diff --git a/kalibrierschein.cls b/kalibrierschein.cls
index ac4b230cee5b21d3d25336df042f2cfe07f51e2a..be44fa01bcfb187311b180949143f09dd4c05fac 100644
--- a/kalibrierschein.cls
+++ b/kalibrierschein.cls
@@ -396,8 +396,11 @@ footskip=0bp,
 \newcommand\Section[2]{%
   \section{#1\newline\itshape\small#2}%
 }
-\newenvironment{english}[1][.8]{%
+\newenvironment{english}[1][.8]{% 
   \otherlanguage{english}%
+  \useshorthands{"}
+  \defineshorthand{"`}{\openautoquote}%
+  \defineshorthand{"'}{\closeautoquote}%
   \par
   \ks@tempdima=#1\dimexpr\f@size pt % Schriftgröße skalieren; Durchschuss 130%
   \fontsize{\ks@tempdima}{1.3\ks@tempdima}\selectfont