diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
index 60e079ab78..da2c90b0ee 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureGroove.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # include <gp_Lin.hxx>
 #endif
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <Base/Axis.h>
 #include <Base/Console.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ using namespace PartDesign;
 namespace PartDesign {
 
 
+/* TRANSLATOR PartDesign::Groove */
+
 PROPERTY_SOURCE(PartDesign::Groove, PartDesign::ProfileBased)
 
 Groove::Groove()
@@ -98,8 +101,13 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Groove::execute(void)
     TopoDS_Shape base;
     try {
         base = getBaseShape();
-    } catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("No sketch support and no base shape: Please tell me where to remove the material of the groove!");
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception&) {
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+                                    "  material to be removed;\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }
 
     updateAxis();
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
index 3fd2cc64a6..8a3d1d0c94 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureHole.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 # include <Standard_Version.hxx>
 #endif
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <Base/Placement.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
 #include <Base/Tools.h>
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
 
 using namespace PartDesign;
 
+/* TRANSLATOR PartDesign::Hole */
+
 const char* Hole::DepthTypeEnums[]                   = { "Dimension", "ThroughAll", /*, "UpToFirst", */ NULL };
 const char* Hole::ThreadTypeEnums[]                  = { "None", "ISOMetricProfile", "ISOMetricFineProfile", "UNC", "UNF", "UNEF", NULL};
 const char* Hole::ThreadFitEnums[]                   = { "Standard", "Close", NULL};
@@ -948,8 +951,13 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Hole::execute(void)
     TopoDS_Shape base;
     try {
         base = getBaseShape();
-    } catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("No sketch support and no base shape: Please tell me where to remove the material of the hole!");
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception&) {
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+                                    "  material to be removed;\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
index c9d49a5878..02d51a3381 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeaturePocket.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 # include <BRepAlgoAPI_Common.hxx>
 #endif
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <Base/Console.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
 #include <Base/Placement.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@
 
 using namespace PartDesign;
 
+/* TRANSLATOR PartDesign::Pocket */
+
 const char* Pocket::TypeEnums[]= {"Length","ThroughAll","UpToFirst","UpToFace","TwoLengths",NULL};
 
 PROPERTY_SOURCE(PartDesign::Pocket, PartDesign::ProfileBased)
@@ -113,8 +116,13 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Pocket::execute(void)
     TopoDS_Shape base;
     try {
         base = getBaseShape();
-    } catch (const Base::Exception&) {
-        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("No sketch support and no base shape: Please tell me where to remove the material of the pocket!");
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception&) {
+        std::string text(QT_TR_NOOP("The requested feature cannot be created. The reason may be that:\n\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the active Body does not contain a base shape, so there is no\n"
+                                    "  material to be removed;\n"
+                                    "  \xe2\x80\xa2 the selected sketch does not belong to the active Body."));
+        return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn(text);
     }
 
     // get the Sketch plane
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskFeatureParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskFeatureParameters.cpp
index 5080340dd6..9e7b32c276 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskFeatureParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/TaskFeatureParameters.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 #ifndef _PreComp_
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #endif
 
@@ -131,7 +132,12 @@ bool TaskDlgFeatureParameters::accept() {
         Gui::Command::commitCommand();
     } catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
         // Generally the only thing that should fail is feature->isValid() others should be fine
-        QMessageBox::warning(Gui::getMainWindow(), tr("Input error"), QString::fromLatin1(e.what()));
+#if (QT_VERSION >= 0x050000)
+        QString errorText = QApplication::translate(feature->getTypeId().getName(), e.what());
+#else
+        QString errorText = QApplication::translate(feature->getTypeId().getName(), e.what(), 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8);
+#endif
+        QMessageBox::warning(Gui::getMainWindow(), tr("Input error"), errorText);
         return false;
     }