diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index 8ec1bea2d02..8e406519d15 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class ir_actions_todo(osv.osv):
         'action_id': fields.many2one(
             'ir.actions.actions', 'Action', select=True, required=True),
         'sequence': fields.integer('Sequence'),
-        'state': fields.selection(TODO_STATES, string='State', required=True),
+        'state': fields.selection(TODO_STATES, string='Status', required=True),
         'name': fields.char('Name', size=64),
         'type': fields.selection(TODO_TYPES, 'Type', required=True,
             help="""Manual: Launched manually.
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
index 3ed61a7ddb3..4e275f902cc 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class ir_translation(osv.osv):
             [('to_translate','To Translate'),
              ('inprogress','Translation in Progress'),
              ('translated','Translated')],
-            string="State",
+            string="Status",
             help="Automatically set to let administators find new terms that might need to be translated"),
 
         # aka gettext extracted-comments - we use them to flag openerp-web translation
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow.py
index ce9adfd8ecc..46884c5035b 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class wkf_instance(osv.osv):
         'wkf_id': fields.many2one('workflow', 'Workflow', ondelete='cascade', select=True),
         'res_id': fields.integer('Resource ID'),
         'res_type': fields.char('Resource Object', size=64),
-        'state': fields.char('State', size=32),
+        'state': fields.char('Status', size=32),
     }
     def _auto_init(self, cr, context=None):
         super(wkf_instance, self)._auto_init(cr, context)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class wkf_workitem(osv.osv):
         'wkf_id': fields.related('act_id','wkf_id', type='many2one', relation='workflow', string='Workflow'),
         'subflow_id': fields.many2one('workflow.instance', 'Subflow', ondelete="cascade", select=True),
         'inst_id': fields.many2one('workflow.instance', 'Instance', required=True, ondelete="cascade", select=True),
-        'state': fields.char('State', size=64, select=True),
+        'state': fields.char('Status', size=64, select=True),
     }
 wkf_workitem()
 
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow_view.xml
index d174928556f..5c262299917 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/workflow/workflow_view.xml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
         <field name="model">workflow.workitem</field>
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <search string="Workflow Workitems">
-                <field name="state" string="State"/>
+                <field name="state" string="Status"/>
                 <filter icon="terp-camera_test" string="Active" name="active" domain="[('state','=','active')]"/>
                 <field name="wkf_id"/>
                 <field name="act_id"/>
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
index e86bcc15d74..5fbb28d36db 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class module(osv.osv):
             ('to upgrade','To be upgraded'),
             ('to remove','To be removed'),
             ('to install','To be installed')
-        ], string='State', readonly=True, select=True),
+        ], string='Status', readonly=True, select=True),
         'demo': fields.boolean('Demo Data', readonly=True),
         'license': fields.selection([
                 ('GPL-2', 'GPL Version 2'),
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class module_dependency(osv.osv):
             ('to remove','To be removed'),
             ('to install','To be installed'),
             ('unknown', 'Unknown'),
-            ], string='State', readonly=True, select=True),
+            ], string='Status', readonly=True, select=True),
     }
 
 # vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_language_install.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_language_install.py
index ab65159f0d4..fd25a84f196 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_language_install.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_language_install.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class base_language_install(osv.osv_memory):
     _columns = {
         'lang': fields.selection(tools.scan_languages(),'Language', required=True),
         'overwrite': fields.boolean('Overwrite Existing Terms', help="If you check this box, your customized translations will be overwritten and replaced by the official ones."),
-        'state':fields.selection([('init','init'),('done','done')], 'state', readonly=True),
+        'state':fields.selection([('init','init'),('done','done')], 'Status', readonly=True),
     }
     _defaults = {
         'state': 'init',
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_import.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_import.py
index 34f22bf82f0..8734a5e0032 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_import.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_import.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class base_module_import(osv.osv_memory):
     _columns = {
           'module_file': fields.binary('Module .ZIP file', required=True),
           'state':fields.selection([('init','init'),('done','done')],
-                                   'state', readonly=True),
+                                   'Status', readonly=True),
           'module_name': fields.char('Module Name', size=128),
     }
 
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_update.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_update.py
index 0893761cd28..fc9b0749cb3 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_update.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_update.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class base_module_update(osv.osv_memory):
     _columns = {
         'update': fields.integer('Number of modules updated', readonly=True),
         'add': fields.integer('Number of modules added', readonly=True),
-        'state':fields.selection([('init','init'),('done','done')], 'state', readonly=True),
+        'state':fields.selection([('init','init'),('done','done')], 'Status', readonly=True),
     }
 
     _defaults = {  
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_request.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_request.py
index 7c2c4697ef0..3b576c84162 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_request.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_request.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class res_request(osv.osv):
         'ref_partner_id':fields.many2one('res.partner', 'Partner Ref.', states={'closed':[('readonly',True)]}),
         'ref_doc1':fields.reference('Document Ref 1', selection=_links_get, size=128, states={'closed':[('readonly',True)]}),
         'ref_doc2':fields.reference('Document Ref 2', selection=_links_get, size=128, states={'closed':[('readonly',True)]}),
-        'state': fields.selection([('draft','draft'),('waiting','waiting'),('active','active'),('closed','closed')], 'State', required=True, readonly=True),
+        'state': fields.selection([('draft','draft'),('waiting','waiting'),('active','active'),('closed','closed')], 'Status', required=True, readonly=True),
         'history': fields.one2many('res.request.history','req_id', 'History')
     }
     _defaults = {