diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/single/nextprev.php b/e107_core/shortcodes/single/nextprev.php
index 304ab8c64..5cb2b3401 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/single/nextprev.php
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/single/nextprev.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function nextprev_shortcode($parm = '')
 {
 	$e107 = e107::getInstance();
 	$pref = e107::getPref();
+	$tp = e107::getParser();
 
 	e107::coreLan('np');
 
@@ -196,8 +197,10 @@ function nextprev_shortcode($parm = '')
 		{
 			$e_vars->caption = 'LAN_NP_CAPTION';
 		}
-		// Advanced multilingual support: 'Page %1$d of %2$d' -> match the exact argument, result would be 'Page 1 of 20'
-		$e_vars->caption = sprintf(defset($e_vars->caption, $e_vars->caption), $current_page, $total_pages);
+		
+		// Advanced multilingual support: 'Page [x] of [y]' -> match the exact argument, result would be 'Page 1 of 20'		
+		$e_vars->caption = $tp->lanVars(defset($e_vars->caption, $e_vars->caption),array('x'=>$current_page, 'y'=>$total_pages));
+		// sprintf(defset($e_vars->caption, $e_vars->caption), $current_page, $total_pages);
 
 		// urldecoded by parse_str()
 		$pagetitle = explode('|', vartrue($parm['pagetitle']));
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ function nextprev_shortcode($parm = '')
 			else
 			{
 				$e_vars_loop->url_label = $label ? $tp->toAttribute($label) : LAN_NP_GOTO;
-				$e_vars_loop->url_label = sprintf($e_vars_loop->url_label, ($c + 1));
+				$e_vars_loop->url_label = str_replace("[x]", ($c + 1), $e_vars_loop->url_label);
 				$ret_items[] = $tp->simpleParse($tmpl[$tprefix.'item'], $e_vars_loop);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php b/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
index cbe2215f9..6be43b1a7 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
@@ -1920,7 +1920,8 @@ class e_admin_controller
 		if(!method_exists($this, $method))
 		{
 			$this->getRequest()->setAction('e404');
-			e107::getMessage()->add(sprintf(LAN_UI_404_METHOD_ERROR, $method), E_MESSAGE_ERROR);
+			$message = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_404_METHOD_ERROR, array('x'=>$method), true);
+			e107::getMessage()->add($message, E_MESSAGE_ERROR);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4252,7 +4253,8 @@ class e_admin_ui extends e_admin_controller_ui
 		$cnt = $this->getTreeModel()->update($field, $value, $selected, $value, false);
 		if($cnt)
 		{
-			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess(sprintf(LAN_UI_BATCH_BOOL_SUCCESS, $cnt));
+			$caption = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_BATCH_BOOL_SUCCESS, array('x'=>$cnt), true);
+			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess($caption);
 		}
 		$this->getTreeModel()->setMessages();
 	}
@@ -4268,7 +4270,8 @@ class e_admin_ui extends e_admin_controller_ui
 		$cnt = $tree->update($field, "1-{$field}", $selected, null, false);
 		if($cnt)
 		{
-			$tree->addMessageSuccess(sprintf(LAN_UI_BATCH_REVERSED_SUCCESS, $cnt));
+			$caption = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_BATCH_REVERSED_SUCCESS, array('x'=>$cnt), true);
+			$tree->addMessageSuccess($caption);
 			//sync models
 			$tree->load(true);
 		}
@@ -4391,12 +4394,14 @@ class e_admin_ui extends e_admin_controller_ui
 		if($cnt)
 		{
 			$vttl = $this->getUI()->renderValue($field, $value, $this->getFieldAttr($field));
-			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess(sprintf(LAN_UI_BATCH_UPDATE_SUCCESS, $vttl, $cnt));
+			$caption = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_BATCH_UPDATE_SUCCESS, array('x'=>$vttl, 'y'=>$cnt), true);
+			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess($caption);
 		}
 		elseif($rcnt)
 		{
 			$vttl = $this->getUI()->renderValue($field, $value, $this->getFieldAttr($field));
-			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess(sprintf(LAN_UI_BATCH_DEATTACH_SUCCESS, $vttl, $rcnt));
+			$caption = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_BATCH_DEATTACH_SUCCESS, array('x'=>$vttl, 'y'=>$cnt), true);
+			$this->getTreeModel()->addMessageSuccess($caption);
 		}
 		$this->getTreeModel()->setMessages();
 	}
@@ -4869,7 +4874,8 @@ class e_admin_ui extends e_admin_controller_ui
 		// Option for working with tables having no PID
 		if(!varset($this->pid) && vartrue($this->fields) && false !== $this->pid)
 		{
-			e107::getMessage()->add(LAN_UI_NOPID_ERROR, E_MESSAGE_WARNING);
+			$message = e107::getParser()->toHtml(LAN_UI_NOPID_ERROR,true);
+			e107::getMessage()->add($message, E_MESSAGE_WARNING);
 		}
 
 		return $this->pid;
@@ -5081,7 +5087,8 @@ class e_admin_form_ui extends e_form
 			// check form custom methods
 			if(vartrue($foptions['type']) === 'method' && method_exists('e_form', $field)) // check even if type is not method. - just in case of an upgrade later by 3rd-party.
 			{
-				e107::getMessage()->addError(sprintf(LAN_UI_FORM_METHOD_ERROR, $field));
+				$message = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_FORM_METHOD_ERROR, array('x'=>$field), true);
+				e107::getMessage()->addError($message);
 				$err = true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -5113,7 +5120,7 @@ class e_admin_form_ui extends e_form
 		$request = $controller->getRequest();
 		if($controller->getId())
 		{
-			$legend = sprintf(LAN_UI_EDIT_LABEL, $controller->getId());
+			$legend = e107::getParser()->lanVars(LAN_UI_EDIT_LABEL, array('x'=>$controller->getId())); // sprintf(LAN_UI_EDIT_LABEL, $controller->getId());
 			$form_start = vartrue($controller->headerUpdateMarkup);
 			$form_end = vartrue($controller->footerUpdateMarkup);
 		}
diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index 5b6d75822..7f3416805 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -2580,7 +2580,20 @@ class e_parser
 		return sprintf("%0".$numDigits."d",$num);
 	}
 
-
+/**
+	 * Generic variable translator for LAN definitions. 
+	 * @example $tp->lanVars("My name is [x] and I own a [y]", array('x'=>"John", 'y'=>"Cat")); 
+	 */
+	function lanVars($lan, $array= array(), $bold=false)
+	{
+		foreach($array as $k=>$v)
+		{
+			$search[] = "[".$k."]";
+			$replace[] = ($bold===true) ? "<strong>".$v."</strong>" : $v;
+		}
+		
+		return str_replace($search, $replace, $lan);
+	}
     
 	/**
 	 * Return an Array of all specific tags found in an HTML document and their attributes.  
diff --git a/e107_handlers/language_class.php b/e107_handlers/language_class.php
index ab7059ad1..96ab6dbe9 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/language_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/language_class.php
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ class language{
 	/**
 	 * Generic variable translator for LAN definitions. 
 	 * @example $lng->translate("My name is [x] and I own a [y]", array('x'=>"John", 'y'=>"Cat")); 
+	 * @deprecated Use $tp->lanVars() instead. 
 	 */
 	function translate($lan, $array= array())
 	{
diff --git a/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php b/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
index 849253002..5606ed0d0 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
@@ -362,22 +362,21 @@ define("LAN_FILTER_LABEL_CLEAR", "Clear Filter");
 define("LAN_FILTER_LABEL_TYPED", "(typed)");
 
 //FIXME Remove html 
-define("LAN_UI_NOPID_ERROR", "There is no <strong>Primary ID</strong> set");
+define("LAN_UI_NOPID_ERROR", "There is no [b]Primary ID[/b] set");
 define("LAN_UI_BATCHDEL_ERROR", "Batch delete not allowed!");
 define("LAN_UI_404_BODY_ERROR", "Requested page was not found!");
 define("LAN_UI_404_TITLE_ERROR", "Page Not Found");
-define("LAN_UI_404_METHOD_ERROR", "Action <strong>%1\$s</strong> not found!");
+define("LAN_UI_404_METHOD_ERROR", "Action [x] not found!");
 define("LAN_UI_403_BODY_ERROR", "Access to the requested page is denied.");
 define("LAN_UI_403_TITLE_ERROR", "Access denied");
-define("LAN_UI_FORM_METHOD_ERROR", "FATAL ERROR: The field name <strong>%1\$s</strong> is not allowed. Please rename the key <strong>%1\$s</strong> to something else in your fields array and database table (if required).");
+define("LAN_UI_FORM_METHOD_ERROR", "FATAL ERROR: The field name [x] is not allowed. Please rename the key [x] to something else in your fields array and database table (if required).");
 
-//FIXME - remove % code and HTML from LANS below and replace with "[x]" and bbcode. 
-define("LAN_UI_BATCH_UPDATE_SUCCESS", "<strong>%1\$s</strong> set for <strong>%2\$d</strong> record(s).");
-define("LAN_UI_BATCH_REVERSED_SUCCESS", "<strong>%1\$d</strong> records successfully reversed.");
-define("LAN_UI_BATCH_BOOL_SUCCESS", "<strong>%1\$d</strong> records successfully updated.");
-define("LAN_UI_BATCH_DEATTACH_SUCCESS", "<strong>%1\$s</strong> removed from <strong>%2\$d</strong> record(s).");
+define("LAN_UI_BATCH_UPDATE_SUCCESS", "[x] set for [y] record(s).");
+define("LAN_UI_BATCH_REVERSED_SUCCESS", "[x] records successfully reversed.");
+define("LAN_UI_BATCH_BOOL_SUCCESS", "[x] records successfully updated.");
+define("LAN_UI_BATCH_DEATTACH_SUCCESS", "[x] removed from [y] record(s).");
 
-define("LAN_UI_EDIT_LABEL", "Update record #%1\$s");
+define("LAN_UI_EDIT_LABEL", "Update record #[x]");
 define("LAN_UI_CREATE_LABEL", "Create new record");
 define("LAN_UI_PREF_LABEL", "Settings");
 define("LAN_UI_DELETE_LABEL", "Confirm Delete");
diff --git a/e107_languages/English/lan_np.php b/e107_languages/English/lan_np.php
index 3de35a0e2..b3376d31c 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/lan_np.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/lan_np.php
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ define('LAN_NP_NEXT', 'next');
 define('LAN_NP_URLNEXT', 'Go to the next page');
 define('LAN_NP_LAST', 'last');
 define('LAN_NP_URLLAST', 'Go to the last page');
-define('LAN_NP_GOTO', 'Go to page %s');
+define('LAN_NP_GOTO', 'Go to page [x]');
 define('LAN_NP_URLCURRENT', 'Currently viewed');
 
 // WARNING - USE SINGLE QUOTES!!!
 // Replacement: '%1$d' - current page; '%2$d' - total pages
-define('NP_CAPTION', 'Page %1$d of %2$d');
+define('NP_CAPTION', 'Page [x] of [y]');
 
 ?>
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