diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobOperationsBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobOperationsBiz.cs
index b021236a..8aba550e 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobOperationsBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobOperationsBiz.cs
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         {
             var sleepTime = 30 * 1000;
             await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(job.GId, JobStatus.Running);
-            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, $"Test job started, sleeping for {sleepTime / 1000} seconds...");
+            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, $"LT:JobStart");
             await Task.Delay(sleepTime);
-            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, "Test job done sleeping setting status to finished");
+            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, "LT:JobCompleted");
             await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(job.GId, JobStatus.Completed);
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
index 407aa5e5..020568ea 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/JobsBiz.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             using (AyContext ct = ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext)
             {
                 log.LogDebug($"Adding new job:{newJob.ToString()}");
-                await LogJobAsync(newJob.GId, $"Adding new job \"{newJob.Name}\" to queue");
+                await LogJobAsync(newJob.GId, $"LT:JobCreated \"{newJob.Name}\"");
                 await ct.OpsJob.AddAsync(newJob);
                 await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
             }
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
                         log.LogError(ex, $"ProcessJobs::Exclusive -> job {j.Name} failed with exception");
-                        await LogJobAsync(j.GId, "Job failed with errors:");
+                        await LogJobAsync(j.GId, "LT:JobFailed");
                         await LogJobAsync(j.GId, ExceptionUtil.ExtractAllExceptionMessages(ex));
                         await UpdateJobStatusAsync(j.GId, JobStatus.Failed);
                     }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
                         log.LogError(ex, $"ProcessJobs::Shared -> job {j.Name} failed with exception");
-                        await LogJobAsync(j.GId, "Job failed with errors:");
+                        await LogJobAsync(j.GId, "LT:JobFailed");
                         await LogJobAsync(j.GId, ExceptionUtil.ExtractAllExceptionMessages(ex));
                         await UpdateJobStatusAsync(j.GId, JobStatus.Failed);
                     }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
index c21d70b1..3edfbddb 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/TrialBiz.cs
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
          //basically any error condition during job processing should throw up an exception if it can't be handled
 
             await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(job.GId, JobStatus.Running);
-            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, $"Starting...");
+            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, $"LT:StartJob");
             JObject jobData = JObject.Parse(job.JobInfo);
             var seedLevel = (Seeder.Level.SeedLevel)jobData["seedLevel"].Value<int>();
             var timeZoneOffset = jobData["timeZoneOffset"].Value<decimal>();
             var seed = new Util.Seeder();
             await seed.SeedDatabaseAsync(seedLevel, job.GId, timeZoneOffset);
-            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, "Finished.");
+            await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(job.GId, "LT:JobCompleted");
             await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(job.GId, JobStatus.Completed);
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
index a4963784..68548953 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //LOCK DOWN SERVER
                 apiServerState = (AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState)ServiceProviderProvider.Provider.GetService(typeof(AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState));
                 apiServerState.SetClosed("BACKUP RUNNING");
-                var jobstartmessage = $"Starting backup job {(OnDemand ? "manual / on demand" : "scheduled") } ";
+                var jobstartmessage = $"LT:Backup LT:StartJob {(OnDemand ? "manual / on demand" : "scheduled") } ";
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, jobstartmessage);
               
               DateTime dtStartBackup=DateTime.Now;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //this is valid on windows
                 //C:\data\code\PostgreSQLPortable_12.0\App\PgSQL\bin\pg_dump --dbname=postgresql://postgres:raven@127.0.0.1:5432/AyaNova -Fc > huge_new.backup
 
-                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Data backup starting");
+               // await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Data backup starting");
                 Npgsql.NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder PostgresConnectionString = new Npgsql.NpgsqlConnectionStringBuilder(ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION);
                 var DBNameParameter = $"--dbname=postgresql://{PostgresConnectionString.Username}:{PostgresConnectionString.Password}@{PostgresConnectionString.Host}:{PostgresConnectionString.Port}/{PostgresConnectionString.Database}";
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //DO FILE BACKUP IF ATTACHMENTS BACKED UP
                 if (ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupAttachments)
                 {
-                    await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Attachments backup starting");
+                    await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"LT:Backup LT:Attachments");
                     FileUtil.BackupAttachments(DemandFileNamePrepend);
                     var ms = "Backup of file attachments completed OK";
                     log.LogDebug(ms);                 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 }
 
                 //PRUNE DATA BACKUP SETS NOT KEPT
-                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Pruning old backup sets");
+                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"LT:BackupDeleteOld");
                 FileUtil.DatabaseBackupCleanUp(ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupSetsToKeep);
 
                 //v.next - COPY TO ONLINE STORAGE
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, "Backup failed with errors:");
+                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, "LT:JobFailed");
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, ExceptionUtil.ExtractAllExceptionMessages(ex));
                 log.LogError(ex, "Backup failed");
                 await NotifyEventProcessor.AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType.BackupStatus, "Backup failed","Backup", ex);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.SetNextBackup();
                 apiServerState.ResumePriorState();
                 BackupIsRunning = false;
-                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Backup - fully complete, server re-opened");
+                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, "LT:JobCompleted");
                
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobSweeper.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobSweeper.cs
index 519b8a44..73444574 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobSweeper.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobSweeper.cs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             foreach (OpsJob j in jobs)
             {
                 //OPSMETRIC
-                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(j.GId, "Job took too long to run - setting to failed");
+                await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(j.GId, "LT:JobFailed LT:TimedOut");
                 log.LogError($"Job found job stuck in running status and set to failed: deadline={dtRunningDeadline.ToString()}, jobId={j.GId.ToString()}, jobname={j.Name}, jobtype={j.JobType.ToString()}, jobObjectType={j.ObjectType.ToString()}, jobObjectId={j.ObjectId.ToString()}");
                 await JobsBiz.UpdateJobStatusAsync(j.GId, JobStatus.Failed);
             }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/resource/de.json b/server/AyaNova/resource/de.json
index e8a8636a..e6d08290 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/resource/de.json
+++ b/server/AyaNova/resource/de.json
@@ -1812,6 +1812,7 @@
   "BackupFiles": "Liste der Sicherungsdateien",
   "BackupNow": "Starten Sie jetzt das Backup",
   "AreYouSureBackupNow": "Der Server wird während der Sicherung gesperrt. Bist du sicher?",
+  "BackupDeleteOld":"Alte Sicherungsdateien löschen",
   "FileName": "Name",
   "FileSize": "Größe",
   "FileDate": "Datum",
@@ -1858,6 +1859,7 @@
   "SeedLevelLarge": "Groß - Multi-Region voll besetzt",
   "SeedLevelHuge": "Riesig - sehr großer Datensatz, die Generierung dauert einige Minuten",
   "StartJob": "Job starten",
+  "JobCreated": "Serverjob erstellt",
   "JobCompleted": "Arbeit erledigt",
   "JobFailed": "Job fehlgeschlagen",
   "JobExclusiveWarning": "WARNUNG: Dieser Job unterbricht vorübergehend den gesamten Benutzerzugriff auf den Server",
@@ -1964,5 +1966,6 @@
   "BatchDeleteJob": "Batch-Löschauftrag",
   "BatchJob": "Batch-Job",
   "Failed": "Fehlgeschlagen",
-  "ProcessingJob": "Serverjob verarbeiten"
+  "ProcessingJob": "Serverjob verarbeiten",
+  "TimedOut":"Zeitüberschreitung"
 }
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diff --git a/server/AyaNova/resource/en.json b/server/AyaNova/resource/en.json
index 4c815aba..6632eeff 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/resource/en.json
+++ b/server/AyaNova/resource/en.json
@@ -1812,6 +1812,7 @@
   "BackupFiles": "Backup files",
   "BackupNow": "Backup now",
   "AreYouSureBackupNow": "Server will be locked during backup.  Are you sure?",
+  "BackupDeleteOld":"Deleting old backup files",
   "FileName": "Name",
   "FileSize": "Size",
   "FileDate": "Date",
@@ -1858,6 +1859,7 @@
   "SeedLevelLarge": "Large - multi-region fully staffed",
   "SeedLevelHuge": "Huge - very large dataset, will take a few minutes to generate",
   "StartJob": "Start job",
+  "JobCreated": "Server job created",
   "JobCompleted": "Job completed",
   "JobFailed": "Job failed",
   "JobExclusiveWarning": "WARNING: this job will temporarily suspend all user access to the server",
@@ -1964,5 +1966,6 @@
   "BatchDeleteJob": "Batch delete job",
   "BatchJob": "Batch job",
   "Failed": "Failed",
-  "ProcessingJob": "Processing server job"
+  "ProcessingJob": "Processing server job",
+  "TimedOut":"Timed out"
 }
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diff --git a/server/AyaNova/resource/es.json b/server/AyaNova/resource/es.json
index 633dc009..ae3a0ca2 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/resource/es.json
+++ b/server/AyaNova/resource/es.json
@@ -1812,6 +1812,7 @@
   "BackupFiles": "Lista de archivos de respaldo",
   "BackupNow": "Iniciar copia de seguridad ahora",
   "AreYouSureBackupNow": "El servidor se bloqueará durante la copia de seguridad. ¿Estás seguro?",
+  "BackupDeleteOld":"Eliminar archivos de respaldo antiguos",
   "FileName": "Nombre",
   "FileSize": "Tamaño",
   "FileDate": "Date",
@@ -1858,6 +1859,7 @@
   "SeedLevelLarge": "Grande - multi-región con personal completo",
   "SeedLevelHuge": "Enorme conjunto de datos muy grande, tomará unos minutos generar",
   "StartJob": "Comenzar trabajo",
+  "JobCreated": "Trabajo de servidor creado",
   "JobCompleted": "Trabajo completo",
   "JobFailed": "Trabajo fallido",
   "JobExclusiveWarning": "ADVERTENCIA: este trabajo suspenderá temporalmente todo acceso de usuario al servidor",
@@ -1964,5 +1966,6 @@
   "BatchDeleteJob": "Trabajo de eliminación por lotes",
   "BatchJob": "Trabajo por lotes",
   "Failed": "Fallido",
-  "ProcessingJob": "Procesando trabajo del servidor"
+  "ProcessingJob": "Procesando trabajo del servidor",
+  "TimedOut":"Tiempo de espera agotado"
 }
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diff --git a/server/AyaNova/resource/fr.json b/server/AyaNova/resource/fr.json
index b4d87efb..d26c4142 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/resource/fr.json
+++ b/server/AyaNova/resource/fr.json
@@ -1812,6 +1812,7 @@
   "BackupFiles": "Liste des fichiers de sauvegarde",
   "BackupNow": "Lancer la sauvegarde maintenant",
   "AreYouSureBackupNow": "Le serveur sera verrouillé pendant la sauvegarde. Êtes-vous sûr?",
+  "BackupDeleteOld":"Suppression des anciens fichiers de sauvegarde",
   "FileName": "Nom",
   "FileSize": "Taille",
   "FileDate": "Date",
@@ -1858,6 +1859,7 @@
   "SeedLevelLarge": "Grand - multi-région entièrement doté en personnel",
   "SeedLevelHuge": "Énorme - très grand ensemble de données, il faudra quelques minutes pour générer",
   "StartJob": "Commencer le travail",
+  "JobCreated": "Travail serveur créé",
   "JobCompleted": "Travail terminé",
   "JobFailed": "Le travail a échoué",
   "JobExclusiveWarning": "AVERTISSEMENT: ce travail suspend temporairement tout accès utilisateur au serveur",
@@ -1964,5 +1966,6 @@
   "BatchDeleteJob": "Tâche de suppression par lots",
   "BatchJob": "Travail par lots",
   "Failed": "Échec",
-  "ProcessingJob": "Traitement du travail du serveur"
+  "ProcessingJob": "Traitement du travail du serveur",
+  "TimedOut":"Délai dépassé"
 }
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