diff --git a/src/common/kernel/eressea.c b/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
index 3247ad081..9702fef91 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
@@ -2045,45 +2045,6 @@ kernel_done(void)
 	if (sqlstream!=NULL) sql_done();
 }
 
-static void
-read_strings(FILE * F)
-{
-	char rbuf[8192];
-	while (fgets(rbuf, sizeof(rbuf), F)) {
-		char * b = rbuf;
-		struct locale * lang;
-		char * key = b;
-		char * language;
-		const char * k;
-
-		if (rbuf[0]=='#') continue;
-		rbuf[strlen(rbuf)-1] = 0; /* \n weg */
-		while (*b && *b!=';') ++b;
-		if (!*b) continue;
-		*b++ = 0;
-		language = b;
-		while (*b && *b!=';') ++b;
-		*b++ = 0;
-		lang = find_locale(language);
-		if (!lang) lang = make_locale(language);
-		k = locale_getstring(lang, key);
-		if (k) {
-			log_warning(("Trying to register %s[%s]=\"%s\", already have \"%s\"\n", key, language, k, b));
-		} else locale_setstring(lang, key, b);
-	}
-}
-
-const char * messages[] = {
-	"%s/%s/strings.xml",
-	"%s/%s/messages.xml",
-	NULL
-};
-
-const char * strings[] = {
-	"%s/%s/strings.txt",
-	NULL
-};
-
 const char * localenames[] = {
 	"de", "en", "fr",
 	NULL
@@ -2399,12 +2360,11 @@ void
 remove_empty_units_in_region(region *r)
 {
 	unit **up = &r->units;
-
 	while (*up) {
 		unit * u = *up;
 #ifdef MAXAGE
 		faction * f = u->faction;
-		if (f->age > MAXAGE) set_number(u, 0);
+		if (!fval(f, FFL_NOTIMEOUT) && f->age > MAXAGE) set_number(u, 0);
 #endif
 		if ((u->number <= 0 && u->race != new_race[RC_SPELL])
 		 	|| (u->age <= 0 && u->race == new_race[RC_SPELL])
diff --git a/src/common/kernel/eressea.h b/src/common/kernel/eressea.h
index 901bf4bc8..90f0c1e80 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/eressea.h
+++ b/src/common/kernel/eressea.h
@@ -913,6 +913,8 @@ typedef struct strlist {
 #define FFL_OVERRIDE      (1<<27) /* Override-Passwort wurde benutzt */
 
 #define FFL_DBENTRY       (1<<28) /* Partei ist in Datenbank eingetragen */
+#define FFL_NOTIMEOUT     (1<<29) /* ignore MAXAGE */
+
 #define UFL_WERE          (1<<28)
 
 /* Flags, die gespeichert werden sollen: */
diff --git a/src/eressea/korrektur.c b/src/eressea/korrektur.c
index 18de045a8..e0a5fd9cd 100644
--- a/src/eressea/korrektur.c
+++ b/src/eressea/korrektur.c
@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ convert_orders(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void
+french_testers(void)
+{
+	faction * f = factions;
+	const struct locale * french = find_locale("fr");
+	while (f!=NULL) {
+		if (f->locale==french) fset(f, FFL_NOTIMEOUT);
+		f = f->next;
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 verify_owners(boolean bOnce)
 {
@@ -2781,6 +2792,7 @@ give_cammo(void)
 void
 korrektur(void)
 {
+	french_testers();
 #if TEST_LOCALES
 	setup_locales();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/res/de/messages.xml b/src/res/de/messages.xml
index 7963ec3af..b9937a716 100644
--- a/src/res/de/messages.xml
+++ b/src/res/de/messages.xml
@@ -7402,6 +7402,7 @@
 			<arg name="product" type="resource"></arg>
 		</type>
 		<text locale="de">"Auf dem Markt wird für $resource($product,0) $int($price) Silber verlangt."</text>
+		<text locale="fr">"Le marché local offre la $resource($product,0) au prix de $int($price) écus."</text>
 		<text locale="en">"The local market offers $resource($product,0) at a price of $int($price) silver."</text>
 	</message>
 
diff --git a/src/res/fr/strings.xml b/src/res/fr/strings.xml
index 8e8dcff4d..e5e5b3a7d 100644
--- a/src/res/fr/strings.xml
+++ b/src/res/fr/strings.xml
@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@
 		<text locale="fr">METAMORPHOSE</text>
 	</string>
 
+	<namespace name="race">
 	<string name="Adler">
 		<text locale="fr">aigle</text>
 	</string>
@@ -1842,6 +1843,7 @@
 	<string name="Illusion">
 		<text locale="fr">illusion</text>
 	</string>
+	</namespace>
 
 	<comment>  NR generieren</comment>
 	<string name="nr_options">