diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd74cd7..f35d8c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .project
 .pydevproject
+.python-version
 .tox
 build/
 dist/
diff --git a/axes/conf.py b/axes/conf.py
index f2be02e..c03b72e 100644
--- a/axes/conf.py
+++ b/axes/conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf import settings
+ifrom django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from appconf import AppConf
 
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ class MyAppConf(AppConf):
     IP_BLACKLIST = None
 
     # message to show when locked out and have cooloff enabled
-    COOLOFF_MESSAGE = 'Account locked: too many login attempts. Please try again later'
+    COOLOFF_MESSAGE = _('Account locked: too many login attempts. Please try again later')
 
     # message to show when locked out and have cooloff disabled
-    PERMALOCK_MESSAGE = 'Account locked: too many login attempts. Contact an admin to unlock your account.'
+    PERMALOCK_MESSAGE = _('Account locked: too many login attempts. Contact an admin to unlock your account.')
 
     # if your deployment is using reverse proxies, set this value to 'left-most' or 'right-most' per your configuration
     PROXY_ORDER = 'left-most'
diff --git a/axes/models.py b/axes/models.py
index 2757028..f32403b 100644
--- a/axes/models.py
+++ b/axes/models.py
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 
 class CommonAccess(models.Model):
     user_agent = models.CharField(
+        verbose+name=_('User Agent'),
         max_length=255,
         db_index=True,
     )
 
     ip_address = models.GenericIPAddressField(
-        verbose_name='IP Address',
+        verbose_name=_('IP Address'),
         null=True,
         db_index=True,
     )
 
     username = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('Username'),
         max_length=255,
         null=True,
         db_index=True,
@@ -29,16 +32,17 @@ class CommonAccess(models.Model):
     )
 
     http_accept = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name='HTTP Accept',
+        verbose_name=_('HTTP Accept'),
         max_length=1025,
     )
 
     path_info = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name='Path',
+        verbose_name=_('Path'),
         max_length=255,
     )
 
     attempt_time = models.DateTimeField(
+        verbose_name=_('Attempt Time'),
         auto_now_add=True,
     )
 
@@ -50,15 +54,15 @@ class CommonAccess(models.Model):
 
 class AccessAttempt(CommonAccess):
     get_data = models.TextField(
-        verbose_name='GET Data',
+        verbose_name=_('GET Data'),
     )
 
     post_data = models.TextField(
-        verbose_name='POST Data',
+        verbose_name=_('POST Data'),
     )
 
     failures_since_start = models.PositiveIntegerField(
-        verbose_name='Failed Logins',
+        verbose_name=_('Failed Logins'),
     )
 
     @property
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ class AccessAttempt(CommonAccess):
 
 class AccessLog(CommonAccess):
     logout_time = models.DateTimeField(
+        verbose_name=_('Logout Time'),
         null=True,
         blank=True,
     )
diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07e5131
Binary files /dev/null and b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88cef79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# 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: 2018-07-17 14:57+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"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: axes/conf.py:58
+msgid "Account locked: too many login attempts. Please try again later"
+msgstr "Zugang gesperrt: zu viele fehlgeschlagene Anmeldeversuche. Bitte versuchen Sie es später erneut."
+
+#: axes/conf.py:61
+msgid ""
+"Account locked: too many login attempts. Contact an admin to unlock your "
+"account."
+msgstr "Zugang gesperrt: zu viele fehlgeschlagene Anmeldeversuche. Kontaktieren Sie einen Administrator, um Ihren Zugang zu entsperren."
+
+#: axes/models.py:9
+msgid "User Agent"
+msgstr "Browserkennung"
+
+#: axes/models.py:15
+msgid "IP Address"
+msgstr "IP-Adresse"
+
+#: axes/models.py:21
+msgid "Username"
+msgstr "Benutzername"
+
+#: axes/models.py:35
+msgid "HTTP Accept"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: axes/models.py:40
+msgid "Path"
+msgstr "Pfad"
+
+#: axes/models.py:45
+msgid "Attempt Time"
+msgstr "Zugriffszeitpunkt"
+
+#: axes/models.py:57
+msgid "GET Data"
+msgstr "GET-Daten"
+
+#: axes/models.py:61
+msgid "POST Data"
+msgstr "POST-Daten"
+
+#: axes/models.py:65
+msgid "Failed Logins"
+msgstr "Fehlgeschlagene Anmeldeversuche"
+
+#: axes/models.py:78
+msgid "Logout Time"
+msgstr "Abmeldezeitpunkt"