diff --git a/lib/plankton/plankton.d.ts b/lib/plankton/plankton.d.ts
index 64cf666..c677f51 100644
--- a/lib/plankton/plankton.d.ts
+++ b/lib/plankton/plankton.d.ts
@@ -3325,3 +3325,84 @@ declare namespace lib_plankton.args {
         }): string;
     }
 }
+declare namespace lib_plankton.translate {
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    type type_package_meta = {
+        identifier: string;
+        name?: string;
+    };
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    type type_package = {
+        meta: type_package_meta;
+        tree: {
+            [id: string]: string;
+        };
+    };
+    /**
+     * @desc the level of verbosity, specifiying how much output the system shall provide about its actions
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    var _verbosity: int;
+    /**
+     * @desc moves a language to the top of the order, making it the primary one
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function promote(identifier: string): void;
+    /**
+     * @desc adds a package to the sytem
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function add(package_: type_package): void;
+    /**
+     * @desc integrates a package to the system, i.e. creates a new one if none existed so far or merges with an existing one
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function feed(package_: type_package): void;
+    /**
+     * @desc tries to retrieve a translation for a specific package identifier
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function fetch(identifier: string, path: string, args?: {
+        [id: string]: string;
+    }): lib_plankton.pod.type_pod<string>;
+    /**
+     * @desc retrieves a string by going through the order and trying to fetch it for the current entry
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function get(path: string, args?: {
+        [id: string]: string;
+    }, fallback?: string): string;
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function list(): Array<type_package_meta>;
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     * @todo get rid of this; it's currenly needed only for the cdh-internal lib_completion
+     */
+    function paths(): Array<string>;
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function initialize({ "logprefix": logprefix, "verbosity": verbosity, "packages": packages, "order": order, "autopromote": autopromote, }?: {
+        logprefix?: string;
+        verbosity?: int;
+        packages?: Array<type_package>;
+        order?: Array<string>;
+        autopromote?: boolean;
+    }): Promise<void>;
+}
+declare namespace lib_plankton.translate {
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function iso_639_1_to_iso_639_2(iso6391: string): string;
+    /**
+     * @author fenris
+     */
+    function stance(str: string): string;
+}
diff --git a/lib/plankton/plankton.js b/lib/plankton/plankton.js
index 08be59b..b783764 100644
--- a/lib/plankton/plankton.js
+++ b/lib/plankton/plankton.js
@@ -11293,3 +11293,346 @@ var lib_plankton;
         args.class_handler = class_handler;
     })(args = lib_plankton.args || (lib_plankton.args = {}));
 })(lib_plankton || (lib_plankton = {}));
+/*
+This file is part of »bacterio-plankton:translate«.
+
+Copyright 2016-2023 'Christian Fraß, Christian Neubauer, Martin Springwald GbR'
+<info@greenscale.de>
+
+»bacterio-plankton:translate« is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+»bacterio-plankton:translate« is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with »bacterio-plankton:translate«. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+var lib_plankton;
+(function (lib_plankton) {
+    var translate;
+    (function (translate) {
+        /**
+         * @desc contains the sets of strings
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        var _packages = {};
+        /**
+         * @desc specifies in which order the languages shall be queried; if getting a string from language #0 fails, the
+         * 		system tries to get it from language #1, and so on
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        var _order = [];
+        /**
+         * @desc whether to automatically promote the language of a newly added package
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        var _autopromote = false;
+        /**
+         * @desc the level of verbosity, specifiying how much output the system shall provide about its actions
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        translate._verbosity = 1;
+        /**
+         * @desc which initial string to use for log-outputs
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        var _logprefix = "[lib_translate]";
+        /**
+         * @desc moves a language to the top of the order, making it the primary one
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function promote(identifier) {
+            if (Object.keys(_packages).indexOf(identifier) < 0) {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 1) {
+                    console.warn(`${_logprefix} package '${identifier}' doesn't exist yet`);
+                }
+            }
+            let position = _order.indexOf(identifier);
+            if (position >= 0) {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                    console.info(`${_logprefix} '${identifier}' already in order; will promote it`);
+                }
+                _order.splice(position, 1);
+            }
+            _order.unshift(identifier);
+            if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                console.info(`${_logprefix} order is now ${_order.toString()}`);
+            }
+        }
+        translate.promote = promote;
+        /**
+         * @desc adds a package to the sytem
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function add(package_) {
+            let identifier = package_.meta.identifier;
+            if (identifier in _packages) {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 1) {
+                    console.warn(`${_logprefix} package '${identifier}' has already been added; will overwrite`);
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                    console.log(`${_logprefix} got package '${identifier}'`);
+                }
+            }
+            _packages[identifier] = package_;
+            if (_autopromote) {
+                promote(identifier);
+            }
+        }
+        translate.add = add;
+        /**
+         * @desc integrates a package to the system, i.e. creates a new one if none existed so far or merges with an existing one
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function feed(package_) {
+            let identifier = package_.meta.identifier;
+            if (identifier in _packages) {
+                lib_plankton.object.patch(_packages[identifier].tree, package_.tree, true);
+            }
+            else {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                    console.info(`${_logprefix} package '${identifier}' didn't exist so far; will create it now`);
+                }
+                add(package_);
+            }
+        }
+        translate.feed = feed;
+        /**
+         * @desc tries to retrieve a translation for a specific package identifier
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function fetch(identifier, path, args = {}) {
+            if (!(identifier in _packages)) {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 1) {
+                    console.warn(`${_logprefix} no package '${identifier}'`);
+                }
+                return (lib_plankton.pod.make_empty());
+            }
+            else {
+                // let str : string = lib_plankton.object.path_read<string>(_packages[identifier].tree, path);
+                let str = _packages[identifier].tree[path];
+                if (str == undefined) {
+                    if (translate._verbosity >= 1) {
+                        console.warn(`${_logprefix} string '${path}' missing in package '${identifier}'`);
+                    }
+                    return (lib_plankton.pod.make_empty());
+                }
+                else {
+                    // resolve references
+                    {
+                        let regexp_reference = new RegExp("#\\(([\\w\\.]*)(?:\\?(\\w+)=(\\w+)(?:&(\\w+)=(\\w+))*)?\\)");
+                        while (true) {
+                            let matching = regexp_reference.exec(str);
+                            if (matching != null) {
+                                let path_ = matching[1];
+                                let args_ = {};
+                                if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                                    // console.info(`${_logprefix} found reference to '${path_}' with args ${JSON.stringify(args_)}`);
+                                    console.info(`${_logprefix} found reference to '${path_}'`);
+                                }
+                                // parse args
+                                {
+                                    for (let index = 2; index <= matching.length - 1; index += 2) {
+                                        let id = matching[index + 0];
+                                        let value = matching[index + 1];
+                                        if (id != undefined) {
+                                            args_[id] = value;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                // fetch referenced string
+                                {
+                                    let result_ = fetch(identifier, path_, args_);
+                                    if (lib_plankton.pod.is_filled(result_)) {
+                                        let front = str.slice(0, matching.index);
+                                        let back = str.slice(matching.index + matching[0].length);
+                                        str = (front + lib_plankton.pod.cull(result_) + back);
+                                    }
+                                    else {
+                                        return (lib_plankton.pod.make_empty());
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // insert arguments
+                    {
+                        str = lib_plankton.string.coin(str, args);
+                    }
+                    return (lib_plankton.pod.make_filled(str));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        translate.fetch = fetch;
+        /**
+         * @desc retrieves a string by going through the order and trying to fetch it for the current entry
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function get(path, args = {}, fallback = null) {
+            if (fallback == null) {
+                fallback = `{${path}}`;
+            }
+            if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                console.info(`${_logprefix} getting translation for string '${path}' with arguments ${JSON.stringify(args)} …`);
+            }
+            let result = lib_plankton.pod.make_empty();
+            let found = _order.some(identifier => {
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 2) {
+                    console.info(`${_logprefix} trying package '${identifier}' …`);
+                }
+                let result_ = fetch(identifier, path, args);
+                if (lib_plankton.pod.is_filled(result_)) {
+                    result = result_;
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            });
+            if (found) {
+                let str = lib_plankton.pod.cull(result);
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 3) {
+                    console.info(`${_logprefix} found translation: '${str}'`);
+                }
+                return str;
+            }
+            else {
+                let str = fallback;
+                if (translate._verbosity >= 1) {
+                    console.warn(`${_logprefix} no package provides a translation for string '${path}'; will use the fallback translation '${str}'`);
+                }
+                return str;
+            }
+        }
+        translate.get = get;
+        /**
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function list() {
+            return lib_plankton.object.to_array(_packages).map(x => x.value.meta);
+        }
+        translate.list = list;
+        /**
+         * @author fenris
+         * @todo get rid of this; it's currenly needed only for the cdh-internal lib_completion
+         */
+        function paths() {
+            return lib_plankton.object.keys(lib_plankton.object.flatten(_packages[_order[0]].tree));
+        }
+        translate.paths = paths;
+        /**
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function initialize({ "logprefix": logprefix = undefined, "verbosity": verbosity = undefined, "packages": packages = [], "order": order = undefined, "autopromote": autopromote = undefined, } = {}) {
+            return (Promise.resolve(undefined)
+                // set variables
+                .then(_ => {
+                if (logprefix != undefined)
+                    _logprefix = logprefix;
+                if (verbosity != undefined)
+                    translate._verbosity = verbosity;
+                // _packages = {};
+                if (order != undefined)
+                    _order = order;
+                if (autopromote != undefined)
+                    _autopromote = autopromote;
+                return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+            })
+                // feed
+                .then(_ => {
+                packages.forEach(feed);
+                return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+            }));
+        }
+        translate.initialize = initialize;
+    })(translate = lib_plankton.translate || (lib_plankton.translate = {}));
+})(lib_plankton || (lib_plankton = {}));
+/*
+This file is part of »bacterio-plankton:translate«.
+
+Copyright 2016-2023 'Christian Fraß, Christian Neubauer, Martin Springwald GbR'
+<info@greenscale.de>
+
+»bacterio-plankton:translate« is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+»bacterio-plankton:translate« is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with »bacterio-plankton:translate«. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+var lib_plankton;
+(function (lib_plankton) {
+    var translate;
+    (function (translate) {
+        /**
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function iso_639_1_to_iso_639_2(iso6391) {
+            let mapping = {
+                "af": "afr",
+                "ar": "ara",
+                "bg": "bul",
+                "cs": "ces",
+                "da": "dan",
+                "de": "deu",
+                "el": "ell",
+                "en": "eng",
+                "eo": "epo",
+                "es": "esp",
+                "fa": "fas",
+                "fi": "fin",
+                "fr": "fra",
+                "hi": "hin",
+                "hr": "hrv",
+                "hu": "hun",
+                "is": "isl",
+                "it": "ita",
+                "ja": "jpn",
+                "ko": "kor",
+                "nb": "nob",
+                "nl": "nld",
+                "nn": "nno",
+                "pt": "por",
+                "pl": "pol",
+                "ro": "ron",
+                "ru": "rus",
+                "sk": "slk",
+                "sv": "swe",
+                "zh": "zho",
+            };
+            return mapping[iso6391];
+        }
+        translate.iso_639_1_to_iso_639_2 = iso_639_1_to_iso_639_2;
+        /**
+         * @author fenris
+         */
+        function stance(str) {
+            let regexp = new RegExp("^translate:(.*)$");
+            let matching = regexp.exec(str);
+            if (matching != null) {
+                return translate.get(matching[1]);
+            }
+            else {
+                return str;
+            }
+        }
+        translate.stance = stance;
+    })(translate = lib_plankton.translate || (lib_plankton.translate = {}));
+})(lib_plankton || (lib_plankton = {}));
diff --git a/tools/update-plankton b/tools/update-plankton
index 444d997..810be47 100755
--- a/tools/update-plankton
+++ b/tools/update-plankton
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ modules="${modules} rest"
 modules="${modules} http"
 modules="${modules} server"
 modules="${modules} args"
+modules="${modules} translate"
 
 
 ## exec