-mail</label>
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
 	  <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="28" tabindex="3" />
-	   <label for="url"><?php _e("<acronym title=\"Uniform Resource Identifier\">URI</acronym>"); ?></label>
+	   <label for="url"><acronym title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</acronym></label>
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
-	  <label for="comment"><?php _e("Your Comment"); ?></label>
+	  <label for="comment">Your Comment</label>
 	<br />
 	  <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="70" rows="4" tabindex="4"></textarea>
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
-	  <input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex="5" value="<?php _e("Say It!"); ?>" />
+	  <input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex="5" value="Say It!" />
 	</p>
 	<?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
 </form>
 <?php } else { // comments are closed ?>
-<p><?php _e("Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time."); ?></p>
+<p>Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.</p>
 <?php }
 } // end password check
 ?>
 
-<div><strong><a href="javascript:window.close()"><?php _e("Close this window."); ?></a></strong></div>
+<div><strong><a href="javascript:window.close()">Close this window.</a></strong></div>
 
 <?php // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head
 }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (!empty($commentstatus->post_password) && $_COOKIE['wp-postpass_'. COOKIEHASH
 
 <!-- // this is just the end of the motor - don't touch that line either :) -->
 <?php //} ?> 
-<p class="credit"><?php timer_stop(1); ?> <?php echo sprintf(__("<cite>Powered by <a href=\"http://wordpress.org\" title=\"%s\"><strong>Wordpress</strong></a></cite>"),__("Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.")); ?></p>
+<p class="credit"><?php timer_stop(1); ?> <cite>Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform"><strong>Wordpress</strong></a></cite></p>
 <?php // Seen at http://www.mijnkopthee.nl/log2/archive/2003/05/28/esc(18) ?>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 <!--
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/comments.php b/wp-content/themes/default/comments.php
index ae6946ba6c..2d89e82324 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/comments.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/comments.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             if ($_COOKIE['wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH] != $post->post_password) {  // and it doesn't match the cookie
 				?>
 				
-				<p class="nocomments"><?php _e("This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments."); ?><p>
+				<p class="nocomments">This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.<p>
 				
 				<?php
 				return;
@@ -73,15 +73,15 @@
 
 <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
 
-<p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout" title="<?php _e('Log out of this account') ?>">Logout &raquo;</a></p>
+<p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout" title="Log out of this account">Logout &raquo;</a></p>
 
 <?php else : ?>
 
 <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" size="22" tabindex="1" />
-<label for="author"><small>Name <?php if ($req) _e('(required)'); ?></small></label></p>
+<label for="author"><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
 
 <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" />
-<label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) _e('(required)'); ?></small></label></p>
+<label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
 
 <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="22" tabindex="3" />
 <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@
 
 <?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
 
-<?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/index.php b/wp-content/themes/default/index.php
index 3db26312b8..3d1f9ff984 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/index.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/index.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	<?php else : ?>
 
 		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
-		<p class="center"><?php _e("Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."); ?></p>
+		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
 		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
 
 	<?php endif; ?>
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@
 
 <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php get_footer(); ?>
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php b/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
index 4a9ce371d9..9968a6ab1d 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 			</li>
 
 			<!-- Author information is disabled per default. Uncomment and fill in your details if you want to use it.
-			<li><h2><?php _e('Author'); ?></h2>
+			<li><h2>Author</h2>
 			<p>A little something about you, the author. Nothing lengthy, just an overview.</p>
 			</li>
 			-->
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 			<?php } ?>
 			</li>
 
-			<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>' . __('Pages') . '</h2>' ); ?>
+			<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>' ); ?>
 
-			<li><h2><?php _e('Archives'); ?></h2>
+			<li><h2>Archives</h2>
 				<ul>
 				<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
 				</ul>
 			</li>
 
-			<li><h2><?php _e('Categories'); ?></h2>
+			<li><h2>Categories</h2>
 				<ul>
 				<?php list_cats(0, '', 'name', 'asc', '', 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,'','','','','') ?>
 				</ul>
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 			<?php /* If this is the frontpage */ if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>				
 				<?php get_links_list(); ?>
 				
-				<li><h2><?php _e('Meta'); ?></h2>
+				<li><h2>Meta</h2>
 				<ul>
 					<?php wp_register(); ?>
 					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
-					<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>"><?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>
 					<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
-					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>">WordPress</a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
 					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
 				</ul>
 				</li>
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/default/single.php b/wp-content/themes/default/single.php
index 91ea71d044..c2c43a19de 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/default/single.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/default/single.php
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 	
 	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
 	
-		<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
+		<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
 	
 <?php endif; ?>
 	
 	</div>
 
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php get_footer(); ?>
