diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/acq.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/acq.js
index 067cd08642..0294805655 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/acq.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/acq.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 function uncheckbox(form, field) {
     var price = new Number(form.elements['price' + field].value);
     var tmpprice = "";
-    var errmsg = _("ERROR: Price is not a valid number, please check the price and try again!")
+    var errmsg = MSG_INVALIDPRICE;
     if (isNaN(price)) {
         alert(errmsg);
         for(var i=0; i<form.elements['price' + field].value.length; ++i) {
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ function enterpressed(event){
 
 //Closes a basketgroup
 function closebasketgroup(bgid) {
-    var answer=confirm(_("Are you sure you want to close this basketgroup?"));
+    var answer = confirm(MSG_CONFIRM_CLOSE_BASKETGROUP);
     if(! answer){
         return;
     }
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function closebasketgroup(bgid) {
     var ul = document.getElementById(ulid);
     var lis = ul.getElementsByTagName('li');
     if (lis.length == 0 ) {
-        alert(_("Why close an empty basket?"));
+        alert(MSG_CLOSE_EMPTY_BASKET);
         return;
     }
     var cantprint = document.createElement('p');
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ function closebasketgroup(bgid) {
     ddtarget.unreg();
     div.removeChild(stufftoremove);
 // the print button is disabled because the page's content might (or is probably) not in sync with what the database contains
-    cantprint.innerHTML=_("You need to save the page before printing");
+    cantprint.innerHTML = MSG_SAVE_BEFORE_PRINTING;
     cantprint.id = 'cantprint-' + bgid;
     var unclosegroup = document.createElement('a');
     unclosegroup.href='javascript:unclosegroup('+bgid+');';
-    unclosegroup.innerHTML=_("reopen basketgroup");
+    unclosegroup.innerHTML= MSG_REOPEN_BASKETGROUP;
     unclosegroup.id = 'unclose-' + bgid;
 
     div.appendChild(cantprint);
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ function closeandprint(bg){
 	if(document.location = '/cgi-bin/koha/acqui/basketgroup.pl?op=closeandprint&amp;basketgroupid=' + bg ){
 		setTimeout("window.location.reload();",3000);
 	}else{
-		alert(_("Error downloading the file"));
+        alert(MSG_FILE_DOWNLOAD_ERROR);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -820,9 +820,9 @@ if ( newBudgetParent  ) { url +=  '&parent_id=' + newBudgetParent};
     var result = eval ( xmlhttp.responseText );
 
     if (result == '1') {
-            return _("- Budget total exceeds parent allocation\n");
+            return MSG_BUDGET_PARENT_ALLOCATION;
     } else if (result == '2') {
-            return _("- Budget total exceeds period allocation\n");
+            return MSG_BUDGET_PARENT_ALLOCATION;
     } else  {
             return false;
     }
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ function checkBudgetParent(budgetId, newBudgetParent) {
     var result = eval ( xmlhttp.responseText );
 
     if (result == '1') {
-            return _("- New budget-parent is beneath budget\n");
+            return MSG_PARENT_BENEATH_BUDGET;
 //     } else if (result == '2') {
 //            return "- New budget-parent has insufficent funds\n";
 //     } else  {
@@ -891,4 +891,4 @@ function hideAllColumns(){
     $("#selections span").removeClass("selected");
     $("#plan td:nth-child(2),#plan th:nth-child(2)").nextUntil("th:nth-child("+(allCols-1)+"),td:nth-child("+(allCols-1)+")").hide(); // hide all but the last two columns
     $("#hideall").attr("checked","checked").parent().addClass("selected");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basketgroup.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basketgroup.tt
index deb20e9bf3..708d4f32ae 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basketgroup.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basketgroup.tt
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ fieldset.various li {
 //<![CDATA[
 	YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(DDApp.init, DDApp, true);
 
+var MSG_CONFIRM_CLOSE_BASKETGROUP = _("Are you sure you want to close this basketgroup?");
+var MSG_CLOSE_EMPTY_BASKET = _("Why close an empty basket?");
+var MSG_SAVE_BEFORE_PRINTING = _("You need to save the page before printing");
+var MSG_REOPEN_BASKETGROUP = _("reopen basketgroup");
+var MSG_FILE_DOWNLOAD_ERROR = _("Error downloading the file");
+
 function submitForm(form) {
     if (form.close.checked == true) {
 	var input = document.createElement("input");
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/uncertainprice.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/uncertainprice.tt
index 7bbad51e14..a7b5fc9899 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/uncertainprice.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/uncertainprice.tt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "sPaginationType": "four_button"
     } ) );
  });
+var MSG_INVALIDPRICE = _("ERROR: Price is not a valid number, please check the price and try again!");
  //]]>
 </script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/js/acq.js"></script>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/aqbudgets.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/aqbudgets.tt
index 7df04f3cfe..44106aeada 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/aqbudgets.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/aqbudgets.tt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-open.inc' %]
 <title>Koha &rsaquo; Administration &rsaquo; Funds[% IF ( add_form ) %] &rsaquo; [% IF ( budget_id ) %]Modify fund[% IF ( budget_name ) %] '[% budget_name %]'[% END %][% ELSE %]Add fund [% END %][% END %]</title>
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-close.inc' %]
+<script type="text/javascript">
+//<![CDATA[
+var MSG_BUDGET_PARENT_ALLOCATION = _("- Fund amount exceeds parent allocation\n");
+var MSG_PARENT_BENEATH_BUDGET = _("- New budget-parent is beneath budget\n");
+//]]>
+</script>
+
 <script type="text/javascript" src="[% themelang %]/js/acq.js"></script>
 
 [% IF ( add_form ) %]