diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index b00205e6d6..b7d1d0c54b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 '''Dialog to edit metadata in bulk'''
 
 from threading import Thread
-import os, re, shutil
+import re
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import QDialog, QGridLayout
 from PyQt4 import QtGui
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
 
     s_r_functions = {
                     ''          : lambda x: x,
-                    'lower'     : lambda x: x.lower(),
-                    'upper'     : lambda x: x.upper(),
-                    'title'     : lambda x: x.title(),
+                    _('Lower Case') : lambda x: x.lower(),
+                    _('Upper Case')     : lambda x: x.upper(),
+                    _('Title Case')     : lambda x: x.title(),
             }
 
     def __init__(self, window, rows, db):
@@ -203,10 +203,11 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         self.search_for.editTextChanged[str].connect(self.s_r_paint_results)
         self.replace_with.editTextChanged[str].connect(self.s_r_paint_results)
         self.test_text.editTextChanged[str].connect(self.s_r_paint_results)
+        self.central_widget.setCurrentIndex(0)
 
     def s_r_field_changed(self, txt):
         txt = unicode(txt)
-        for i in range(0,self.s_r_number_of_books):
+        for i in range(0, self.s_r_number_of_books):
             if txt:
                 fm = self.db.field_metadata[txt]
                 id = self.ids[i]
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
index c12182476c..1f544dcb9d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.ui
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QTabWidget" name="central_widget">
        <property name="currentIndex">
-        <number>0</number>
+        <number>2</number>
        </property>
        <widget class="QWidget" name="tabWidgetPage1">
         <attribute name="title">
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         </attribute>
         <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
          <item row="0" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_20">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
            <property name="text">
             <string>&amp;Author(s): </string>
            </property>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="4" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_30">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
            <property name="text">
             <string>&amp;Publisher: </string>
            </property>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="5" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_41">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Add ta&amp;gs: </string>
            </property>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="9" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_51">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Remove &amp;format:</string>
            </property>
@@ -329,16 +329,16 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
             <bool>true</bool>
            </property>
           </widget>
+         </item>
          <item row="2" column="0">
           <widget class="QLabel" name="filler">
            <property name="text">
-            <string> </string>
+            <string/>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
-         </item>
          <item row="3" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_21">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="xlabel_21">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Search &amp;field:</string>
            </property>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="3" column="1">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_22">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="xlabel_2">
            <property name="text">
             <string>&amp;Search for:</string>
            </property>
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="3" column="2">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_42">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="xlabel_4">
            <property name="text">
             <string>&amp;Replace with:</string>
            </property>
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           <widget class="HistoryLineEdit" name="replace_with"/>
          </item>
          <item row="5" column="1">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_43">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_41">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Apply function &amp;after replace:</string>
            </property>
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           <widget class="QComboBox" name="replace_func"/>
          </item>
          <item row="6" column="1">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_31">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="xlabel_3">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Test &amp;text</string>
            </property>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="6" column="2">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_52">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Test re&amp;sult</string>
            </property>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ Future conversion of these books will use the default settings.</string>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="7" column="0">
-          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_32">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_31">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Your test:</string>
            </property>