In an earlier post, we described a need to replace the generic labels for categories and tags with the custom category and tag base names used on this site, see: References to Categories and Tags.
Crystal Barton has created a Translucence child theme that fixes this problem by getting the custom category and tag base names programmatically. I posted Crystal’s solution to the WordPress StackExchange site, see:
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/66600/how-can-i-include-custom-category-and-tag-base-in-template-files/69422