diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 5e2507a..7c27b3b 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func initRendering() error {
 			return d.Format(format)
 		},
 		"asset":  assetFile,
-		"string": getDefaultTemplateString,
+		"string": getTemplateStringVariant,
 		"include": func(templateName string, blog *configBlog, data interface{}) (template.HTML, error) {
 			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 			err := templates[templateName].ExecuteTemplate(buf, templateName, &renderData{
diff --git a/templateStrings.go b/templateStrings.go
index d075f0c..05e5c32 100644
--- a/templateStrings.go
+++ b/templateStrings.go
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 const stringsDir = "templates/strings"
-const defaultVariant = "default"
+const defaultStrings = "default"
 const variantFileExt = ".yaml"
 
 var templateStrings map[string]map[string]string
 
 func initTemplateStrings() error {
 	templateStrings = map[string]map[string]string{}
-	for _, variant := range []string{defaultVariant} {
+	variants := []string{defaultStrings}
+	for _, blog := range appConfig.Blogs {
+		variants = append(variants, blog.Lang)
+	}
+	for _, variant := range variants {
 		variantStrings := map[string]string{}
 		fileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(stringsDir, variant+variantFileExt))
 		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				continue
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 		err = yaml.Unmarshal(fileContent, variantStrings)
@@ -29,10 +38,14 @@ func initTemplateStrings() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getDefaultTemplateString(name string) string {
-	return getTemplateStringVariant(name, defaultVariant)
-}
-
-func getTemplateStringVariant(name, variant string) string {
-	return templateStrings[variant][name]
+func getTemplateStringVariant(lang, name string) (result string) {
+	m, ok := templateStrings[lang]
+	if !ok {
+		m = templateStrings[defaultStrings]
+	}
+	result, ok = m[name]
+	if !ok {
+		result = templateStrings[defaultStrings][name]
+	}
+	return
 }
diff --git a/templates/index.gohtml b/templates/index.gohtml
index 775db46..5d6f3f6 100644
--- a/templates/index.gohtml
+++ b/templates/index.gohtml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
           {{ include "summary" $blog $post }}
       {{ end }}
       {{ if .Data.HasPrev }}
-        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Prev }}">Prev</a></p>
+        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Prev }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "prev" }}</a></p>
       {{ end }}
       {{ if .Data.HasNext }}
-        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Next }}">Next</a></p>
+        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Next }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "next" }}</a></p>
       {{ end }}
   </main>
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/templates/photos.gohtml b/templates/photos.gohtml
index f3a99f7..08ad5f3 100644
--- a/templates/photos.gohtml
+++ b/templates/photos.gohtml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
           {{ include "photosummary" $blog $post }}
       {{ end }}
       {{ if .Data.HasPrev }}
-        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Prev }}">Prev</a></p>
+        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Prev }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "prev" }}</a></p>
       {{ end }}
       {{ if .Data.HasNext }}
-        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Next }}">Next</a></p>
+        <p><a href="{{ .Data.Next }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "next" }}</a></p>
       {{ end }}
   </main>
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/templates/photosummary.gohtml b/templates/photosummary.gohtml
index 2b2d1c3..34d33a5 100644
--- a/templates/photosummary.gohtml
+++ b/templates/photosummary.gohtml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
           {{ md ( printf "![](%s)" $photo ) }}
       {{ end }}
     <p>{{ summary .Data }}</p>
-    <a href="{{ .Data.Path }}">View</a>
+    <a href="{{ .Data.Path }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "view" }}</a>
   </article>
   <hr>
 {{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/post.gohtml b/templates/post.gohtml
index bb05226..a929dfc 100644
--- a/templates/post.gohtml
+++ b/templates/post.gohtml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <main class=h-entry>
     <article>
         {{ with title .Data }}<h1 class=p-name>{{ . }}</h1>{{ end }}
-        {{ with .Data.Published }}
-        <p>{{ string "publishedon" }} {{ dateformat . "02. Jan 2006" }}</p>{{ end }}
-        {{ with .Data.Updated }}
-        <p>{{ string "updatedon" }} {{ dateformat . "02. Jan 2006" }}</p>{{ end }}
+        {{ if .Data.Published }}
+        <p>{{ string .Blog.Lang "publishedon" }} {{ dateformat .Data.Published "02. Jan 2006" }}</p>{{ end }}
+        {{ if .Data.Updated }}
+        <p>{{ string .Blog.Lang "updatedon" }} {{ dateformat .Data.Updated "02. Jan 2006" }}</p>{{ end }}
         {{ with .Data.Content }}
           <div class=e-content>{{ md . }}</div>
         {{ end }}
diff --git a/templates/strings/de.yaml b/templates/strings/de.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097df98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/strings/de.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+publishedon: "Veröffentlicht am"
+updatedon: "Aktualisiert am"
+next: "Weiter"
+prev: "Zurück"
+view: "Anschauen"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/strings/default.yaml b/templates/strings/default.yaml
index 0e513b0..d3cc5e9 100644
--- a/templates/strings/default.yaml
+++ b/templates/strings/default.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 publishedon: "Published on"
-updatedon: "Updated on"
\ No newline at end of file
+updatedon: "Updated on"
+next: "Next"
+prev: "Previous"
+view: "View"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/summary.gohtml b/templates/summary.gohtml
index fbc854d..c80fd10 100644
--- a/templates/summary.gohtml
+++ b/templates/summary.gohtml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
       {{ with p .Data "title" }}<h2>{{ . }}</h2>{{ end }}
       {{ with .Data.Published }}<p>{{ dateformat . "02. Jan 2006" }}</p>{{ end }}
     <p>{{ summary .Data }}</p>
-    <a href="{{ .Data.Path }}">View</a>
+    <a href="{{ .Data.Path }}">{{ string .Blog.Lang "view" }}</a>
   </article>
   <hr>
 {{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file