diff --git a/trunk/locale/en-us.xml b/trunk/locale/en-us.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a806752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/locale/en-us.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+
+<strings>
+
+	<str id="separator">|</str>
+
+	<!-- header -->
+	<str id="login_to_upload">to upload videos, log in first.</str>
+
+	<str id="register">register</str>
+	<str id="login">login</str>
+	<str id="login_openid">login with OpenID</str>
+
+	<str id="upload_video">upload video</str>
+	<str id="bookmarks">bookmarks</str>
+	<str id="account_details">account details</str>
+
+	<str id="logged_in_as">logged in as</str>
+	<str id="logout">logout</str>
+
+	<!-- footer -->
+	<str id="gnutube_authors">&#169; 2007 GNUtube team</str>
+	<str id="gnutube_license">license</str>
+	<str id="gnutube_source_code">download source code</str>
+
+	<!-- front page -->
+	<str id="button_find">Find</str>
+	<str id="button_lucky">Instant Access</str>
+
+	<str id="query_latestadditions">latest additions</str>
+	<str id="query_mostdownloads">most downloads</str>
+	<str id="query_bestrated">best rated</str>
+
+	<!-- errors -->
+	<str id="error_202c">Error 202c - Access forbidden by government.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_file">You did not supply a file.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Title">You did not supply a title.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Creator">You did not supply a creator.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Subject">You did not supply any keywords.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Description">You did not supply a description.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Publisher">You did not supply a publisher.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Title">You did not supply a title.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Source">You did not supply a source.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Language">You did not supply a language.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Coverage">You did not supply a coverage.</str>
+	<str id="error_missing_DC.Rights">You did not supply a rights holder.</str>
+	<str id="error_already_registered">You seem to be already registered. Please log out to create a new account.</str>
+	<str id="error_already_logged_in">You seem to be already logged in. Please log out to log in again.</str>
+	<str id="error_username_password_do_not_match">Username and password do not match.</str>
+	<str id=""></str>
+	<str id=""></str>
+	<str id=""></str>
+
+	<!-- information -->
+	<str id="information_logged_in">You are now logged in.</str>
+	<str id="information_logged_out">You are now logged out.</str>
+	<str id="information_metainformation_needed">To put the video into context, additional metainformation is needed.</str>
+	<str id="information_metainformation_rights"></str>
+	<str id="information_comment_created">Your comment has been created.</str>
+	<str id="information_registered">You successfully created yourself an account</str>
+	<str id="information_uploaded">You succcessfully uploaded your file</str>
+
+	<!-- warnings -->
+
+	<!-- results page-->
+	<str id="results_for_query">results for query</str>
+	<str id="ordered_by">ordered by</str>
+	<str id="ascending">ascending</str>
+	<str id="descending">descending</str>
+	<str id="results_on">results on</str>
+	<str id="pages">pages</str>
+	<str id="relevance">relevance</str>
+	<str id="duration">duration</str>
+	<str id="filesize">filesize</str>
+	<str id="viewcount">viewcount</str>
+	<str id="downloadcount">downloadcount</str>
+	<str id="timestamp">timestamp</str>
+	
+	<!-- search bar-->
+	<str id="search">search</str>
+	
+	<!-- login / register page -->
+	<str id="username">username</str>
+	<str id="password">password</str>
+	<str id="button_register">register</str>
+	<str id="button_login">login</str>
+
+	<!-- upload page -->
+	<str id="file">file</str>
+	<str id="button_next_page">next page</str>
+	<str id="button_upload">upload</str>
+	<str id="instruction_file">Specify the file you want to upload.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_title">State the title of the video.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_creator">Specify the creator of the video.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_subject">State some keywords, separated by commas.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_description">Describe the video in natural language.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_source">Specify the source, preferably by URL.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_language">State the language of the video.</str>
+	<str id="instruction_coverage">Specify the time and location covered.</str>
+	<str id="this_is_page_1">This is page 1 of 3.</str>
+	<str id="this_is_page_2">This is page 2 of 3.</str>
+	<str id="this_is_page_2">This is page 3 of 3.</str>
+
+	<!-- video page -->
+	<str id="download_video">download video</str>
+	<str id="license_conditions">license conditions</str>
+	<str id="comment_on_video">Flamewar area below. Proceed with Caution.</str>
+	<str id="comment_post">post comment</str>
+
+	<!-- dublin core entities -->
+	<str id="DC.Title">title</str>
+	<str id="DC.Creator">author</str>
+	<str id="DC.Subject">subject</str>
+	<str id="DC.Description">description</str>
+	<str id="DC.Publisher">uploader</str>
+	<str id="DC.Contributor">contributor</str>
+	<str id="DC.Date">date</str>
+	<str id="DC.Source">source</str>
+	<str id="DC.Language">language</str>
+	<str id="DC.Coverage">coverage</str>
+	<str id="DC.Rights">righs holder</str>
+	
+	<str id="duration">duration</str>
+	<str id="viewcount">viewcount</str>
+
+</strings>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>