diff --git a/include/svx/viewlayoutitem.hxx b/include/svx/viewlayoutitem.hxx
index 4191a8b870f775df657314054560b8c44e70731a..259ffbc4d4890a4b5b88c2b1cc4d1b6dae0f6ada 100644
--- a/include/svx/viewlayoutitem.hxx
+++ b/include/svx/viewlayoutitem.hxx
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public:
     // "purely virtual methods" from the SfxPoolItem
     virtual bool            operator==( const SfxPoolItem& ) const override;
     virtual SfxPoolItem*    Clone( SfxItemPool *pPool = nullptr ) const override;
-    virtual bool            QueryValue( css::uno::Any& rVal, sal_uInt8 nMemberId = 0 ) const override; // leer
-    virtual bool            PutValue( const css::uno::Any& rVal, sal_uInt8 nMemberId ) override;   // leer
+    virtual bool            QueryValue( css::uno::Any& rVal, sal_uInt8 nMemberId = 0 ) const override; // empty
+    virtual bool            PutValue( const css::uno::Any& rVal, sal_uInt8 nMemberId ) override;   // empty
 };
 
 
diff --git a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/GraphicFilter.xcs b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/GraphicFilter.xcs
index 6c9734f74685e71b82d59ca989fa072e9dcd5594..fbca7581021e189c52902851ff5b52a59a48896f 100644
--- a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/GraphicFilter.xcs
+++ b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/GraphicFilter.xcs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       </prop>
       <prop oor:name="FormatName" oor:type="xs:string">
         <info>
-          <desc>A shortname, which describe the grafik format.</desc>
+          <desc>A shortname which describes the graphics format.</desc>
         </info>
       </prop>
       <prop oor:name="RealFilterName" oor:type="xs:string">
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/eppt/pptx-text.cxx b/sd/source/filter/eppt/pptx-text.cxx
index bd898407e8802420d6c97b860b602f8516d4c908..ef33e80f6092a057ad07d7526793f16296c5701d 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/eppt/pptx-text.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/eppt/pptx-text.cxx
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void ParagraphObj::CalculateGraphicBulletSize( sal_uInt16 nFontHeight )
 {
     if ( ( nNumberingType == SVX_NUM_BITMAP ) && ( nBulletId != 0xffff ) )
     {
-        // calculate the bulletrealsize for this grafik
+        // calculate the bullet real size for this graphic
         if ( aBuGraSize.Width() && aBuGraSize.Height() )
         {
             double fCharHeight = nFontHeight;
diff --git a/soltools/cpp/_unix.c b/soltools/cpp/_unix.c
index 274ee5acaf3a3543349257180d0c2f161b50bd38..c42d22b4b586664c0c6adad6559664342a259ed3 100644
--- a/soltools/cpp/_unix.c
+++ b/soltools/cpp/_unix.c
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ void
                 Cplusplus++;
                 break;
 
-            case 'u':                   /* -undef fuer GCC (dummy) */
-            case 'l':                   /* -lang-c++ fuer GCC (dummy) */
+            case 'u':                   /* -undef for GCC (dummy) */
+            case 'l':                   /* -lang-c++ for GCC (dummy) */
                 break;
 
             default:
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx b/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
index b1d22c730d599ae451ce271f28474fadce020d00..0c74aaa581df82b353a8f4811922d6caf5f55012 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void SwFieldDBPage::dispose()
 // initialise TabPage
 void SwFieldDBPage::Reset(const SfxItemSet*)
 {
-    Init(); // Allgemeine initialisierung
+    Init(); // general initialization
 
     m_pTypeLB->SetUpdateMode(false);
     const sal_Int32 nOldPos = m_pTypeLB->GetSelectedEntryPos();
diff --git a/vcl/inc/win/salprn.h b/vcl/inc/win/salprn.h
index ed6005283661172b7343dd97496cbd029ccf4d92..65c1097ebf1cbee40e5b1128acb21862af912da0 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/win/salprn.h
+++ b/vcl/inc/win/salprn.h
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ public:
     WinSalInfoPrinter*      mpInfoPrinter;          // pointer to the compatible InfoPrinter
     WinSalPrinter*          mpNextPrinter;          // next printing printer
     HDC                     mhDC;                   // printer hdc
-    sal_uIntPtr                 mnError;                // Error Code
-    sal_uIntPtr                 mnCopies;               // Kopien
-    bool                    mbCollate;              // Sortierte Kopien
+    sal_uIntPtr             mnError;                // error code
+    sal_uIntPtr             mnCopies;               // copies
+    bool                    mbCollate;              // collated copies
     bool                    mbAbort;                // Job Aborted
 
     bool                    mbValid;
diff --git a/vcl/source/edit/textdata.cxx b/vcl/source/edit/textdata.cxx
index 964f340bc49e2cc80b2fc21eec03f144c35b160b..77aab9a1fa2f71cf51634e1f8c8dff4ce1c45a5c 100644
--- a/vcl/source/edit/textdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/edit/textdata.cxx
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ std::vector<TextLine>::size_type TEParaPortion::GetLineNumber( sal_Int32 nChar,
 void TEParaPortion::CorrectValuesBehindLastFormattedLine( sal_uInt16 nLastFormattedLine )
 {
     sal_uInt16 nLines = maLines.size();
-    SAL_WARN_IF( !nLines, "vcl", "CorrectPortionNumbersFromLine: Leere Portion?" );
+    SAL_WARN_IF( !nLines, "vcl", "CorrectPortionNumbersFromLine: Empty portion?" );
     if ( nLastFormattedLine < ( nLines - 1 ) )
     {
         const TextLine& rLastFormatted = maLines[ nLastFormattedLine ];