diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 6a1769294..330e572fe 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -843,12 +843,19 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Search.Elasticsearch.Cluster,
     }
   }
 
-config :pleroma, :deepl,
+config :pleroma, :translator,
   enabled: false,
+  module: Akkoma.Translators.DeepL
+
+config :pleroma, :deepl,
   # either :free or :pro
   tier: :free,
   api_key: ""
 
+config :pleroma, :libre_translate,
+  url: "http://127.0.0.1:5000",
+  api_key: nil
+
 # Import environment specific config. This must remain at the bottom
 # of this file so it overrides the configuration defined above.
 import_config "#{Mix.env()}.exs"
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/translators/deepl.ex b/lib/pleroma/translators/deepl.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d63742208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/translators/deepl.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+defmodule Akkoma.Translators.DeepL do
+  @behaviour Akkoma.Translator
+
+  use Tesla
+  alias Pleroma.Config
+
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.EncodeFormUrlencoded)
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.DecodeJson)
+
+  defp base_url(:free) do
+    "https://api-free.deepl.com/v2/"
+  end
+
+  defp base_url(:pro) do
+    "https://api.deepl.com/v2/"
+  end
+
+  defp api_key do
+    Config.get([:deepl, :api_key])
+  end
+
+  defp tier do
+    Config.get([:deepl, :tier])
+  end
+
+  @impl Akkoma.Translator
+  def translate(string, to_language) do
+    with {:ok, response} <- do_request(api_key(), tier(), string, to_language) do
+      %{"translations" => [%{"text" => translated, "detected_source_language" => detected}]} = response.body
+      {:ok, detected, translated}
+    else
+      {:error, reason} -> {:error, reason}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp do_request(api_key, tier, string, to_language) do
+    post(base_url(tier) <> "translate", %{
+      auth_key: api_key,
+      text: string,
+      target_lang: to_language
+    })
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/translators/libre_translate.ex b/lib/pleroma/translators/libre_translate.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34956f26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/translators/libre_translate.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+defmodule Akkoma.Translators.LibreTranslate do
+  @behaviour Akkoma.Translator
+
+  use Tesla
+  alias Pleroma.Config
+
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.JSON)
+
+  defp api_key do
+    Config.get([:libre_translate, :api_key])
+  end
+
+  defp url do
+    Config.get([:libre_translate, :url])
+  end
+
+  @impl Akkoma.Translator
+  def translate(string, to_language) do
+    with {:ok, response} <- do_request(string, to_language) do
+      %{"translatedText" => translated, "detectedLanguage" => %{"language" => detected}} = response.body
+      {:ok, detected, translated}
+    else
+      {:error, reason} -> {:error, reason}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp do_request(string, to_language) do
+    url = URI.parse(url())
+    url = %{url | path: "/translate"}
+
+    post(url, %{
+      q: string,
+      source: "auto",
+      target: to_language,
+      api_key: api_key()
+    })
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/translators/translator.ex b/lib/pleroma/translators/translator.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18f921b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/translators/translator.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+defmodule Akkoma.Translator do
+  @callback translate(String.t(), String.t()) :: {:ok, String.t(), String.t()} | {:error, any()}
+end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
index 5d18dccf6..e27207683 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/status_operation.ex
@@ -593,28 +593,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.StatusOperation do
       }
     }
   end
-
-  defp translation_result do
-    %Schema{
-      title: "StatusTranslation",
-      description: "The translation of a status.",
-      type: :object,
-      required: [:detected_source_language, :text],
-      properties: %{
-        detected_source_language: %Schema{
-          type: :string,
-          description: "The detected source language of the status."
-        },
-        text: %Schema{
-          type: :string,
-          description: "The translated text of the status."
-        }
-      },
-      example: %{
-        "detected_source_language" => "en",
-        "text" => "Hear, Feel, Think"
-      }
-    }
   end
 
   defp translation do
@@ -622,9 +600,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.StatusOperation do
       title: "StatusTranslation",
       description: "The translation of a status.",
       type: :object,
-      required: [:translations],
+      required: [:detected_language, :text],
       properties: %{
-        translations: %Schema{type: :array, items: translation_result()}
+        detected_language: %Schema{type: :string, description: "The detected language of the text"},
+        text: %Schema{type: :string, description: "The translated text"}
       }
     }
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
index c497b4e91..1e24593ab 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller.ex
@@ -422,13 +422,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusController do
 
   @doc "GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/translations/:language"
   def translate(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{id: id, language: language}) do
-    with {:enabled, true} <- {:enabled, Config.get([:deepl, :enabled])},
-         %Activity{} = activity <- IO.inspect(Activity.get_by_id_with_object(id)),
+    with {:enabled, true} <- {:enabled, Config.get([:translator, :enabled])},
+         %Activity{} = activity <- Activity.get_by_id_with_object(id),
          {:visible, true} <- {:visible, Visibility.visible_for_user?(activity, user)},
-         api_key <- Config.get([:deepl, :api_key]),
-         tier <- Config.get([:deepl, :tier]),
-         {:ok, translation} <- DeepLex.translate(api_key, tier, activity.object.data["content"], language) do
-      json(conn, translation)
+         translation_module <- Config.get([:translator, :module]),
+         {:ok, detected, translation} <-
+           translation_module.translate(activity.object.data["content"], language) do
+      json(conn, %{detected_lanugage: detected, text: translation})
     else
       {:enabled, false} ->
         conn
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusController do
 
       {:visible, false} ->
         {:error, :not_found}
+
+      _e ->
+        {:error, :internal_server_error}
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index b90dfeea5..ef038ce74 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
       {:ueberauth, "~> 0.4"},
       {:linkify,
        git: "https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/linkify.git", branch: "bugfix/line-ending-buffer"},
-      {:deep_lex,
-       git: "https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/deep_lex.git",
-       ref: "fd72e36419848138ef257b52867e7504a2a7808b"},
       {:http_signatures, "~> 0.1.1"},
       {:telemetry, "~> 0.3"},
       {:poolboy, "~> 1.5"},
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
index ea168f6c5..405105aca 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/status_controller_test.exs
@@ -2071,4 +2071,32 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusControllerTest do
                |> json_response_and_validate_schema(422)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "translating statuses" do
+    setup do: oauth_access(["read:statuses"])
+
+    test "translating a status with deepl", %{conn: conn} do
+      Tesla.Mock.mock(fn
+        %{method: :post, url: "http://api-free.deepl.com/translate"} ->
+          {:ok,
+           %{
+             status: 200,
+             body:
+               ~s({"data": {"translations": [{"translatedText": "Tell me, for whom do you fight?"}]}})
+           }}
+      end)
+
+      user = insert(:user)
+      {:ok, quoted_status} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "何のために闘う?"})
+
+      conn =
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "application/json")
+        |> get("/api/v1/statuses/#{quoted_status.id}/translations/en")
+
+      response = json_response_and_validate_schema(conn, 200)
+
+      assert response["text"] == "Tell me, for whom do you fight?"
+    end
+  end
 end