diff --git a/components/Posting/Posting.php b/components/Posting/Posting.php
index b9675f3983..edd19fb297 100644
--- a/components/Posting/Posting.php
+++ b/components/Posting/Posting.php
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ use App\Core\DB\DB;
 use App\Core\Event;
 use App\Core\Form;
 use App\Core\GSFile;
-use App\Core\Router\Router;
-use App\Entity\Activity;
 use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
 use App\Core\Modules\Component;
+use App\Core\Router\Router;
 use App\Core\Security;
+use App\Entity\Activity;
 use App\Entity\Actor;
 use App\Entity\ActorToAttachment;
 use App\Entity\Attachment;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Posting extends Component
             ['visibility', ChoiceType::class, ['label' => _m('Visibility:'), 'multiple' => false, 'expanded' => false, 'data' => 'public', 'choices' => [_m('Public') => 'public', _m('Instance') => 'instance', _m('Private') => 'private']]],
             ['content', TextareaType::class, ['label' => _m('Content:'), 'data' => $initial_content, 'attr' => ['placeholder' => _m($placeholder)], 'constraints' => [new Length(['max' => Common::config('site', 'text_limit')])]]],
             ['attachments', FileType::class, ['label' => _m('Attachments:'), 'multiple' => true, 'required' => false, 'invalid_message' => _m('Attachment not valid.')]],
-            FormFields::language($actor, $context_actor, label: 'Note language:', help: 'The language in which you wrote this note, so others can see it'),
+            FormFields::language($actor, $context_actor, label: _m('Note language:')),
         ];
 
         if (\count($available_content_types) > 1) {
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ class Posting extends Component
         }
 
         $act = Activity::create([
-            'actor_id' => $actor->getId(),
-            'verb' => 'create',
+            'actor_id'    => $actor->getId(),
+            'verb'        => 'create',
             'object_type' => 'note',
-            'object_id' => $note->getId(),
-            'is_local' => true,
-            'source' => 'web',
+            'object_id'   => $note->getId(),
+            'is_local'    => true,
+            'source'      => 'web',
         ]);
         DB::persist($act);
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class Posting extends Component
             }
         }
 
-        Event::handle('NewNotification', [$actor, $act, ['object' => $mentioned], "{$actor->getNickname()} created note {$note->getUrl()}", ]);
+        Event::handle('NewNotification', [$actor, $act, ['object' => $mentioned], "{$actor->getNickname()} created note {$note->getUrl()}"]);
 
         return $note;
     }
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class Posting extends Component
     {
         switch ($content_type) {
             case 'text/plain':
-                $rendered = Formatting::renderPlainText($content, $language);
+                $rendered              = Formatting::renderPlainText($content, $language);
                 [$rendered, $mentions] = Formatting::linkifyMentions($rendered, $author, $language);
                 return Event::stop;
             case 'text/html':
diff --git a/plugins/Reply/Controller/Reply.php b/plugins/Reply/Controller/Reply.php
index 36404eb1f4..ce5e50d5b1 100644
--- a/plugins/Reply/Controller/Reply.php
+++ b/plugins/Reply/Controller/Reply.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Reply extends Controller
         // TODO shouldn't this be the posting form?
         $form = Form::create([
             ['content', TextareaType::class, ['label' => _m('Reply'), 'label_attr' => ['class' => 'section-form-label'], 'help' => _m('Please input your reply.')]],
-            FormFields::language($user->getActor(), context_actor: $note->getActor(), label: 'Note language', help: null),
+            FormFields::language($user->getActor(), context_actor: $note->getActor(), label: _m('Note language')),
             ['attachments', FileType::class, ['label' => ' ', 'multiple' => true, 'required' => false]],
             ['replyform', SubmitType::class, ['label' => _m('Submit')]],
         ]);
diff --git a/src/Controller/UserPanel.php b/src/Controller/UserPanel.php
index a92bf207e4..cf0289a67c 100644
--- a/src/Controller/UserPanel.php
+++ b/src/Controller/UserPanel.php
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ use App\Core\Controller;
 use App\Core\DB\DB;
 use App\Core\Event;
 use App\Core\Form;
+use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
 use App\Core\Log;
-use App\Entity\ActorCircle;
 use App\Entity\ActorLanguage;
 use App\Entity\Language;
 use App\Util\Common;
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextareaType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\SubmitButton;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
 
 // }}} Imports
 
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ class UserPanel extends Controller
             ['self_tags',  TextType::class,      ['label' => _m('Self Tags'), 'required' => false, 'help' => _m('Tags for yourself (letters, numbers, -, ., and _), comma- or space-separated.'), 'transformer' => ArrayTransformer::class]],
             ['save_personal_info',       SubmitType::class,    ['label' => _m('Save personal info')]],
         ];
-        $extra_step = function ($data, $extra_args) use ($user, $actor) {
+        $extra_step = function ($data, $extra_args) use ($user) {
             $user->setNickname($data['nickname']);
         };
         return Form::handle($form_definition, $request, $actor, $extra, $extra_step, [['self_tags' => $extra['self_tags']]]);
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class UserPanel extends Controller
             ['incoming_email', TextType::class,        ['label' => _m('Incoming email'), 'required' => false,  'help' => _m('Change the email you use to contact us (for posting, for instance)')]],
             ['old_password',   TextType::class,        ['label' => _m('Old password'),   'required' => false, 'help' => _m('Enter your old password for verification'), 'attr' => ['placeholder' => '********']]],
             FormFields::repeated_password(['required' => false]),
-            FormFields::language($user->getActor(), context_actor: null, label: 'Languages', help: 'The languages you understand, so you can see primarily content in those', multiple: true, required: false, use_short_display: false),
+            FormFields::language($user->getActor(), context_actor: null, label: _m('Languages'), help: _m('The languages you understand, so you can see primarily content in those'), multiple: true, required: false, use_short_display: false),
             ['phone_number', PhoneNumberType::class, ['label' => _m('Phone number'), 'required' => false, 'help' => _m('Your phone number'), 'data_class' => null]],
             ['save_account_info', SubmitType::class, ['label' => _m('Save account info')]],
         ]);
diff --git a/src/Util/Form/FormFields.php b/src/Util/Form/FormFields.php
index 2413046afd..065c69757a 100644
--- a/src/Util/Form/FormFields.php
+++ b/src/Util/Form/FormFields.php
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ abstract class FormFields
             'language' . ($multiple ? 's' : ''),
             ChoiceType::class,
             [
-                'label'             => _m($label),
+                'label'             => $label,
                 'preferred_choices' => $preferred_language_choices,
                 'choices'           => $language_choices,
                 'required'          => $required,
                 'multiple'          => $multiple,
-                'help'              => _m($help),
+                'help'              => $help,
             ],
         ];
     }