diff --git a/src/Record.cpp b/src/Record.cpp
index a31b59ecc..1120c7fd8 100644
--- a/src/Record.cpp
+++ b/src/Record.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#define L10N                                           // Localization complete.
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <Nibbler.h>
 #include <Context.h>
+#include <text.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <Record.h>
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
       n.depleted ())
   {
     if (line.length () == 0)
-      throw std::string ("Empty record in input.");
+      throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_EMPTY);
 
     Nibbler nl (line);
     Att a;
@@ -108,10 +111,10 @@ void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
     std::string remainder;
     nl.getUntilEOS (remainder);
     if (remainder.length ())
-      throw std::string ("Unrecognized characters at end of line.");
+      throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_JUNK_AT_EOL);
   }
   else
-    throw std::string ("Record not recognized as format 4.");
+    throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_NOT_FF4);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index b5394470f..f46641ade 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -124,10 +124,19 @@
 // File
 #define STRING_FILE_PERMS            "Task does not have the correct permissions for '{1}'."
 
+// interactive
+#define STRING_INTERACTIVE_WIDTH     "Context::getWidth: determined width of {1} characters"
+#define STRING_INTERACTIVE_HEIGHT    "Context::getHeight: determined height of {1} characters"
+
 // Lua
 #define STRING_LUA_BAD_HOOK_DEF      "Malformed hook definition '{1}'."
 #define STRING_LUA_BAD_EVENT         "Unrecognized hook event '{1}'."
 
+// Record
+#define STRING_RECORD_EMPTY          "Empty record in input."
+#define STRING_RECORD_JUNK_AT_EOL    "Unrecognized characters at end of line."
+#define STRING_RECORD_NOT_FF4        "Record not recognized as format 4."
+
 // 'show' command
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW              "Shows the entire task configuration variables or the ones containing substring."
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_ARGS         "You can only specify 'all' or a search string."
diff --git a/src/interactive.cpp b/src/interactive.cpp
index 6a6a01582..e6ce1ab00 100644
--- a/src/interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/interactive.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int Context::getWidth ()
         terminal_height = buff[0];
         terminal_width = buff[1];
 
-        debug (format ("Context::getWidth: determined width of {1} characters", terminal_width));
+        debug (format (STRING_INTERACTIVE_WIDTH, terminal_width));
       }
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int Context::getHeight ()
         terminal_height = buff[0];
         terminal_width = buff[1];
 
-        debug (format ("Context::getHeight: determined height of {1} characters", terminal_height));
+        debug (format (STRING_INTERACTIVE_HEIGHT, terminal_height));
       }
     }