diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63fd490d..e8d84274 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "sanitize-html": "^1.13.0",
     "sass-loader": "^4.0.2",
     "vue": "^2.3.4",
+    "vue-i18n": "^7.3.2",
     "vue-router": "^2.5.3",
     "vue-template-compiler": "^2.3.4",
     "vue-timeago": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.vue b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.vue
index d4339778..aea841e9 100644
--- a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.vue
+++ b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.vue
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@
       <ul class="base03-border">
         <li v-if='currentUser'>
           <router-link class="base00-background" to='/main/friends'>
-            Timeline
+            {{ $t("nav.timeline") }}
           </router-link>
         </li>
         <li v-if='currentUser'>
           <router-link class="base00-background" :to="{ name: 'mentions', params: { username: currentUser.screen_name } }">
-            Mentions
+            {{ $t("nav.mentions") }}
           </router-link>
         </li>
         <li>
           <router-link class="base00-background" to='/main/public'>
-            Public Timeline
+            {{ $t("nav.public_tl") }}
           </router-link>
         </li>
         <li>
           <router-link class="base00-background" to='/main/all'>
-            The Whole Known Network
+            {{ $t("nav.twkn") }}
           </router-link>
         </li>
       </ul>
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index 2ad7c488..dfc7b0c9 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <div class="panel panel-default base00-background">
       <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">
         <span class="unseen-count" v-if="unseenCount">{{unseenCount}}</span>
-        Notifications
-        <button @click.prevent="markAsSeen" class="base05 base01-background read-button">Read!</button>
+        {{$t('notifications.notifications')}}
+        <button @click.prevent="markAsSeen" class="base05 base01-background read-button">{{$t('notifications.read')}}</button>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-body base03-border">
         <div v-for="notification in visibleNotifications" :key="notification" class="notification" :class='{"unseen": !notification.seen}'>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                 <i class="fa icon-user-plus lit"></i>
               </h1>
               <div>
-                <router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: notification.action.user.id } }">@{{ notification.action.user.screen_name }}</router-link> followed you
+                <router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: notification.action.user.id } }">@{{ notification.action.user.screen_name }}</router-link> {{$t('notifications.followed_you')}}
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index 6ff96fec..5978e4ed 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
 <template>
   <div class="settings panel panel-default base00-background">
     <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">
-      Settings
+      {{$t('settings.settings')}}
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h2>Theme</h2>
+        <h2>{{$t('settings.theme')}}</h2>
         <style-switcher></style-switcher>
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h2>Filtering</h2>
-        <p>All notices containing these words will be muted, one per line</p>
+        <h2>{{$t('settings.filtering')}}</h2>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.filtering_explanation')}}</p>
         <textarea id="muteWords" v-model="muteWordsString"></textarea>
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h2>Attachments</h2>
+        <h2>{{$t('settings.attachments')}}</h2>
         <ul class="setting-list">
             <li>
                 <input type="checkbox" id="hideAttachments" v-model="hideAttachmentsLocal">
-                <label for="hideAttachments">Hide attachments in timeline</label>
+                <label for="hideAttachments">{{$t('settings.hide_attachments_in_tl')}}</label>
             </li>
             <li>
                 <input type="checkbox" id="hideAttachmentsInConv" v-model="hideAttachmentsInConvLocal">
-                <label for="hideAttachmentsInConv">Hide attachments in conversations</label>
+                <label for="hideAttachmentsInConv">{{$t('settings.hide_attachments_in_convo')}}</label>
             </li>
             <li>
                 <input type="checkbox" id="hideNsfw" v-model="hideNsfwLocal">
-                <label for="hideNsfw">Enable clickthrough NSFW attachment hiding</label>
+                <label for="hideNsfw">{{$t('settings.nsfw_clickthrough')}}</label>
             </li>
             <li>
                 <input type="checkbox" id="autoLoad" v-model="autoLoadLocal">
-                <label for="autoLoad">Enable automatic loading when scrolled to the bottom</label>
+                <label for="autoLoad">{{$t('settings.autoload')}}</label>
             </li>
             <li>
                 <input type="checkbox" id="hoverPreview" v-model="hoverPreviewLocal">
-                <label for="hoverPreview">Enable reply-link preview on mouse hover</label>
+                <label for="hoverPreview">{{$t('settings.reply_link_preview')}}</label>
             </li>
         </ul>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index f36770d6..01f330c2 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@
         {{title}}
       </div>
       <button @click.prevent="showNewStatuses" class="base05 base01-background loadmore-button" v-if="timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError">
-        Show new ({{timeline.newStatusCount}})
+        {{$t('timeline.show_new')}} ({{timeline.newStatusCount}})
       </button>
       <div @click.prevent class="base06 error  loadmore-text" v-if="timelineError">
-          Error fetching updates
+        {{$t('timeline.error_fetching')}}
       </div>
       <div @click.prevent class="base04 base01-background loadmore-text" v-if="!timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError">
-        Up-to-date
+        {{$t('timeline.up_to_date')}}
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
       <div class="timeline">
         <status-or-conversation v-for="status in timeline.visibleStatuses" :key="status.id" v-bind:statusoid="status"></status-or-conversation>
         <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent='fetchOlderStatuses()' v-if="!timeline.loading">
-          <div class="base01-background base03-border new-status-notification text-center">Load older statuses.</div>
+          <div class="base01-background base03-border new-status-notification text-center">{{$t('timeline.load_older')}}</div>
         </a>
           <div class="base01-background base03-border new-status-notification text-center" v-else>...</div>
       </div>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <div class="timeline panel panel-default" v-else-if="viewing == 'followers'">
     <div class="panel-heading timeline-heading base01-background base04">
       <div class="title">
-        Followers
+        {{$t('user_card.followers')}}
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <div class="timeline panel panel-default" v-else-if="viewing == 'friends'">
     <div class="panel-heading timeline-heading base01-background base04">
       <div class="title">
-        Following
+        {{$t('user_card.followees')}}
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
index cc2f3978..a9b8b602 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <div class="user-name">
         {{ user.name }}
         <span class="follows-you" v-if="!userExpanded && showFollows && user.follows_you">
-            Follows you!
+            {{ $t('user_card.follows_you') }}
         </span>
       </div>
       <a :href="user.statusnet_profile_url" target="blank"><div class="user-screen-name">@{{ user.screen_name }}</div></a>
diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
index baa71cd0..4895f36f 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
@@ -19,27 +19,31 @@
         </div>
         <div v-if="isOtherUser" class="user-interactions">
           <div v-if="user.follows_you && loggedIn" class="following base06">
-            Follows you!
+            {{ $t('user_card.follows_you') }}
           </div>
           <div class="follow" v-if="loggedIn">
             <span v-if="user.following">
               <!--Following them!-->
               <button @click="unfollowUser" class="base04 base00-background pressed">
-                Following!
+                {{ $t('user_card.following') }}
               </button>
             </span>
             <span v-if="!user.following">
               <button @click="followUser" class="base05 base02-background">
-                Follow
+                {{ $t('user_card.follow') }}
               </button>
             </span>
           </div>
           <div class='mute' v-if='isOtherUser'>
             <span v-if='user.muted'>
-              <button @click="toggleMute" class="base04 base00-background pressed">Muted</button>
+              <button @click="toggleMute" class="base04 base00-background pressed">
+                {{ $t('user_card.muted') }}
+              </button>
             </span>
             <span v-if='!user.muted'>
-              <button @click="toggleMute" class="base05 base02-background">Mute</button>
+              <button @click="toggleMute" class="base05 base02-background">
+                {{ $t('user_card.mute') }}
+              </button>
             </span>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -48,18 +52,18 @@
     <div class="panel-body profile-panel-body" :style="bodyStyle">
       <div class="user-counts">
         <div class="user-count">
-          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('statuses')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">Statuses</h5></a>
-          <h5 v-else>Statuses</h5>
-          <span class="base05">{{user.statuses_count}} <br><span class="dailyAvg">{{dailyAvg}} per day</span></span>
+          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('statuses')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">{{ $t('user_card.statuses') }}</h5></a>
+          <h5 v-else>{{ $t('user_card.statuses') }}</h5>
+          <span class="base05">{{user.statuses_count}} <br><span class="dailyAvg">{{dailyAvg}} {{ $t('user_card.per_day') }}</span></span>
         </div>
         <div class="user-count">
-          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('friends')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">Following</h5></a>
-          <h5 v-else>Following</h5>
+          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('friends')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">{{ $t('user_card.followees') }}</h5></a>
+          <h5 v-else>{{ $t('user_card.followees') }}</h5>
           <span class="base05">{{user.friends_count}}</span>
         </div>
         <div class="user-count">
-          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('followers')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">Followers</h5></a>
-          <h5 v-else>Followers</h5>
+          <a href="#" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('followers')" v-if="switcher"><h5 class="base05">{{ $t('user_card.followers') }}</h5></a>
+          <h5 v-else>{{ $t('user_card.followers') }}</h5>
           <span class="base05">{{user.followers_count}}</span>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
index 11da79e4..003ee3bd 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 <template>
   <div class="settings panel panel-default base00-background">
     <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">
-      User Settings
+      {{$t('settings.user_settings')}}
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body profile-edit">
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h3>Name & Bio</h3>
-        <p>Name</p>
+        <h3>{{$t('settings.name_bio')}}</h3>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.name')}}</p>
         <input class='name-changer base03-border' id='username' v-model="newname" :value="user.screen_name"></input>
-        <p>Bio</p>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.bio')}}</p>
         <textarea class="bio base03-border" v-model="newbio"></textarea>
-        <button :disabled='newname.length <= 0' class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" @click="updateProfile">Submit</button>
+        <button :disabled='newname.length <= 0' class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" @click="updateProfile">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h3>Avatar</h3>
-        <p>Your current avatar:</p>
+        <h3>{{$t('settings.avatar')}}</h3>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.current_avatar')}}</p>
         <img :src="user.profile_image_url_original" class="old-avatar"></img>
-        <p>Set new avatar:</p>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.set_new_avatar')}}</p>
         <img class="new-avatar" v-bind:src="previews[0]" v-if="previews[0]">
         </img>
         <div>
           <input type="file" @change="uploadFile(0, $event)" ></input>
         </div>
         <i class="fa icon-spin4 animate-spin" v-if="uploading[0]"></i>
-        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[0]" @click="submitAvatar">Submit</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[0]" @click="submitAvatar">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h3>Profile Banner</h3>
-        <p>Your current profile banner:</p>
+        <h3>{{$t('settings.profile_banner')}}</h3>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.current_profile_banner')}}</p>
         <img :src="user.cover_photo" class="banner"></img>
-        <p>Set new profile banner:</p>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.set_new_profile_banner')}}</p>
         <img class="banner" v-bind:src="previews[1]" v-if="previews[1]">
         </img>
         <div>
           <input type="file" @change="uploadFile(1, $event)" ></input>
         </div>
         <i class="fa icon-spin4 animate-spin uploading" v-if="uploading[1]"></i>
-        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[1]" @click="submitBanner">Submit</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[1]" @click="submitBanner">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
-        <h3>Profile Background</h3>
-        <p>Set new profile background:</p>
+        <h3>{{$t('settings.profile_background')}}</h3>
+        <p>{{$t('settings.set_new_profile_background')}}</p>
         <img class="bg" v-bind:src="previews[2]" v-if="previews[2]">
         </img>
         <div>
           <input type="file" @change="uploadFile(2, $event)" ></input>
         </div>
         <i class="fa icon-spin4 animate-spin uploading" v-if="uploading[2]"></i>
-        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[2]" @click="submitBg">Submit</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-else-if="previews[2]" @click="submitBg">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages.js b/src/i18n/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b39c57de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+const de = {
+  nav: {
+    timeline: 'Zeitleiste'
+  }
+}
+
+const en = {
+  nav: {
+    timeline: 'Timeline',
+    mentions: 'Mentions',
+    public_tl: 'Public Timeline',
+    twkn: 'The Whole Known Network'
+  },
+  user_card: {
+    follows_you: 'Follows you!',
+    following: 'Following!',
+    follow: 'Follow',
+    statuses: 'Statuses',
+    mute: 'Mute',
+    muted: 'Muted',
+    followers: 'Followers',
+    followees: 'Following',
+    per_day: 'per day'
+  },
+  timeline: {
+    show_new: 'Show new',
+    error_fetching: 'Error fetching updates',
+    up_to_date: 'Up-to-date',
+    load_older: 'Load older statuses'
+  },
+  settings: {
+    user_settings: 'User Settings',
+    name_bio: 'Name & Bio',
+    name: 'Name',
+    bio: 'Bio',
+    avatar: 'Avatar',
+    current_avatar: 'Your current avatar',
+    set_new_avatar: 'Set new avatar',
+    profile_banner: 'Profile Banner',
+    current_profile_banner: 'Your current profile banner',
+    set_new_profile_banner: 'Set new profile banner',
+    profile_background: 'Profile Background',
+    set_new_profile_background: 'Set new profile background',
+    settings: 'Settings',
+    theme: 'Theme',
+    filtering: 'Filtering',
+    filtering_explanation: 'All notices containing these words will be muted, one per line',
+    attachments: 'Attachments',
+    hide_attachments_in_tl: 'Hide attachments in timeline',
+    hide_attachments_in_convo: 'Hide attachments in conversations',
+    nsfw_clickthrough: 'Enable clickthrough NSFW attachment hiding',
+    autoload: 'Enable automatic loading when scrolled to the bottom',
+    reply_link_preview: 'Enable reply-link preview on mouse hover'
+  },
+  notifications: {
+    notifications: 'Notfications',
+    read: 'Read!',
+    followed_you: 'followed you'
+  },
+  general: {
+    submit: 'Submit'
+  }
+}
+
+const messages = {
+  de,
+  en
+}
+
+export default messages
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index b994e154..ce941ee1 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ import apiModule from './modules/api.js'
 import configModule from './modules/config.js'
 
 import VueTimeago from 'vue-timeago'
+import VueI18n from 'vue-i18n'
 
 import createPersistedState from './lib/persisted_state.js'
 
+import messages from './i18n/messages.js'
+
 Vue.use(Vuex)
 Vue.use(VueRouter)
 Vue.use(VueTimeago, {
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ Vue.use(VueTimeago, {
     'en-US': require('../static/timeago.json')
   }
 })
+Vue.use(VueI18n)
 
 const persistedStateOptions = {
   paths: [
@@ -79,10 +83,17 @@ const router = new VueRouter({
   }
 })
 
+const i18n = new VueI18n({
+  locale: 'en',
+  fallbackLocale: 'en',
+  messages
+})
+
 /* eslint-disable no-new */
 new Vue({
   router,
   store,
+  i18n,
   el: '#app',
   render: h => h(App)
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 965f6f31..d0d2dde9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5696,6 +5696,10 @@ vue-hot-reload-api@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-hot-reload-api/-/vue-hot-reload-api-2.0.9.tgz#2e8cfbfc8e531eea57d8c1f0bd761047c7e11b56"
 
+vue-i18n@^7.3.2:
+  version "7.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-i18n/-/vue-i18n-7.3.2.tgz#1205bb8811323fd5c44e57e4fd619beaf2f7a9a1"
+
 vue-loader@^11.1.0:
   version "11.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-loader/-/vue-loader-11.1.0.tgz#8f3fcdd8a233ce96b3e99bd3d56e83cc0f2050f2"