diff --git a/export/exporthtml_hangman.php b/export/exporthtml_hangman.php
index 9629de5..dbc3bab 100644
--- a/export/exporthtml_hangman.php
+++ b/export/exporthtml_hangman.php
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function selectLetter(l)
 
         if (display_word.indexOf("#") == -1) {
             // won
-            alert( "<?php echo game_get_string_lang( 'win', 'game', $lang); ?>");
+            alert( "<?php echo game_get_string_lang( 'win', 'mod_game', $lang); ?>");
             can_play = false;
             reset();
         }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if ($html->type != 'hangmanp') {
 ?>
         if (wrong_guesses == <?php echo $game->param10 + 1;?>) {
             // lost
-            alert( "<?php echo strip_tags( game_get_string_lang( 'hangman_loose', 'game', $lang)); ?>");
+            alert( "<?php echo strip_tags( game_get_string_lang( 'hangman_loose', 'mod_game', $lang)); ?>");
             can_play = false;
             reset();
         }
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ var Base64 = {
 
 <div id="question"></div>
 <img src="<?php echo ($html->type == 'hangmanp' ? '' : 'hangman_0.jpg');?>" name="hm"> 
-<a href="javascript:reset();"><?php echo game_get_string_lang( 'html_hangman_new', 'game', $lang); ?></a>
+<a href="javascript:reset();"><?php echo game_get_string_lang( 'html_hangman_new', 'mod_game', $lang); ?></a>
 <form name="game">
 <div id="displayWord"> </div>
 <div id="usedLetters"> </div>
diff --git a/locallib.php b/locallib.php
index 3fe1335..ddb128d 100644
--- a/locallib.php
+++ b/locallib.php
@@ -1821,29 +1821,7 @@ function game_create_zip( $srcdir, $courseid, $filename) {
 function game_get_string_lang( $identifier, $module, $lang) {
     global $CFG;
 
-    $langfile = "{$CFG->dirroot}/mod/game/lang/$lang/game.php";
-
-    $result = get_string_from_file( $identifier, $langfile, "\$ret");
-    if ($result != '') {
-        $pos = strpos( $result, '=');
-        if ($pos > 0) {
-            $result = substr( $result, $pos + 1);
-            $pos = strpos( $result, "'");
-            if ($pos > 0) {
-                $result = substr( $result, $pos + 1);
-                $pos = strpos( $result, "'");
-                if ($pos > 0) {
-                    $result = substr( $result, 0, $pos);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ($result != '') {
-        return $result;
-    } else {
-        return get_string( $identifier, $module);
-    }
+    return get_string_manager()->get_string($identifier, $module, null, $lang);
 }
 
 function get_string_from_file($identifier, $langfile, $destination) {
@@ -1861,7 +1839,7 @@ function get_string_from_file($identifier, $langfile, $destination) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    return $destination .'= sprintf("'. $string[$identifier] .'");';
+    return $string[ $identifier];
 }
 
 // Inserts a record to game_attempts.