diff --git a/src/lib/components/Creatibutors/CreatibutorsModal.js b/src/lib/components/Creatibutors/CreatibutorsModal.js
index 0b033bd9..6978a4fa 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Creatibutors/CreatibutorsModal.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/Creatibutors/CreatibutorsModal.js
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ export class CreatibutorsModal extends Component {
                               required={this.isCreator()}
                             />
                             <TextField
-                              label={i18next.t('Given name(s)')}
-                              placeholder={i18next.t('Given name')}
+                              label={i18next.t('Given names')}
+                              placeholder={i18next.t('Given names')}
                               fieldPath={givenNameFieldPath}
                             />
                           </Form.Group>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.js b/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.js
index 366bd436..841ad009 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploader.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export const FileUploaderComponent = ({
             <Message
               warning
               icon="warning circle"
-              header="Could not upload file(s)."
+              header="Could not upload files."
               content={
                 <>
                   {i18next.t('Uploading the selected files would result in')}{' '}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ FileUploaderComponent.propTypes = {
 };
 
 FileUploaderComponent.defaultProps = {
-  dragText: i18next.t('Drag and drop file(s)'),
+  dragText: i18next.t('Drag and drop files'),
   isDraftRecord: true,
   hasParentRecord: false,
   quota: {
diff --git a/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploaderArea.js b/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploaderArea.js
index 21165822..6939bba7 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploaderArea.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/FileUploader/FileUploaderArea.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class FileUploaderArea extends Component {
             <Grid.Row verticalAlign="middle">
               <Grid.Column>
                 <Header size="medium">
-                  {i18next.t('This is a Metadata only record')}
+                  {i18next.t('This is a Metadata-only record.')}
                 </Header>
               </Grid.Column>
             </Grid.Row>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Identifiers/IdentifiersField.js b/src/lib/components/Identifiers/IdentifiersField.js
index 59573ad6..07c428d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Identifiers/IdentifiersField.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/Identifiers/IdentifiersField.js
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ IdentifiersField.propTypes = {
 
 IdentifiersField.defaultProps = {
   fieldPath: 'metadata.identifiers',
-  label: i18next.t('Identifier(s)'),
+  label: i18next.t('Identifiers'),
   labelIcon: 'barcode',
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/components/PublisherField.js b/src/lib/components/PublisherField.js
index 969161d1..c678e3d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/PublisherField.js
+++ b/src/lib/components/PublisherField.js
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ PublisherField.defaultProps = {
   fieldPath: 'metadata.publisher',
   label: i18next.t('Publisher'),
   labelIcon: 'building outline',
-  placeholder: i18next.t('Enter publisher name'),
+  placeholder: i18next.t('Publisher'),
 };