use constant { NULL => 0, EINS => 1, ZWEI => 2, }; my %english_translation = ( NULL => "Zero", EINS => "One", ZWEI => "Two", ); foreach ( keys %english_translation ) { print "$_ = $english_translation{$_}\n"; } #### EINS = One NULL = Zero ZWEI = Two #### 0 = Zero 1 = One 2 = Three