diff --git a/markdown/lang/it/messages.po b/markdown/lang/it/messages.po
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+# ADDON markdown
+# Copyright (C)
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the Friendica markdown addon package.
+# 
+# 
+# Translators:
+# Sylke Vicious <silkevicious@gmail.com>, 2020
+# 
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: \n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-12-26 10:04+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-12-27 06:41+0000\n"
+"Last-Translator: Sylke Vicious <silkevicious@gmail.com>, 2020\n"
+"Language-Team: Italian (https://www.transifex.com/Friendica/teams/12172/it/)\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: it\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: markdown.php:32
+msgid "Markdown"
+msgstr "Markdown"
+
+#: markdown.php:33
+msgid "Enable Markdown parsing"
+msgstr "Abilita analisi Markdown"
+
+#: markdown.php:33
+msgid ""
+"If enabled, self created items will additionally be parsed via Markdown."
+msgstr "Se abilitato, gli elementi creati saranno analizzati via Markdown."
+
+#: markdown.php:34
+msgid "Save Settings"
+msgstr "Salva Impostazioni"
diff --git a/markdown/lang/it/strings.php b/markdown/lang/it/strings.php
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+<?php
+
+if(! function_exists("string_plural_select_it")) {
+function string_plural_select_it($n){
+	$n = intval($n);
+	return ($n != 1);;
+}}
+;
+$a->strings["Markdown"] = "Markdown";
+$a->strings["Enable Markdown parsing"] = "Abilita analisi Markdown";
+$a->strings["If enabled, self created items will additionally be parsed via Markdown."] = "Se abilitato, gli elementi creati saranno analizzati via Markdown.";
+$a->strings["Save Settings"] = "Salva Impostazioni";