-$numcats = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->categories");
-if (0 < $numcats) $numcats = number_format($numcats);
+$post_str = sprintf(__ngettext('%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Posts">post</a>', '%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Posts">posts</a>', $numposts), number_format_i18n($numposts), 'edit.php');
+$comm_str = sprintf(__ngettext('%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Comments">comment</a>', '%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Comments">comments</a>', $numcomms), number_format_i18n($numcomms), 'edit-comments.php');
+$cat_str = sprintf(__ngettext('%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Categories">category</a>', '%1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Categories">categories</a>', $numcats), number_format_i18n($numcats), 'categories.php');
+$tag_str = sprintf(__ngettext('%1$s tag', '%1$s tags', $numtags), number_format_i18n($numtags));