diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/tags.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
index aabd36b20..09d000c86 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ $("#searchInput").on( "keydown", function() {
 {/if}
 <ul class="tagSelection">
 {foreach from=$all_tags item=tag}
-	<li>{capture name='showInfo'}<b>{$tag.name}</b> ({$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo', '%d photos', $tag.counter)}) <br> <a href="{$tag.U_VIEW}">{'View in gallery'|@translate}</a> | <a href="{$tag.U_EDIT}">{'Manage photos'|@translate}</a>{if !empty($tag.alt_names)}<br>{$tag.alt_names}{/if}{/capture}
+	<li>{capture name='showInfo'}<b>{$tag.name}</b> ({$tag.counter|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}) <br> <a href="{$tag.U_VIEW}">{'View in gallery'|@translate}</a> | <a href="{$tag.U_EDIT}">{'Manage photos'|@translate}</a>{if !empty($tag.alt_names)}<br>{$tag.alt_names}{/if}{/capture}
 		<a class="icon-info-circled-1 showInfo" title="{$smarty.capture.showInfo|@htmlspecialchars}"></a>
 		<label>
 			<input type="checkbox" name="tags[]" value="{$tag.id}"> {$tag.name}
diff --git a/include/template.class.php b/include/template.class.php
index 56a32b2ba..82d0c1f05 100644
--- a/include/template.class.php
+++ b/include/template.class.php
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class Template {
   {
     global $conf, $lang_info;
 
+    SmartyException::$escape = false;
+
     $this->scriptLoader = new ScriptLoader;
     $this->smarty = new SmartyBC;
     $this->smarty->debugging = $conf['debug_template'];
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ class Template {
 
     $this->smarty->assign( 'pwg', new PwgTemplateAdapter() );
     $this->smarty->registerPlugin('modifiercompiler', 'translate', array('Template', 'modcompiler_translate') );
+    $this->smarty->registerPlugin('modifiercompiler', 'translate_dec', array('Template', 'modcompiler_translate_dec') );
     $this->smarty->registerPlugin('modifier', 'explode', array('Template', 'mod_explode') );
     $this->smarty->registerPlugin( 'modifier', 'get_extent', array($this, 'get_extent') );
     $this->smarty->registerPlugin('block', 'html_head', array($this, 'block_html_head') );
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ class Template {
   /** see smarty append http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/api.clear_assign.php */
   function clear_assign($tpl_var)
   {
-    $this->smarty->clear_assign( $tpl_var );
+    $this->smarty->clearAssign( $tpl_var );
   }
 
   /** see smarty get_template_vars http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/api.get_template_vars.php */
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@ class Template {
     global $conf, $lang_info;
     if ( $conf['compiled_template_cache_language'] and isset($lang_info['code']) )
     {
-      $this->smarty->compile_id .= '.'.$lang_info['code'];
+      $this->smarty->compile_id .= '_'.$lang_info['code'];
     }
 
     $v = $this->smarty->fetch($this->files[$handle]);
@@ -513,6 +516,31 @@ class Template {
     return 'l10n('.$params[0].')';
   }
 
+  static function modcompiler_translate_dec($params)
+  {
+    global $conf, $lang, $lang_info;
+    if ( $conf['compiled_template_cache_language'])
+    {
+      $ret = 'sprintf(';
+      if ($lang_info['zero_plural'])
+      {
+        $ret .= '($tmp=('.$params[0].'))>1||$tmp==0';
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        $ret .= '('.$params[0].')>1';
+      }
+      $ret .= '?';
+      $ret .= self::modcompiler_translate( array($params[2]) );
+      $ret .= ':';
+      $ret .= self::modcompiler_translate( array($params[1]) );
+      $ret .= ','.$params[0];
+      $ret .= ')';
+      return $ret;
+    }
+    return 'l10n_dec('.$params[1].','.$params[2].','.$params[0].')';
+  }
+
   /**
    * explode variable modifier - similar to php explode
    * 'Yes;No'|@explode:';' -> array('Yes', 'No')
@@ -769,7 +797,7 @@ var s,after = document.getElementsByTagName(\'script\')[document.getElementsByTa
         {
           list($type, $callback) = $filter;
           $compile_id .= $type.( is_array($callback) ? implode('', $callback) : $callback );
-          call_user_func(array($this->smarty, 'register_'.$type), $callback);
+          $this->smarty->registerFilter($type, $callback);
         }
       }
       $this->smarty->compile_id .= '.'.base_convert(crc32($compile_id), 10, 36);
@@ -785,7 +813,7 @@ var s,after = document.getElementsByTagName(\'script\')[document.getElementsByTa
         foreach ($filters as $filter)
         {
           list($type, $callback) = $filter;
-          call_user_func(array($this->smarty, 'unregister_'.$type), $callback);
+          $this->smarty->unregisterFilter($type, $callback);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/themes/default/template/menubar_categories.tpl b/themes/default/template/menubar_categories.tpl
index 3307bdc1e..c3c5b1c02 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/menubar_categories.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/menubar_categories.tpl
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 {/foreach}
 {'</li></ul>'|@str_repeat:$ref_level}
 
-	<p class="totalImages">{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo', '%d photos', $block->data.NB_PICTURE)}</p>
+	<p class="totalImages">{$block->data.NB_PICTURE|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}</p>
 </dd>
diff --git a/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl b/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
index 975d7eb09..d1a672837 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/menubar_tags.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		<span>{strip}
 			<a class="tagLevel{$tag.level}" href=
 			{if isset($tag.U_ADD)}
-				"{$tag.U_ADD}" title="{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo is also linked to current tags', '%d photos are also linked to current tags', $tag.counter)}" rel="nofollow">+
+				"{$tag.U_ADD}" title="{$tag.counter|@translate_dec:'%d photo is also linked to current tags':'%d photos are also linked to current tags'}" rel="nofollow">+
 			{else}
 				"{$tag.URL}" title="{'display photos linked to this tag'|@translate}">
 			{/if}
diff --git a/themes/default/template/month_calendar.tpl b/themes/default/template/month_calendar.tpl
index 904570a10..e2713346c 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/month_calendar.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/month_calendar.tpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		&nbsp;
 	{else}
 		{foreach from=$bar.items item=item}
-		<span class="calItem{if !isset($item.URL)}Empty{/if}" {if isset($item.NB_IMAGES)}title="{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo', '%d photos', $item.NB_IMAGES)}"{/if}>
+		<span class="calItem{if !isset($item.URL)}Empty{/if}" {if isset($item.NB_IMAGES)}title="{$item.NB_IMAGES|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}"{/if}>
 		{if isset($item.URL)}
 		<a href="{$item.URL}">{$item.LABEL}</a>
 		{else}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ TABLE.calMonth TBODY TD, TABLE.calMonth TBODY TD DIV.calImg {ldelim}
 	 			<div class="calBackDate">{$day.DAY}</div><div class="calForeDate">{$day.DAY}</div>
 	 			<div class="calImg">
 					<a href="{$day.U_IMG_LINK}">
-			  			<img style="{$day.IMAGE_STYLE}" src="{$day.IMAGE}" alt="{$day.IMAGE_ALT}" title="{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo','%d photos', $day.NB_ELEMENTS)}">
+			  			<img style="{$day.IMAGE_STYLE}" src="{$day.IMAGE}" alt="{$day.IMAGE_ALT}" title="{$day.NB_ELEMENTS|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}">
 					</a>
 				</div>
  		{else}
diff --git a/themes/default/template/picture.tpl b/themes/default/template/picture.tpl
index 5cede3071..44220bf8d 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/picture.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/picture.tpl
@@ -212,12 +212,7 @@ y.callService(
 		<dt>{'Rating score'|@translate}</dt>
 		<dd>
 		{if $rate_summary.count}
-                  {if $rate_summary.count == 1}
-                    {assign var='rate_text' value='%d rate'|@translate}
-                  {else}
-                    {assign var='rate_text' value='%d rates'|@translate}
-                  {/if}
-			<span id="ratingScore">{$rate_summary.score}</span> <span id="ratingCount">({$pwg->sprintf($rate_text, $rate_summary.count)})</span>
+			<span id="ratingScore">{$rate_summary.score}</span> <span id="ratingCount">({$rate_summary.count|@translate_dec:'%d rate':'%d rates'})</span>
 		{else}
 			<span id="ratingScore">{'no rate'|@translate}</span> <span id="ratingCount"></span>
 		{/if}
@@ -335,7 +330,7 @@ function togglePrivacyLevelBox()
 
 {if isset($COMMENT_COUNT)}
 <div id="comments" {if (!isset($comment_add) && ($COMMENT_COUNT == 0))}class="noCommentContent"{else}class="commentContent"{/if}><div id="commentsSwitcher"></div>
-	<h3>{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d comment', '%d comments',$COMMENT_COUNT)}</h3>
+	<h3>{$COMMENT_COUNT|@translate_dec:'%d comment':'%d comments'}</h3>
 
 	<div id="pictureComments">
 		{if isset($comment_add)}
diff --git a/themes/default/template/tags.tpl b/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
index c4327289a..ddba69b67 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/tags.tpl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 {if $display_mode == 'cloud' and isset($tags)}
 <div id="fullTagCloud">
 	{foreach from=$tags item=tag}
-	<span><a href="{$tag.URL}" class="tagLevel{$tag.level}" title="{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo', '%d photos', $tag.counter)}">{$tag.name}</a></span>
+	<span><a href="{$tag.URL}" class="tagLevel{$tag.level}" title="{$tag.counter|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}">{$tag.name}</a></span>
 	{/foreach}
 </div>
 {/if}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		{foreach from=$letter.tags item=tag}
 		<tr class="tagLine">
 			<td><a href="{$tag.URL}" title="{$tag.name}">{$tag.name}</a></td>
-			<td class="nbEntries">{$pwg->l10n_dec('%d photo', '%d photos', $tag.counter)}</td>
+			<td class="nbEntries">{$tag.counter|@translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}</td>
 		</tr>
 		{/foreach}
 	</table>