diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
index 76155cb0514b2efdf6fdde7aa0f6da816a02b1f4..d0f20e485c95cdf7103e245a51cd252098f33752 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@
       "output_title_tt": "Hardware-Geräte für die MIDI-Ausgabe von Pd"
     },
     "ok": "Ok",
-    "ok_tt": "Aktualisiere die Audio-Einstellungen und schließe den Dialog",
+    "ok_tt": "Aktualisiere die Einstellungen und schließe den Dialog",
     "apply": "Anwenden",
-    "apply_tt": "Aktualisiere die Audio-Einstellungen ohne Schließen des Dialogs",
+    "apply_tt": "Aktualisiere die Einstellungen ohne Schließen des Dialogs",
     "cancel": "Abbrechen",
     "cancel_tt": "Aktualisierung der Einstellungen abbrechen",
     "close": "Schließen",
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
index 7e6d7010d1af307889fcc878bb6dcfd7f68d5815..074466d9adde0ca940f3bd53377c83bf2cf8f299 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -405,13 +405,13 @@
       "output_title_tt": "hardware devices to send midi data from Pd"
     },
     "ok": "Ok",
-    "ok_tt": "Update the audio properties and close the dialog",
+    "ok_tt": "Update the preferences and close the dialog",
     "apply": "Apply",
-    "apply_tt": "Update audio properties without closing this dialog",
+    "apply_tt": "Update preferences without closing this dialog",
     "cancel": "Cancel",
-    "cancel_tt": "Cancel updating the properties",
+    "cancel_tt": "Cancel updating the preferences",
     "close": "Close",
-    "close_tt": "Close the properties dialog"
+    "close_tt": "Close the preferences dialog"
   },
   "font": {
     "prop": {