diff --git a/doc/update_translations.php b/doc/update_translations.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3a5ba01ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/update_translations.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+ini_set('display_errors', true);
+ini_set('display_startup_errors', true);
+
+require_once("../html/inc/translation.inc");
+$lang_log_level = 0;
+buildLanguages($lang_language_dir,$lang_translations_dir, $lang_compiled_dir);
+
+echo "update_translations finished\n";
+?>
diff --git a/html/languages/translations/de.po b/html/languages/translations/de.po
index 33ac77906f..675ffde5ed 100644
--- a/html/languages/translations/de.po
+++ b/html/languages/translations/de.po
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: BOINC Project (Generic) 6.x\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: BOINC translation team <translate@boinc.berkeley.edu>\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2009-05-09 21:36 PDT\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2009-05-21 07:16-0700\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2009-06-04 09:44-0700\n"
 "Last-Translator: Christian Beer <djangofett@gmx.net>\n"
 "Language-Team: BOINC Development Team <boinc_loc@ssl.berkeley.edu>\n"
 "Language: de\n"
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ msgstr "Gesamtguthaben"
 msgid "Recent average credit"
 msgstr "Durchschnittliches Guthaben"
 
-#, fuzzy
 msgid "Cross-project stats"
 msgstr "Projektübergreifende Statistiken"
 
@@ -617,7 +616,7 @@ msgid "Create account"
 msgstr "Konto erstellen"
 
 msgid "ERROR: %1 does not exist!  Cannot create combo box.<br>"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "FEHLER: %1 existiert nicht! Kombobox konnte nicht erstellt werden."
 
 msgid "Picture"
 msgstr "Bild"