diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 80cd4c5..389c5e3 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
     # get a base name and a directory
     get_filename_component( _basename ${_src} ABSOLUTE )
     get_filename_component( _basedir ${_basename} PATH )
+    file( RELATIVE_PATH _sourcename "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_basename}" )
     file( RELATIVE_PATH _basename "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_basename}" )
 
     # prepare the binary directory according to source directory
@@ -1989,6 +1990,7 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
             OUTPUT ${_basename}
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env "LINGUAS=${_linguas}" ${MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} --desktop --template ${_src} -d ${_po_dir} -o ${_basename} ${_keywords_arg}
             DEPENDS ${_src}
+            COMMENT "Merging translations into ${_sourcename}"
           )
 
         else( )
@@ -2002,8 +2004,9 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
           # merge translations command
           add_custom_command(
             OUTPUT ${_basename}
-            COMMAND ${INTLTOOL_MERGE_EXECUTABLE} -d ${_po_dir} ${_basename}.in ${_basename}
+            COMMAND ${INTLTOOL_MERGE_EXECUTABLE} -q -d ${_po_dir} ${_basename}.in ${_basename}
             DEPENDS ${_src}
+            COMMENT "Merging translations into ${_sourcename}"
           )
 
         endif( )