diff --git a/lang/de/chat.php b/lang/de/chat.php
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+++ b/lang/de/chat.php
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+<?PHP // $Id$
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+$string['modulename'] = "Chat";
+$string['modulenameplural'] = "Chats";
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$string['chatintro'] = "Introduction text";
+$string['chatname'] = "Name of this chat room";
+$string['enterchat'] = "Click here to enter the chat";
+$string['idle'] = "Idle";
+$string['messageenter'] = "\$a has just entered this chat";
+$string['messageexit'] = "\$a has left this chat";
+$string['savemessages'] = "Number of messages to save";
+$string['strftimemessage'] = "%%H:%%M";
+
+?>
diff --git a/lang/de/chatarea.php b/lang/de/chatarea.php
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+<?PHP // $Id$
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+$string['modulename'] = "Chat Area";
+$string['modulenameplural'] = "Chat Areas";
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$string['chatareaname'] = "Chat Area Name";
+$string['welcome_msg'] = "Welcome Message";
+$string['banish'] = "Allow users to be banished";
+$string['no_swear'] = "Check for swear words";
+$string['save'] = "Number of enteries to save";
+$string['use_smilies'] = "Check for smilies";
+$string['html_tags_keep']  = "Allow HTML tags";
+$string['html_tags_show'] = "Show discarded HTML tags";
+$string['msg_order'] = "Order of enteries";
+$string['msg_nb'] = "Number of enteries in chat page";
+$string['msg_refresh'] = "Refresh rate in seconds";
+$string['show_timestamp'] = "Show time against enteries";
+$string['notify'] = "Show entrances and exits";
+$string['welcome'] = "Show Welcome on entrance";
+$string['version'] = "Type of Chat Area";
+$string['defaultchatrooms'] = "Names of default chat rooms";
+$string['defaultprivaterooms'] = "Names of private chat rooms";
+$string['msg_del'] = "Delete enteries after this number of hours";
+$string['usr_del'] = "Remove inactive users after this number of minutes";
+$string['firstroom'] = "First room used only (no room creation allowed)";
+$string['allrooms'] = "All rooms used but no room creation allowed";
+$string['createrooms'] = "All rooms used and room creation allowed";
+$string['newattop'] = "New entries at top of page";
+$string['newatbottom'] = "New enteries at bottom of page";
+$string['simplehtml'] = "Simple HTML only";
+$string['nohtml'] = "No HTML allowed";
+
+
+?>