diff --git a/kpdf/xpdf_errors.cpp b/kpdf/xpdf_errors.cpp
index 00f296e25..faafafc5a 100644
--- a/kpdf/xpdf_errors.cpp
+++ b/kpdf/xpdf_errors.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 // This is a file with all the message errors xpdf uses
 // It has been done with grep and some manual work
 
-i18n("Could not find '%s' CMap file for '%s' collection")
+// DO NOT TOUCH THAT MESSAGES, they are used by xpdf 
+// internally and are here only to apper on the .pot file
+// if you change them translators get a different message to
+// translate and the english message will be used
+// because a translation could not be found for the message 
+// xpdf uses
+
+i18n("Couldn't find '%s' CMap file for '%s' collection")
 i18n("Illegal entry in codespacerange block in CMap")
 i18n("Illegal entry in cidrange block in CMap")
 i18n("Collision in usecmap")
@@ -14,11 +21,11 @@ i18n("Unknown Metadata type: '%s'")
 i18n("Kids object (page %d) is wrong type (%s)")
 i18n("Kid object (page %d) is wrong type (%s)")
 i18n("Bad named destination value")
-i18n("Could not open cidToUnicode file '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't open cidToUnicode file '%s'")
 i18n("Bad line (%d) in cidToUnicode file '%s'")
-i18n("Could not open unicodeToUnicode file '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't open unicodeToUnicode file '%s'")
 i18n("Bad line (%d) in unicodeToUnicode file '%s'")
-i18n("Could not find ToUnicode CMap file for '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't find ToUnicode CMap file for '%s'")
 i18n("Illegal entry in bfchar block in ToUnicode CMap")
 i18n("Illegal entry in bfrange block in ToUnicode CMap")
 i18n("Illegal entry in ToUnicode CMap")
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ i18n("Illegal value in function domain array")
 i18n("Functions with more than %d outputs are unsupported")
 i18n("Illegal value in function range array")
 i18n("Type 0 function is missing range")
-i18n("Type 0 function is not a stream")
+i18n("Type 0 function isn't a stream")
 i18n("Function has missing or invalid size array")
 i18n("Illegal value in function size array")
 i18n("Function has missing or invalid BitsPerSample")
@@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ i18n("Stack overflow in PostScript function")
 i18n("Stack underflow in PostScript function")
 i18n("Type mismatch in PostScript function")
 i18n("Type 4 function is missing range")
-i18n("Type 4 function is not a stream")
+i18n("Type 4 function isn't a stream")
 i18n("Expected '{' at start of PostScript function")
 i18n("Unexpected end of PostScript function stream")
 i18n("Got 'if' operator with two blocks in PostScript function")
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ i18n("Bad BBox in shading dictionary")
 i18n("Invalid Function array in shading dictionary")
 i18n("Missing or invalid Coords in shading dictionary")
 i18n("No paper information available - using defaults")
-i18n("Could not find included config file: '%s' (%s:%d)")
+i18n("Couldn't find included config file: '%s' (%s:%d)")
 i18n("Bad 'include' config file command (%s:%d)")
 i18n("Unknown config file command '%s' (%s:%d)")
 i18n("-- Xpdf no longer supports X fonts")
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ i18n("-- The t1libControl and freetypeControl options have been replaced")
 i18n("   by the enableT1lib, enableFreeType, and antialias options")
 i18n("-- the config file format has changed since Xpdf 0.9x")
 i18n("Bad 'nameToUnicode' config file command (%s:%d)")
-i18n("Could not open 'nameToUnicode' file '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't open 'nameToUnicode' file '%s'")
 i18n("Bad line in 'nameToUnicode' file (%s:%d)")
 i18n("Bad 'cidToUnicode' config file command (%s:%d)")
 i18n("Bad 'unicodeToUnicode' config file command (%s:%d)")
@@ -252,9 +259,9 @@ i18n("Illegal URI-type link")
 i18n("Movie action is missing both the Annot and T keys")
 i18n("Annotation rectangle is wrong type")
 i18n("Bad annotation rectangle")
-i18n("Could not open file '%s'")
-i18n("Could not read xref table")
-i18n("Could not read page catalog")
+i18n("Couldn't open file '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't read xref table")
+i18n("Couldn't read page catalog")
 i18n("May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway)")
 i18n("PDF version %s -- xpdf supports version %s")
 i18n("Page annotations object (page %d) is wrong type (%s)")
@@ -264,9 +271,9 @@ i18n("Dictionary key must be a name object")
 i18n("End of file inside dictionary")
 i18n("Bad 'Length' attribute in stream")
 i18n("Missing 'endstream'")
-i18n("Could not create temporary font file")
-i18n("Could not find a font for '%s'")
-i18n("Could not create a font for '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't create temporary font file")
+i18n("Couldn't find a font for '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't create a font for '%s'")
 i18n("Bad bounding box in Type 3 glyph")
 i18n("Internal: called getRawChar() on non-predictor stream")
 i18n("Bad filter name")
@@ -307,11 +314,11 @@ i18n("Unexpected end of file in flate stream")
 i18n("Bad uncompressed block length in flate stream")
 i18n("Bad block header in flate stream")
 i18n("Bad dynamic code table in flate stream")
-i18n("Could not open text file '%s'")
-i18n("Could not find unicodeMap file for the '%s' encoding")
+i18n("Couldn't open text file '%s'")
+i18n("Couldn't find unicodeMap file for the '%s' encoding")
 i18n("Bad line (%d) in unicodeMap file for the '%s' encoding")
 i18n("PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...")
-i18n("Could not find trailer dictionary")
+i18n("Couldn't find trailer dictionary")
 i18n("Incorrect owner password")
 i18n("Incorrect password")
 i18n("Weird encryption info")