diff --git a/cracklib.changes b/cracklib.changes
index 2787385..c9c1e76 100644
--- a/cracklib.changes
+++ b/cracklib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  2 11:47:06 CET 2012 - mc@suse.de
+
+- fix broken chinese translation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 30 22:56:19 UTC 2011 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index c539fd5..78f22f4 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cracklib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Patch:          cracklib-magic.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Hide non-public functions
 Patch1:         cracklib-visibility.patch
+Patch2:         translation-fix.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ This package contains a small dictionay file used by cracklib.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch2 -p1
 translation-update-upstream
 %patch
 %patch1
diff --git a/translation-fix.dif b/translation-fix.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af7a0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translation-fix.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+Index: cracklib-2.8.18/po/zh_CN.po
+===================================================================
+--- cracklib-2.8.18.orig/po/zh_CN.po
++++ cracklib-2.8.18/po/zh_CN.po
+@@ -1,77 +1,61 @@
+-# translation of cracklib.po to Wei Liu
+-# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+-# This file is distributed under the same license as the cracklib package.
++# Copyright (C) 2006 SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg
++# This file is distributed under the same license as the package.
+ #
+-# Leah Liu <lliu@redhat.com>, 2010.
+ msgid ""
+ msgstr ""
+ "Project-Id-Version: cracklib\n"
+ "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+-"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-03-02 21:00-0600\n"
+-"PO-Revision-Date: 2010-09-22 10:07+1000\n"
+-"Last-Translator: Leah Liu <lliu@redhat.com>\n"
+-"Language-Team: Wei Liu\n"
++"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-08 20:25+0100\n"
++"PO-Revision-Date: 2010-04-07 11:31\n"
++"Last-Translator: Novell Language <language@novell.com>\n"
++"Language-Team: Novell Language <language@novell.com>\n"
++"Language: \n"
+ "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+ "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+ "X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:550
+ msgid "you are not registered in the password file"
+-msgstr "??????????????????????????????"
++msgstr "尚未在口令文件中注册"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:564
+ msgid "it is based on your username"
+-msgstr "??????????????????"
++msgstr "它基于用户名"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:629
+ msgid "it is based upon your password entry"
+-msgstr "????????????????????????"
++msgstr "它基于输入的口令"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:649
+ msgid "it is derived from your password entry"
+-msgstr "???????????????????????????"
++msgstr "它派生自输入的口令"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:662
+ msgid "it's derived from your password entry"
+-msgstr "???????????????????????????"
++msgstr "它派生自输入的口令"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:676
+ msgid "it is derivable from your password entry"
+-msgstr "???????????????????????????"
++msgstr "可从输入的口令推断"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:690
+ msgid "it's derivable from your password entry"
+-msgstr "???????????????????????????"
++msgstr "可从输入的口令推断"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:726
+ msgid "it is WAY too short"
+-msgstr "WAY ??????"
++msgstr "WAY 过短"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:731
+ msgid "it is too short"
+-msgstr "??????"
++msgstr "过短"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:748
+ msgid "it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters"
+-msgstr "????????????????????????????????????"
++msgstr "它没有包含足够的 DIFFERENT 字符"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:762
+ msgid "it is all whitespace"
+-msgstr "????????????"
++msgstr "全是空格"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:781
+ msgid "it is too simplistic/systematic"
+-msgstr "????????????/?????????"
++msgstr "过于简单化/系统化"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:786
+ msgid "it looks like a National Insurance number."
+-msgstr "??????????????????????????????"
++msgstr "看起来像国家保险号码。"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:813
+ msgid "it is based on a dictionary word"
+-msgstr "?????????????????????"
++msgstr "它基于字典单词"
+ 
+-#: lib/fascist.c:832
+ msgid "it is based on a (reversed) dictionary word"
+-msgstr "????????????????????????????????????"
++msgstr "它基于（颠倒的）字典单词"