diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/PositionPanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/PositionPanel.java
index dcdd5e9912cf..7eb2ff2fc307 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/PositionPanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/PositionPanel.java
@@ -145,18 +145,19 @@ public class PositionPanel extends EditorBasedWidget implements StatusBarWidget.
       SelectionModel selectionModel = editor.getSelectionModel();
       int caretCount = editor.getCaretModel().getCaretCount();
       if (caretCount > 1) {
-        message.append(caretCount).append(" carets");
+        message.append(UIBundle.message("position.panel.caret.count", caretCount));
       }
       else {
         if (selectionModel.hasSelection()) {
           int selectionStart = selectionModel.getSelectionStart();
           int selectionEnd = selectionModel.getSelectionEnd();
           if (selectionEnd > selectionStart) {
-            message.append(selectionEnd - selectionStart).append(" chars");
+            message.append(UIBundle.message("position.panel.selected.chars.count", selectionEnd - selectionStart));
             int selectionStartLine = editor.getDocument().getLineNumber(selectionStart);
             int selectionEndLine = editor.getDocument().getLineNumber(selectionEnd);
             if (selectionEndLine > selectionStartLine) {
-              message.append(", ").append(selectionEndLine - selectionStartLine + 1).append(" lines");
+              message.append(", ");
+              message.append(UIBundle.message("position.panel.selected.lines.count", selectionEndLine - selectionStartLine + 1));
             }
             message.append("     ");
           }
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
index 3a2d87ed1a48..6f58d5a60cd3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ memory.usage.panel.statistics.message=Allocated heap size: {0}M   Used: {1}M
 memory.usage.panel.message.text={0,number,####} of {1,number,####}M
 go.to.line.command.name=Go to Line
 go.to.line.command.double.click=Click to go to line
+position.panel.caret.count={0} carets
+position.panel.selected.chars.count={0} chars
+position.panel.selected.lines.count={0} lines
 popup.hints.panel.click.to.configure.highlighting.tooltip.text=Click to configure highlighting for this file
 popup.hints.panel.click.to.configure.profile.text=Click to configure inspection profiles
 read.only.attr.panel.double.click.to.toggle.attr.tooltip.text=Click to toggle the read-only attribute