diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 85ba008e4..ab946db31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-12-23  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py:
+	* src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py:
+	* src/plugins/FanChart.py:
+	Add fields to translation strings. 
+
 2007-12-23  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ReportBase/Makefile.am:
 	* src/plugins/Makefile.am: updates to makefiles
diff --git a/src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py b/src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py
index 88a4c0a22..a0dcc5202 100644
--- a/src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py
+++ b/src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py
@@ -492,8 +492,10 @@ class DetAncestorReport(Report):
             father_name = _("unknown")
 
         self.doc.start_paragraph("DAR-ChildTitle")
-        self.doc.write_text(_("Children of %s and %s") % 
-                            (mother_name,father_name))
+        self.doc.write_text(
+                        _("Children of %(mother_name)s and %(father_name)s") % 
+                            {'mother_name': mother_name,
+                             'father_name': father_name} )
         self.doc.end_paragraph()
 
         cnt = 1
diff --git a/src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py b/src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py
index 7b7339e1f..7441501db 100644
--- a/src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py
+++ b/src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py
@@ -404,8 +404,10 @@ class DetDescendantReport(Report):
             father_name = _("unknown")
 
         self.doc.start_paragraph("DDR-ChildTitle")
-        self.doc.write_text(_("Children of %s and %s") % 
-                            (mother_name,father_name))
+        self.doc.write_text(
+                        _("Children of %(mother_name)s and %(father_name)s") % 
+                            {'mother_name': mother_name,
+                             'father_name': father_name} )
         self.doc.end_paragraph()
 
         cnt = 1
diff --git a/src/plugins/FanChart.py b/src/plugins/FanChart.py
index 8fba75ded..990a8766c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/FanChart.py
+++ b/src/plugins/FanChart.py
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ class FanChart(Report):
             block_size = min_xy / (self.max_generations * 2 - max_circular)
         else:
             block_size = min_xy / self.max_generations
-        self.doc.center_text ('t', _('%d Generation Fan Chart for %s') % (self.max_generations, n),
-                             self.doc.get_usable_width() / 2, 0)
+        text = _("%(generations)d Generation Fan Chart for %(person)s" % 
+                 { 'generations' : self.max_generations, 'person' : n } ) 
+        self.doc.center_text ('t', text, self.doc.get_usable_width() / 2, 0)
 
         for generation in range (0, min (max_circular, self.max_generations)):
             self.draw_circular (x, y, start_angle, max_angle, block_size, generation)