diff --git a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
index aebdc4d9..0b191a3a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
     @message = @current_user.send_messages.new(params[:message])
     if @message.save
       Resque.enqueue(UserNotifier, FoodsoftConfig.scope, 'message_deliver', @message.id)
-      redirect_to messages_url, :notice => "Nachricht ist gespeichert und wird versendet."
+      redirect_to messages_url, :notice => I18n.t('messages.create.notice')
     else
       render :action => 'new'
     end
diff --git a/app/models/message.rb b/app/models/message.rb
index 9a1ca56e..fbe586e0 100644
--- a/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/app/models/message.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   def reply_to=(message_id)
     message = Message.find(message_id)
     add_recipients([message.sender])
-    self.subject = "Re: #{message.subject}"
-    self.body = "#{message.sender.nick} schrieb am #{I18n.l(message.created_at, :format => :short)}:\n"
-    message.body.each_line{ |l| self.body += "> #{l}" }
+    self.subject = I18n.t('messages.model.reply_subject', :subject => message.subject)
+    self.body = I18n.t('messages.model.reply_header', :user => message.sender.nick, :when => I18n.l(message.created_at, :format => :short)) + "\n"
+    message.body.each_line{ |l| self.body += I18n.t('messages.model.reply_indent', :line => l) }
   end
 
   def mail_to=(user_id)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def sender_name
-    system_message? ? 'Foodsoft' : sender.nick rescue "??"
+    system_message? ? I18n.t('layouts.foodsoft') : sender.nick rescue "??"
   end
 
   def recipients
diff --git a/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml b/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
index 555668ae..2874fe7a 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
           %td= format_subject(message, 130)
           %td= h(message.sender_name)
           %td= format_time(message.created_at)
-          %td= link_to 'Antworten', new_message_path(:message => {:reply_to => message.id}), class: 'btn'
\ No newline at end of file
+          %td= link_to t('.reply'), new_message_path(:message => {:reply_to => message.id}), class: 'btn'
diff --git a/app/views/messages/index.html.haml b/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
index 48885289..b8c41859 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-- title "Nachrichten"
+- title t('.title')
 
 - content_for :actionbar do
-  = link_to 'Neue Nachricht', new_message_path, class: 'btn btn-primary'
+  = link_to t('.new'), new_message_path, class: 'btn btn-primary'
 #messages
-  = render 'messages', messages: @messages, pagination: true
\ No newline at end of file
+  = render 'messages', messages: @messages, pagination: true
diff --git a/app/views/messages/new.haml b/app/views/messages/new.haml
index 965bf7a5..fc291767 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/new.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/new.haml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       $('#message_recipient_tokens').tokenInput("#{users_path(:format => :json)}", {
         crossDomain: false,
         prePopulate: $('#message_recipient_tokens').data('pre'),
-        hintText: 'Nach Nutzerin suchen',
-        noResultText: 'Keine Nutzerin gefunden',
-        searchingText: 'Suche ...',
+        hintText: '#{t '.search_user'}',
+        noResultText: '#{t '.no_user_found'}',
+        searchingText: '#{t '.search'}',
         theme: 'facebook'
       });
 
@@ -19,25 +19,21 @@
       });
     });
 
-- title "Neue Nachricht"
+- title t('.title')
 
 = simple_form_for @message do |f|
   - if FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list].blank?
     = f.input :sent_to_all, :as => :boolean
   - else
-    %b Nachrichten an alle
-    verschickst Du bitte über den Verteiler:
-    = mail_to FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list]
+    %b= t '.list.desc', list: mail_to(FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list])
     %br/
     %small{:style => "color:grey"}
-      Eventuell musst Du Dich dem Verteiler erst bekannt machen.
+      = t '.list.subscribe_msg'
       %br/
       - if FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list_subscribe].blank?
-        Erklärungen zum Verteiler findest Du im
-        = link_to 'Wiki (Abschnitt Mailing-Liste)', wiki_page_path('MailingListe')
+        = t '.list.subscribe', link: link_to(t('.list.wiki'), wiki_page_path('MailingListe'))
       - else
-        z.b. mit einer Mail an
-        = mail_to FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list_subscribe]
+        = t '.list.mail', email: mail_to(FoodsoftConfig[:mailing_list_subscribe])
 
   #recipients
     = f.input :recipient_tokens, :input_html => { 'data-pre' => User.find_all_by_id(@message.recipients_ids).map { |u| u.token_attributes }.to_json }
@@ -47,4 +43,4 @@
   = f.input :body, input_html: {class: 'input-xxlarge'}
   .form-actions
     = f.submit class: 'btn btn-primary'
-    = link_to 'oder abbrechen', :back
+    = link_to t('.cancel'), :back
diff --git a/app/views/messages/show.haml b/app/views/messages/show.haml
index e991268a..a1b0c139 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/show.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/show.haml
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-- title "Nachricht anzeigen"
+- title t('.title')
 
 %div{:style => "width:40em"}
   %table{:style => "width:25em"}
     %tr
-      %td Von:
+      %td= t '.from'
       %td=h @message.sender_name
     %tr
-      %td Betreff:
+      %td= t '.subject'
       %td
         %b=h @message.subject
     %tr
-      %td Gesendet:
+      %td= t '.sent_on'
       %td= format_time(@message.created_at)
   %hr/
   %p= simple_format(h(@message.body))
   %hr/
   %p
-    = link_to 'Antworten', new_message_path(:message => {:reply_to => @message.id}), class: 'btn'
+    = link_to t('.reply'), new_message_path(:message => {:reply_to => @message.id}), class: 'btn'
     |
-    = link_to 'Nachricht im Überblick', messages_path
\ No newline at end of file
+    = link_to t('.all_messages'), messages_path
diff --git a/config/locales/de/de.messages.yml b/config/locales/de/de.messages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edb553b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/locales/de/de.messages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+de:
+  messages:
+    index:
+      title: 'Nachrichten'
+      new: 'Neue Nachricht'
+    messages:
+      reply: 'Antworten'
+    new:
+      title: 'Neue Nachricht'
+      search_user: 'Nach Nutzerin suchen'
+      no_user_found: 'Keine Nutzerin gefunden'
+      search: 'Suche ...'
+      list:
+        desc: 'Nachrichten an alle verschickst Du bitte über den Verteiler: %{list}'
+        subscribe_msg: 'Eventuell musst Du Dich dem Verteiler erst bekannt machen.'
+        subscribe: 'Erklärungen zum Verteiler findest Du im %{link}.'
+        wiki: 'Wiki (Abschnitt Mailing-Liste)'
+        mail: 'z.b. mit einer Mail an %{email}.'
+      cancel: 'oder abbrechen'
+    show:
+      title: 'Nachricht anzeigen'
+      from: 'Von:'
+      subject: 'Betreff:'
+      sent_on: 'Gesendet:'
+      reply: 'Antworten'
+      all_messages: 'Nachricht im Überblick'
+
+    # used by controller
+    create:
+      notice: 'Nachricht ist gespeichert und wird versendet.'
+
+    # used by model
+    model:
+      reply_subject: 'Re: %{subject}'
+      reply_header: '%{user} schrieb am %{when}:'
+      reply_indent: '> %{line}'