diff --git a/app/views/queries/_columns.rhtml b/app/views/queries/_columns.rhtml
index f96d87b0..6c2eda4e 100644
--- a/app/views/queries/_columns.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/queries/_columns.rhtml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border:0;">
 	<tr>
-		<td style="padding-left:0"><%= select_tag 'available_columns',
+		<td style="padding-left:0">
+                <%= label_tag "available_columns", l(:description_available_columns), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
+                <%= select_tag 'available_columns',
 		          options_for_select((query.available_columns - query.columns).collect {|column| [column.caption, column.name]}),
 		          :multiple => true, :size => 10, :style => "width:150px" %>
 		</td>
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@
 			<input type="button" value="&#8592;"
 			 onclick="moveOptions(this.form.selected_columns, this.form.available_columns);" />
 		</td>
-		<td><%= select_tag 'c[]',
+		<td>
+                <%= label_tag "selected_columns", l(:description_selected_columns), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
+                <%= select_tag 'c[]',
 		          options_for_select(query.columns.collect {|column| [column.caption, column.name]}),
 		          :id => 'selected_columns', :multiple => true, :size => 10, :style => "width:150px" %>
 		</td>
diff --git a/app/views/queries/_filters.rhtml b/app/views/queries/_filters.rhtml
index 1c67f580..5cf9825d 100644
--- a/app/views/queries/_filters.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/queries/_filters.rhtml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Event.observe(document,"dom:loaded", apply_filters_observer);
         <label for="cb_<%= field %>"><%= filter[1][:name] || l(("field_"+field.to_s.gsub(/\_id$/, "")).to_sym) %></label>
     </td>
     <td style="width:150px;">
+        <%= label_tag "op_#{field}", l(:description_filter), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
         <%= select_tag "op[#{field}]", options_for_select(operators_for_select(options[:type]), query.operator_for(field)), :id => "operators_#{field}", :onchange => "toggle_operator('#{field}');", :class => "select-small", :style => "vertical-align: top;" %>
     </td>
     <td>
diff --git a/app/views/queries/_form.rhtml b/app/views/queries/_form.rhtml
index dcafe9f6..39486d90 100644
--- a/app/views/queries/_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/queries/_form.rhtml
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 
 <fieldset><legend><%= l(:label_sort) %></legend>
 <% 3.times do |i| %>
-<%= i+1 %>: <%= select_tag("query[sort_criteria][#{i}][]",
-									options_for_select([[]] + query.available_columns.select(&:sortable?).collect {|column| [column.caption, column.name.to_s]}, @query.sort_criteria_key(i))) %>
-				    <%= select_tag("query[sort_criteria][#{i}][]",
-							    		  		options_for_select([[], [l(:label_ascending), 'asc'], [l(:label_descending), 'desc']], @query.sort_criteria_order(i))) %><br />
+<%= i+1 %>: 
+<%= label_tag "query_sort_criteria_attribute_" + i.to_s, l(:description_query_sort_criteria_attribute), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
+<%= select_tag("query[sort_criteria][#{i}][]", options_for_select([[]] + query.available_columns.select(&:sortable?).collect {|column| [column.caption, column.name.to_s]}, @query.sort_criteria_key(i)), :id => "query_sort_criteria_attribute_" + i.to_s)%>
+<%= label_tag "query_sort_criteria_direction_" + i.to_s, l(:description_query_sort_criteria_direction), :class => "hidden-for-sighted" %>
+<%= select_tag("query[sort_criteria][#{i}][]", options_for_select([[], [l(:label_ascending), 'asc'], [l(:label_descending), 'desc']], @query.sort_criteria_order(i)), :id => "query_sort_criteria_direction_" + i.to_s) %>
+<br />
 <% end %>
 </fieldset>
 
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index fcc49dd7..30096da3 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -982,5 +982,10 @@ de:
   label_path_encoding: Path encoding
   text_mercurial_repo_example: local repository (e.g. /hgrepo, c:\hgrepo)
   label_diff: diff
+  description_filter: Filter
   description_search: Suchfeld
   description_project_scope: Suchbereich
+  description_query_sort_criteria_attribute: Sortierattribut
+  description_query_sort_criteria_direction: Sortierrichtung
+  description_available_columns: Verfügbare Spalten
+  description_selected_columns: Ausgewählte Spalten
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index af0766b8..0a15b1ab 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -964,5 +964,10 @@ en:
   enumeration_doc_categories: Document categories
   enumeration_activities: Activities (time tracking)
   enumeration_system_activity: System Activity
+  description_filter: Filter
   description_search: Searchfield
   description_project_scope: Search scope
+  description_query_sort_criteria_attribute: Sort attribute
+  description_query_sort_criteria_direction: Sort direction
+  description_available_columns: Available Columns
+  description_selected_columns: Selected Spalten