diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 480c9c37ff7624ecad7b8e2d3a1799da4dab8d8b..185f12d8c15b82a0be7c6560056dc91467370773 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 add_subdirectory(etc)
 add_subdirectory(docs)
+add_subdirectory(translations)
 
 include(UseDoxygen)
 
diff --git a/generateTs.sh b/generateTs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72bc59ed448139b215c983b17ae4bb80c67e2da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generateTs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir translations/translations/
+for arg in "de"
+do
+    lupdate lib/* -ts translations/akabeicore_$arg.ts
+    ts2po translations/akabeicore_$arg.ts -o translations/translations/akabeicore_$arg.po
+done
+
+exit
+
diff --git a/lib/akabeibackend.cpp b/lib/akabeibackend.cpp
index ef23b9578c6cf2a594de1a32a7e212b64d621acb..cdc3180b63211af5239ba478b63d3cf352d180a9 100644
--- a/lib/akabeibackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/akabeibackend.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <QVariant>
+#include <QTranslator>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 
 #include <libarchive++/archivehandler.h>
 #include <akabeihook.h>
@@ -337,6 +339,13 @@ Backend::~Backend()
 {
 }
 
+void Backend::setLocale(const QString& locale)
+{
+    QTranslator * translator = new QTranslator(this);
+    translator->load("akabeicore_" + locale + ".qm", "/usr/share/akabeicore/translations/");//FIXME: Use translations from install dir
+    QCoreApplication::instance()->installTranslator(translator);
+}
+
 void Backend::initialize()
 {
     Q_D(Backend);
@@ -636,7 +645,7 @@ Package* Backend::loadPackageFromFile(const QString& path)
         if (pkg.getEntries().contains(".INSTALL")) {
             retpackage->d_func()->setScriptlet(pkg.readTextFile(".INSTALL"));
         }
-        
+
         int isize = 0;
         foreach (QString const& entry, pkg.getEntries()) {
             retpackage->d_func()->addFile(entry);
diff --git a/lib/akabeibackend.h b/lib/akabeibackend.h
index fe5ce8a9df698f54863b5a9de57c39bbbef1da83..d3476dca5adae48558a4803bbd02e2f1a3395e76 100644
--- a/lib/akabeibackend.h
+++ b/lib/akabeibackend.h
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ class AKABEICORESHARED_EXPORT Backend : public QObject
         static Backend *instance();
         virtual ~Backend();
 
+        /**
+         * Sets the locale for AkabeiCore.
+         */
+        void setLocale(const QString &locale);
+
         /**
          * @returns the status of the backend
          */
diff --git a/translations/CMakeLists.txt b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0faf26163134e21b94f79560820e7ba5a5acc8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# translation start
+FIND_PROGRAM(QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE
+    NAMES lrelease
+    PATHS ${QT_BINARY_DIR}
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+)
+
+# needed to create translation files
+IF(NOT QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Qt4 lrelease not found. Make sure that it has been built and installed by the Qt4 package.")
+ENDIF(NOT QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE)
+
+MACRO(ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES _sources)
+    FOREACH(_current_FILE ${ARGN})
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_in ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_basename ${_current_FILE} NAME_WE)
+
+        SET(_out ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.qm)#
+
+        ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
+            OUTPUT ${_out}
+            COMMAND ${QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE}
+            ARGS -verbose ${_in} -qm ${_out}
+            DEPENDS ${_in}
+        )
+
+        SET(${_sources} ${${_sources}} ${_out})
+   ENDFOREACH(_current_FILE)
+ENDMACRO(ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES)
+
+
+FILE(GLOB TS_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/akabeicore_*.ts)
+
+ADD_TRANSLATION_FILES(QM_FILES ${TS_FILES})
+
+# creating a custom target is needed to make the files build
+# "ALL" means that it will be run by default
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(translations ALL
+                   DEPENDS ${QM_FILES})
+
+INSTALL(CODE "MESSAGE(\"Installing AkabeiCore i18n files...\")")
+INSTALL (FILES ${QM_FILES}
+         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/akabeicore/translations)
+# translation end
diff --git a/translations/allPoToTs.sh b/translations/allPoToTs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83f57b4450cca2fba500ab9f102eeea0fe2c8d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/allPoToTs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for arg in "de"
+do
+	po2ts translations/akabeicore_$arg.po akabeicore_$arg.ts
+done
+
+exit