diff --git a/FCNN.js b/FCNN.js
index 19f1fef..077c2b9 100644
--- a/FCNN.js
+++ b/FCNN.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function FCNN() {
     let sup_map = {'0': '⁰', '1': '¹', '2': '²', '3': '³', '4': '⁴', '5': '⁵', '6': '⁶', '7': '⁷', '8': '⁸', '9': '⁹'};
     let sup = (s) => Array.prototype.map.call(s, (d) => (d in sup_map && sup_map[d]) || d).join('');
 
-    let textFn = (layer_index, layer_width) => ((layer_index === 0 ? "Input" : (layer_index === architecture.length-1 ? "Output" : "Hidden")) + " Layer ∈ ℝ" + sup(layer_width.toString()));
+    let textFn = (layer_index, layer_width) => ((layer_index === 0 ? localize("Input Layer") : (layer_index === architecture.length-1 ? localize("Output Layer") : localize("Hidden Layer"))) + localize(" ∈ ℝ") + sup(layer_width.toString()));
     var nominal_text_size = 12;
     var textWidth = 70;
 
diff --git a/util.js b/util.js
index ad1f6af..b629819 100644
--- a/util.js
+++ b/util.js
@@ -17,3 +17,17 @@ Array.prototype.last = function() { return this[this.length - 1]; };
 
 let flatten = (array) => array.reduce((flat, toFlatten) => (flat.concat(Array.isArray(toFlatten) ? flatten(toFlatten) : toFlatten)), []);
 
+let localize = s => s; // for English
+/** for German * /
+let localize = function(s) {
+    var translations = {
+        "Input Layer": "Eingabeschicht",
+        "Output Layer": "Ausgabeschicht",
+        "Hidden Layer": "Innere Schicht"
+    };
+    if (s in translations)
+        return translations[s];
+    else
+        console.log("no translation for " + s);
+        return s;
+}/**/