diff --git a/static/resources_list.txt b/static/resources_list.txt
index 1ad8a412e..cf11aa3d8 100644
--- a/static/resources_list.txt
+++ b/static/resources_list.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ skin/fonts/Roboto.ttf
 skin/search_results.css
 skin/blank.html
 skin/viewer.js
+skin/i18n.js
 skin/languages.js
 skin/mustache.min.js
 viewer.html
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n.js b/static/skin/i18n.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5ce72d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/skin/i18n.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import mustache from '../skin/mustache.min.js?KIWIXCACHEID'
+
+const Translations = {
+  defaultLanguage: null,
+  currentLanguage: null,
+  promises: {},
+  data: {},
+
+  load: function(lang, asDefault=false) {
+    if ( asDefault ) {
+      this.defaultLanguage = lang;
+      this.loadTranslationsJSON(lang);
+    } else {
+      this.currentLanguage = lang;
+      if ( lang != this.defaultLanguage ) {
+        this.loadTranslationsJSON(lang);
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
+  loadTranslationsJSON: function(lang) {
+    if ( this.promises[lang] )
+      return;
+
+    const errorMsg = `Error loading translations for language '${lang}': `;
+    this.promises[lang] = fetch(`./skin/i18n/${lang}.json`).then(async (resp) => {
+      if ( resp.ok ) {
+        this.data[lang] = JSON.parse(await resp.text());
+      } else {
+        console.log(errorMsg + resp.statusText);
+      }
+    }).catch((err) => {
+      console.log(errorMsg + err);
+    });
+  },
+
+  whenReady: function(callback) {
+    const defaultLangPromise = this.promises[this.defaultLanguage];
+    const currentLangPromise = this.promises[this.currentLanguage];
+    Promise.all([defaultLangPromise, currentLangPromise]).then(callback);
+  },
+
+  get: function(msgId) {
+    const activeTranslation = this.data[this.currentLanguage];
+
+    const r = activeTranslation && activeTranslation[msgId];
+    if ( r )
+      return r;
+
+    const defaultMsgs = this.data[this.defaultLanguage];
+    if ( defaultMsgs )
+      return defaultMsgs[msgId];
+
+    throw "Translations are not loaded";
+  }
+}
+
+
+function $t(msgId, params={}) {
+  try {
+    const msgTemplate = Translations.get(msgId);
+    if ( ! msgTemplate ) {
+      return "Invalid message id: " + msgId;
+    }
+
+    return mustache.render(msgTemplate, params);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return "ERROR: " + err;
+  }
+}
+
+
+const DEFAULT_UI_LANGUAGE = 'en';
+
+Translations.load(DEFAULT_UI_LANGUAGE, /*asDefault=*/true);
+
+function getUserLanguage() {
+  return new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('userlang')
+      || DEFAULT_UI_LANGUAGE;
+}
+
+function setUserLanguage(lang, callback) {
+  Translations.load(lang);
+  Translations.whenReady(callback);
+}
+
+window.$t = $t;
+window.getUserLanguage = getUserLanguage;
+window.setUserLanguage = setUserLanguage;
diff --git a/test/server.cpp b/test/server.cpp
index ce7819dd9..f8c2ba35a 100644
--- a/test/server.cpp
+++ b/test/server.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ const ResourceCollection resources200Compressible{
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT/skin/css/autoComplete.css?cacheid=08951e06" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT/skin/favicon/favicon.ico" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT/skin/favicon/favicon.ico?cacheid=fba03a27" },
+  { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT/skin/i18n.js" },
+  { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT/skin/i18n.js?cacheid=eb41f5ce" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT/skin/index.css" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT/skin/index.css?cacheid=0f9ba34e" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT/skin/index.js" },