diff --git a/add_lens_info.lua b/add_lens_info.lua
index a043428..97b1b86 100644
--- a/add_lens_info.lua
+++ b/add_lens_info.lua
@@ -73,10 +73,20 @@ du.check_min_api_version("7.0.0", MODULE)   -- choose the minimum version that c
 -- I 1 8 N
 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
-local gettext = dt.gettext.gettext
+local os_path_seperator = "/"
+local scriptfile = debug.getinfo( 1, "S" )
+local localedir = dt.configuration.config_dir..'/lua/locale/'
+if scriptfile ~= nil and scriptfile.source ~= nil then
+  local path = scriptfile.source:match( "[^@].*[/\\]" )
+  localedir = path..os_path_seperator..'locale'
+end
+dt.print_log( "localedir: "..localedir )
+
+local gettext = dt.gettext
+gettext.bindtextdomain(MODULE, localedir)
 
 local function _(msgid)
-    return gettext(msgid)
+    return gettext.dgettext(MODULE, msgid)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/add_lens_info.mo b/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/add_lens_info.mo
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diff --git a/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/add_lens_info.po b/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/add_lens_info.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e7c5f5
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+++ b/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/add_lens_info.po
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-05-06 15:01+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:105
+msgid "add lens info"
+msgstr "manuelle Objektive"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:106
+msgid "add user specifed lens information to exif_lens field"
+msgstr "fügt dem exif_lens Feld ein vom Benutzer vorgegebenes Objektiv hinzu"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:220 add_lens_info.lua:294
+msgid "add new lens name"
+msgstr "Objektiv hinzufügen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:221 add_lens_info.lua:295
+msgid "select lens name"
+msgstr "Objektiv auswählen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:231
+msgid "lens name/identification"
+msgstr "Name und ID des Objektivs"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:236 add_lens_info.lua:256
+msgid "add new lens"
+msgstr "Objektiv hinzufügen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:237
+msgid "add new lens string to choices"
+msgstr "Objektiv den Vorgaben hinzufügen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:262
+msgid "select lens name to apply to images"
+msgstr "Objektiv auswählen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:270 add_lens_info.lua:312 add_lens_info.lua:367
+msgid "apply lens name"
+msgstr "Objektiv verwenden"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:271
+msgid "apply lens name to selected images"
+msgstr "Objektiv auf ausgewählte Bilder anwenden"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:280
+msgid "select lens name to apply"
+msgstr "Objektiv wählen"
+
+#: add_lens_info.lua:312
+msgid "apply lens name from apply lens info module to selected images"
+msgstr "wendet das in 'manuelle Objektive' gewählte Objektiv auf die Auswahl an"