diff --git a/picard/tagger.py b/picard/tagger.py
index 78bdf4d8c..3750c8340 100644
--- a/picard/tagger.py
+++ b/picard/tagger.py
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ class Tagger(QtGui.QApplication):
             self.log.debug("Loading gettext translation, localedir=%r", localedir)
             self.translation = gettext.translation("picard", localedir)
             self.translation.install(True)
-            ngettext = self.translation.ngettext
+            ungettext = self.translation.ungettext
         except IOError:
             __builtin__.__dict__['_'] = lambda a: a
-            def ngettext(a, b, c):
+            def ungettext(a, b, c):
                 if c == 1: return a
                 else: return b
-        __builtin__.__dict__['ngettext'] = ngettext
+        __builtin__.__dict__['ungettext'] = ungettext
 
     def move_files_to_album(self, files, albumid=None, album=None):
         """Move `files` to tracks on album `albumid`."""
diff --git a/picard/ui/tageditor.py b/picard/ui/tageditor.py
index a1a4ad2f2..f174b890c 100644
--- a/picard/ui/tageditor.py
+++ b/picard/ui/tageditor.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TagEditor(QtGui.QDialog):
         if total == 1:
             title += files[0].base_filename
         else:
-            title += ngettext("%d file", "%d files", total) % total
+            title += ungettext("%d file", "%d files", total) % total
         self.setWindowTitle(title)
 
         self.ui.buttonbox.addButton(StandardButton(StandardButton.OK), QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.AcceptRole)
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ class TagEditor(QtGui.QDialog):
             item.setFont(1, font)
             missing = total - counts[name]
             if not missing:
-                value = ngettext("(different across %d file)",
+                value = ungettext("(different across %d file)",
                                  "(different across %d files)", total) % total
             else:
-                value = ngettext("(missing from %d file)",
+                value = ungettext("(missing from %d file)",
                                  "(missing from %d files)", missing) % missing
             item.setText(1, value)
 
@@ -262,4 +262,4 @@ class TagEditor(QtGui.QDialog):
             text = '<br/>'.join(map(lambda i: '<b>%s</b><br/>%s' % i, info))
             self.ui.info.setText(text)
         else:
-            self.ui.info.setText(ngettext("%d file", "%d files", total) % total)
+            self.ui.info.setText(ungettext("%d file", "%d files", total) % total)