diff --git a/include/ajax.tasks.php b/include/ajax.tasks.php
index cd85cf613cbf696280ae79182946d6c9e6b46fea..77038e4c52af0e509bfd8462b468988e9bc6cd1b 100644
--- a/include/ajax.tasks.php
+++ b/include/ajax.tasks.php
@@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ class TasksAjaxAPI extends AjaxController {
 
                     $note = array(
                             'title' => __('Task Created From Thread Entry'),
-                            'note' => __('Task ' . $taskLink .
-                            '<br /> Thread Entry: ' . $entryLink)
+                            'note' => sprintf(__(
+                                // %1$s is the task ID number and %2$s is the thread
+                                // entry date
+                                'Task %1$s<br/> Thread Entry: %2$s'),
+                                $taskLink, $entryLink)
                             );
 
                     $originalTask->postNote($note, $errors, $thisstaff);
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ class TasksAjaxAPI extends AjaxController {
 
                     $note = array(
                             'title' => __('Task Created From Thread Entry'),
-                            'note' => __('This Task was created from Task ' . $taskLink));
+                            'note' => sprintf(__('This Task was created from Task %1$s'), $taskLink));
 
                     $task->postNote($note, $errors, $thisstaff);
                   }
diff --git a/include/ajax.tickets.php b/include/ajax.tickets.php
index 099d9ecafe64ac75e6edd163bcf4c15a31ba30d7..3b26b91fea5bae8ca62ee1f0d4a11d906f6a424d 100644
--- a/include/ajax.tickets.php
+++ b/include/ajax.tickets.php
@@ -1499,8 +1499,11 @@ function refer($tid, $target=null) {
 
                     $note = array(
                             'title' => __('Task Created From Thread Entry'),
-                            'body' => __('Task ' . $taskLink .
-                            '<br /> Thread Entry: ' . $entryLink)
+                            'body' => sprintf(__(
+                                // %1$s is the task ID number and %2$s is the thread
+                                // entry date
+                                'Task %1$s<br/> Thread Entry: %2$s'),
+                                $taskLink, $entryLink)
                             );
 
                   $ticket->logNote($note['title'], $note['body'], $thisstaff);
@@ -1512,7 +1515,8 @@ function refer($tid, $target=null) {
 
                     $note = array(
                             'title' => __('Task Created From Thread Entry'),
-                            'note' => __('This Task was created from Ticket ' . $ticketLink));
+                            'note' => sprintf(__('This Task was created from Ticket %1$s', $ticketLink))
+                    );
 
                     $task->postNote($note, $errors, $thisstaff);
                   }
diff --git a/include/class.ticket.php b/include/class.ticket.php
index a3f33f0521c2bb510b7e6a24fd07145c6b14b577..0ac205d138a8210b8b114e77c5ebdfd05df01bbd 100644
--- a/include/class.ticket.php
+++ b/include/class.ticket.php
@@ -3955,8 +3955,10 @@ implements RestrictedAccess, Threadable, Searchable {
 
           $note = array(
                   'title' => __('Ticket Created From Thread Entry'),
-                  'body' => sprintf(__('This Ticket was created from %s '. $link),
-                            $oldTicket ? 'Ticket' : 'Task')
+                  'body' => sprintf(__(
+                        // %1$s is the word Ticket or Task, %2$s will be a link to it
+                        'This Ticket was created from %1$s %2$s'),
+                        $oldTicket ? __('Ticket') : __('Task'), $link)
                   );
 
           $ticket->logNote($note['title'], $note['body'], $thisstaff);
@@ -3973,13 +3975,15 @@ implements RestrictedAccess, Threadable, Searchable {
 
           $ticketNote = array(
               'title' => __('Ticket Created From Thread Entry'),
-              'body' => __('Ticket ' . $ticketLink).
-              '<br /> Thread Entry: ' . $entryLink);
+              'body' => sprintf(__('Ticket %1$s<br/> Thread Entry: %2$s'),
+                $ticketLink, $entryLink)
+          );
 
           $taskNote = array(
               'title' => __('Ticket Created From Thread Entry'),
-              'note' => __('Ticket ' . $ticketLink).
-              '<br /> Thread Entry: ' . $entryLink);
+              'note' => sprintf(__('Ticket %1$s<br/> Thread Entry: %2$s'),
+                $ticketLink, $entryLink)
+          );
 
           if ($oldTicket)
             $oldTicket->logNote($ticketNote['title'], $ticketNote['body'], $thisstaff);