diff --git a/gui/SensorDisplayLib/FancyPlotter.cpp b/gui/SensorDisplayLib/FancyPlotter.cpp
--- a/gui/SensorDisplayLib/FancyPlotter.cpp
+++ b/gui/SensorDisplayLib/FancyPlotter.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
 
                     if(sensor->maxValue != 0 && sensor->unit() != QLatin1String("%")) {
                         //Use a multi length string incase we do not have enough room
-                        lastValue = i18n("%1 of %2" "\xc2\x9c" "%1", lastValue, mPlotter->valueAsString(sensor->maxValue, precision) );
+                        lastValue = i18n("%1 of %2", lastValue, mPlotter->valueAsString(sensor->maxValue, precision) ) + "\xc2\x9c" + lastValue;
                     }
                 } else {
                     lastValue = i18n("Error");
diff --git a/gui/ksysguard.cpp b/gui/ksysguard.cpp
--- a/gui/ksysguard.cpp
+++ b/gui/ksysguard.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@
 }
 
 void TopLevel::updateProcessCount()  {
-    const QString s = i18np( "1 process" "\u009C" "1", "%1 processes" "\u009C" "%1", mLocalProcessController->processList()->visibleProcessesCount() );
+    const int count = mLocalProcessController->processList()->visibleProcessesCount();
+    const QString s = i18np( "1 process", "%1 processes", count ) + "\xc2\x9c" + QString::number( count );
     sbProcessCount->setText( s );
 }
 void TopLevel::changeEvent( QEvent * event )
@@ -443,9 +444,12 @@
 
   switch ( id ) {
     case 1:
-      s = i18n( "CPU: %1%\xc2\x9c%1%", (int) (100 - answer.toFloat()) );
+    {
+      const auto percent = (int) (100 - answer.toFloat());
+      s = i18n( "CPU: %1%", percent ) + "\xc2\x9c" + i18nc("This is the shorter version of CPU: %1%", "%1%", percent);
       sbCpuStat->setText( s );
       break;
+    }
 
     case 2:
       mFree = answer.toLongLong();
@@ -456,13 +460,21 @@
       break;
 
     case 4:
+    {
+      const auto used = KFormat().formatByteSize( mUsedApplication*1024);
+      const auto total = KFormat().formatByteSize( (mFree+mUsedTotal)*1024 );
       mUsedApplication = answer.toLongLong();
       //Use a multi-length string
-      s = i18nc( "Arguments are formatted byte sizes (used/total)", "Memory: %1 / %2" "\xc2\x9c" "Mem: %1 / %2" "\xc2\x9c" "Mem: %1" "\xc2\x9c" "%1",
-                 KFormat().formatByteSize( mUsedApplication*1024),
-                 KFormat().formatByteSize( (mFree+mUsedTotal)*1024 ) );
+      s = i18nc( "Arguments are formatted byte sizes (used/total)", "Memory: %1 / %2", used, total );
+      s += "\xc2\x9c";
+      s += i18nc( "Arguments are formatted byte sizes (used/total) This should be a shorter version of the previous Memory: %1 / %2", "Mem: %1 / %2", used, total );
+      s += "\xc2\x9c";
+      s += i18nc( "Arguments is formatted byte sizes (used) This should be a shorter version of the previous Mem: %1 / %2", "Mem: %1", used );
+      s += "\xc2\x9c";
+      s += used;
       sbMemTotal->setText( s );
       break;
+    }
 
     case 5:
       sFree = answer.toLongLong();
@@ -487,9 +499,13 @@
   if ( used == 0 && free == 0 ) // no swap available
     msg = i18n( " No swap space available " );
   else {
-    msg = i18nc( "Arguments are formatted byte sizes (used/total)", "Swap: %1 / %2" "\xc2\x9c" "Swap: %1" "\xc2\x9c" "%1" ,
-                 KFormat().formatByteSize( used*1024 ),
-                 KFormat().formatByteSize( (free+used)*1024) );
+    const auto formattedUsed = KFormat().formatByteSize( used*1024 );
+    const auto formattedTotal = KFormat().formatByteSize( (free+used)*1024);
+    msg = i18nc( "Arguments are formatted byte sizes (used/total)", "Swap: %1 / %2", formattedUsed, formattedTotal );
+    msg += "\xc2\x9c";
+    msg += i18nc( "Arguments is formatted byte sizes (used)", "Swap: %1", formattedUsed );
+    msg += "\xc2\x9c";
+    msg += formattedUsed;
   }
 
   sbSwapTotal->setText( msg );