Index: wp-admin/includes/template.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/template.php	(revision 24831)
+++ wp-admin/includes/template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@
 	if ( ! empty($post_states) ) {
 		$state_count = count($post_states);
 		$i = 0;
-		echo ' - ';
+		echo ' ' . _x('—', 'post states separator') . ' ';
 		foreach ( $post_states as $state ) {
 			++$i;
 			( $i == $state_count ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = ', ';
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@
 	if ( ! empty( $media_states ) ) {
 		$state_count = count( $media_states );
 		$i = 0;
-		echo ' - ';
+		echo ' ' . _x('—', 'media states separator') . ' ';
 		foreach ( $media_states as $state ) {
 			++$i;
 			( $i == $state_count ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = ', ';