diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 5e5bc99..809d46a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -75,3 +75,6 @@ Joerg Pulz
 
 tobi
   for pointing to unused files in the libdvbmpeg directory
+ 
+Diego Pierotto
+  for providing italian language texts
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 8290ae7..30f141b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
 
+- added italian translations (thanks to Diego Pierotto)
 - added gettext support (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
 - added vdr-1.6.0-ignore_missing_cam patch
 - dropped obsolete respect_ca patch
diff --git a/po/it_IT.po b/po/it_IT.po
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c567844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/it_IT.po
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# VDR streamdev plugin language source file.
+# Copyright (C) 2008 streamdev development team. See http://streamdev.vdr-developer.org
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the VDR streamdev package.
+# Alberto Carraro <bertocar@tin.it>, 2001
+# Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it>, 2003
+# Sean Carlos <seanc@libero.it>, 2005
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: streamdev 0.5.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: <http://www.vdr-developer.org/mantisbt/>\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2008-04-10 01:16+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2008-04-13 23:42+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Diego Pierotto <vdr-italian@tiscali.it>\n"
+"Language-Team:  <vdr@linuxtv.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+msgid "VTP Streaming Client"
+msgstr "Client trasmissione VTP"
+
+msgid "Suspend Server"
+msgstr "Sospendi Server"
+
+msgid "Server is suspended"
+msgstr "Server sospeso"
+
+msgid "Couldn't suspend Server!"
+msgstr "Impossibile sospendere il server!"
+
+msgid "Hide Mainmenu Entry"
+msgstr "Nascondi voce menu principale"
+
+msgid "Start Client"
+msgstr "Avvia Client"
+
+msgid "Remote IP"
+msgstr "Indirizzo IP del Server"
+
+msgid "Remote Port"
+msgstr "Porta Server Remoto"
+
+msgid "Filter Streaming"
+msgstr "Filtra trasmissione"
+
+msgid "Synchronize EPG"
+msgstr "Sincronizza EPG"
+
+msgid "VDR Streaming Server"
+msgstr "Server trasmissione VDR"
+
+msgid "Streaming active"
+msgstr "Trasmissione attiva"
+
+msgid "Suspend Live TV"
+msgstr "Sospendi TV dal vivo"
+
+msgid "Common Settings"
+msgstr "Impostazioni comuni"
+
+msgid "Maximum Number of Clients"
+msgstr "Numero massimo di Client"
+
+msgid "Suspend behaviour"
+msgstr "Tipo sospensione"
+
+msgid "Client may suspend"
+msgstr "Permetti sospensione al Client"
+
+msgid "VDR-to-VDR Server"
+msgstr "Server VDR-a-VDR"
+
+msgid "Start VDR-to-VDR Server"
+msgstr "Avvia Server VDR-a-VDR"
+
+msgid "VDR-to-VDR Server Port"
+msgstr "Porta Server VDR-a-VDR"
+
+msgid "Bind to IP"
+msgstr "IP associati"
+
+msgid "HTTP Server"
+msgstr "Server HTTP"
+
+msgid "Start HTTP Server"
+msgstr "Avvia Server HTTP"
+
+msgid "HTTP Server Port"
+msgstr "Porta Server HTTP"
+
+msgid "HTTP Streamtype"
+msgstr "Tipo flusso HTTP"
+
+msgid "Offer suspend mode"
+msgstr "Offri mod. sospensione"
+
+msgid "Always suspended"
+msgstr "Sempre sospeso"
+
+msgid "Never suspended"
+msgstr "Mai sospeso"
+