Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl.cpp	(revision 29970)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Main/ConsoleImpl.cpp	(revision 29971)
@@ -1683,5 +1683,5 @@
             return setError(VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE, tr("Cannot power down a saved virtual machine"));
         case MachineState_Stopping:
-            return setError(VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE, tr("Virtual machine is being powered down"));
+            return setError(VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE, tr("The virtual machine is being powered down"));
         default:
             return setError(VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE,
@@ -4902,5 +4902,5 @@
         /* powerDown() is waiting for all callers to finish */
         return aQuiet ? E_ACCESSDENIED : setError(E_ACCESSDENIED,
-            tr("Virtual machine is being powered down"));
+            tr("The virtual machine is being powered down"));
     }
 
@@ -4911,5 +4911,5 @@
         /* The machine is not powered up */
         return aQuiet ? E_ACCESSDENIED : setError(E_ACCESSDENIED,
-            tr("Virtual machine is not powered up"));
+            tr("The virtual machine is not powered up"));
     }
 
@@ -5115,5 +5115,5 @@
     if (Global::IsOnlineOrTransient(mMachineState))
         return setError(VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE,
-            tr("Virtual machine is already running or busy (machine state: %s)"),
+            tr("The virtual machine is already running or busy (machine state: %s)"),
             Global::stringifyMachineState(mMachineState));
 
Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Main/MachineImpl.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Main/MachineImpl.cpp	(revision 29970)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Main/MachineImpl.cpp	(revision 29971)
@@ -5844,5 +5844,5 @@
      * error and finalize session spawning */
     rc = setError(E_FAIL,
-                  tr("Virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup"),
+                  tr("The virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup"),
                   getName().raw());
 #else
@@ -5860,17 +5860,17 @@
         if (RT_SUCCESS(vrc) && status.enmReason == RTPROCEXITREASON_NORMAL)
             rc = setError(E_FAIL,
-                          tr("Virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code %d"),
+                          tr("The virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code %d"),
                           getName().raw(), status.iStatus);
         else if (RT_SUCCESS(vrc) && status.enmReason == RTPROCEXITREASON_SIGNAL)
             rc = setError(E_FAIL,
-                          tr("Virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup because of signal %d"),
+                          tr("The virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup because of signal %d"),
                           getName().raw(), status.iStatus);
         else if (RT_SUCCESS(vrc) && status.enmReason == RTPROCEXITREASON_ABEND)
             rc = setError(E_FAIL,
-                          tr("Virtual machine '%ls' has terminated abnormally"),
+                          tr("The virtual machine '%ls' has terminated abnormally"),
                           getName().raw(), status.iStatus);
         else
             rc = setError(E_FAIL,
-                          tr("Virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup (%Rrc)"),
+                          tr("The virtual machine '%ls' has terminated unexpectedly during startup (%Rrc)"),
                           getName().raw(), rc);
     }