diff --git a/pyfpdb/Card.py b/pyfpdb/Card.py
index 83cc8318..81edfb9c 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Card.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Card.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
 
+import gettext
+trans = gettext.translation("fpdb", localedir="locale", languages=["de_DE"])
+trans.install()
 
 # From fpdb_simple
 card_map = { "0": 0, "2": 2, "3" : 3, "4" : 4, "5" : 5, "6" : 6, "7" : 7, "8" : 8,