diff --git a/langs/en/actions.json b/langs/en/actions.json
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+{
+    "edit": "Edit",
+    "clone": "Clone",
+    "save": "Save",
+    "delete": "Delete"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/categories.json b/langs/en/categories.json
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+{
+    "New Category": "New Category",
+    "editing category": "Editing {cat}",
+    "Adding new category": "Adding new category"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/items.json b/langs/en/items.json
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+{
+    "Total Items": "Total Items",
+    "Understocked Items": "Understocked Items",
+    "View Items": "View Items",
+    "View Understocked": "View Understocked",
+    "New Item": "New Item",
+    "Adding Item": "Adding new item",
+    "editing item": "Editing {item}",
+    "cloning item": "Copying {oitem} <i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"></i> {nitem}",
+    "item saved": "Item Saved",
+    "itemid": "Item ID",
+    "id": "ID"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/labels.json b/langs/en/labels.json
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+{
+    "actions": "Actions",
+    "name": "Name",
+    "location": "Location",
+    "category": "Category",
+    "code": "Code",
+    "code 1": "Code 1",
+    "code 2": "Code 2",
+    "qty": "Qty",
+    "want": "Need",
+    "assigned to": "Assigned To",
+    "quantity": "Quantity",
+    "minwant": "Minimum On Hand",
+    "item count": "Item count",
+    "Item cost": "Item cost",
+    "Sale price": "Sale price",
+    "Description": "Description",
+    "Notes": "Notes",
+    "Comments": "Comments",
+    "Cost": "Cost",
+    "Price": "Price"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/locations.json b/langs/en/locations.json
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+{
+    "new location": "New Location",
+    "Adding new location": "Adding new location",
+    "editing location": "Editing {loc}"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/messages.json b/langs/en/messages.json
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+{
+    "item saved": "Item saved.",
+    "item deleted": "Item deleted.",
+    "invalid itemid": "The item ID is invalid.",
+    "invalid category": "The category is invalid.",
+    "invalid location": "The location does not exist.",
+    "invalid catid": "Invalid category ID.",
+    "category deleted": "Category deleted.",
+    "category in use": "Cannot delete category because there is at least one item still in it.",
+    "category saved": "Category saved.",
+    "adding location": "Adding new location",
+    "invalid locid": "Invalid location ID.",
+    "location deleted": "Location deleted.",
+    "location in use": "Cannot delete location because there is at least one item still in it.",
+    "location saved": "Location saved.",
+    "field not a number": "You entered something that isn't a number when a number was expected.",
+    "only showing understocked": "Only showing understocked items.",
+    "missing name": "You need to enter a name.",
+    "use the dropdowns": "Whoops, you need to use the category and location autocomplete boxes.",
+    "make categories and locations": "Please create at least one category and location before adding an item."
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/placeholders.json b/langs/en/placeholders.json
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+{
+    "placeholder item name": "Foo Bar",
+    "placeholder category name": "Widgets",
+    "placeholder location name": "Over the Hills",
+    "nobody": "Nobody"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/reports.json b/langs/en/reports.json
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+{
+    "report type": "Report type",
+    "format": "Format",
+    "generate report": "Generate report",
+    "choose an option": "Choose an option",
+    "csv file": "CSV text file",
+    "ods file": "ODS spreadsheet",
+    "html file": "HTML web page"
+}
diff --git a/langs/en/search.json b/langs/en/search.json
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+{
+    "Search": "Search"
+}