diff --git a/i18n/strings.en-US b/i18n/strings.en-US
index b511b7501..52e927eff 100644
--- a/i18n/strings.en-US
+++ b/i18n/strings.en-US
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 106 ID Range too large
 107 Not a sequence.
 108 Interactive task is only available when built with ncurses support.
+109 Empty record in input
+110 Unrecognized characters at end of line
+111 Record not recognized as format 4
 
 # 2xx Commands
 200 active
diff --git a/src/Duration.cpp b/src/Duration.cpp
index c9c1aee76..442fa1fef 100644
--- a/src/Duration.cpp
+++ b/src/Duration.cpp
@@ -37,31 +37,12 @@ Duration::Duration ()
 {
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-Duration::Duration (const Duration& other)
-{
-  throw std::string ("unimplemented Duration::Duration");
-  mDays = other.mDays;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Duration::Duration (const std::string& input)
 {
   parse (input);
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-Duration& Duration::operator= (const Duration& other)
-{
-  throw std::string ("unimplemented Duration::operator=");
-  if (this != &other)
-  {
-    mDays = other.mDays;
-  }
-
-  return *this;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Duration::operator int ()
 {
diff --git a/src/Duration.h b/src/Duration.h
index d5e1361dc..d804e318c 100644
--- a/src/Duration.h
+++ b/src/Duration.h
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ class Duration
 {
 public:
   Duration ();                           // Default constructor
-  Duration (const Duration&);            // Copy constructor
   Duration (const std::string&);         // Parse
-  Duration& operator= (const Duration&); // Assignment operator
   bool operator< (const Duration&);
   bool operator> (const Duration&);
   ~Duration ();                          // Destructor
diff --git a/src/Record.cpp b/src/Record.cpp
index 80be6488a..81f605253 100644
--- a/src/Record.cpp
+++ b/src/Record.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "Nibbler.h"
+#include "Context.h"
+#include "i18n.h"
 #include "Record.h"
 
+extern Context context;
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Record::Record ()
 {
@@ -72,9 +76,9 @@ std::string Record::composeF4 ()
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
-// [ --> start --> name --> : --> " --> value --> " --> ] --> end
-//                   ^                                |
-//                   +------------- \s <--------------+
+// start --> [ --> Att --> ] --> end
+//              ^       |
+//              +-------+
 //
 void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
 {
@@ -86,7 +90,8 @@ void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
       n.depleted ())
   {
     if (line.length () == 0)
-      throw std::string ("Empty FF4 record");
+      throw context.stringtable.get (RECORD_EMPTY,
+                                     "Empty record in input");
 
     Nibbler nl (line);
     Att a;
@@ -99,10 +104,12 @@ void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
     std::string remainder;
     nl.getUntilEOS (remainder);
     if (remainder.length ())
-      throw std::string ("Unrecognized garbage at end of line");
+      throw context.stringtable.get (RECORD_EXTRA,
+                                     "Unrecognized characters at end of line");
   }
   else
-    throw std::string ("Record not recognized as FF4");
+    throw context.stringtable.get (RECORD_NOT_FF4,
+                                   "Record not recognized as format 4");
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -151,11 +158,9 @@ void Record::set (const std::string& name, int value)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void Record::remove (const std::string& name)
 {
-  std::map <std::string, Att> copy = *this;
-  this->clear ();
-  foreach (i, copy)
-   if (i->first != name)
-     (*this)[i->first] = i->second;
+  Record::iterator it;
+  if ((it = this->find (name)) != this->end ())
+    this->erase (it);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/i18n.h b/src/i18n.h
index eebdcad13..95cae6d9f 100644
--- a/src/i18n.h
+++ b/src/i18n.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 
 #define INTERACTIVE_NO_NCURSES  108
 
+#define RECORD_EMPTY            109
+#define RECORD_EXTRA            110
+#define RECORD_NOT_FF4          111
+
 // 2xx Commands
 #define CMD_ACTIVE              200
 #define CMD_ADD                 201