diff --git a/src/webpage/contextmenu.ts b/src/webpage/contextmenu.ts
index 205c025..67cafb0 100644
--- a/src/webpage/contextmenu.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/contextmenu.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ class Contextmenu<x, y>{
 	static currentmenu: HTMLElement | "";
 	name: string;
 	buttons: [
-	string,
-	(this: x, arg: y, e: MouseEvent) => void,
-	string | null,
-	(this: x, arg: y) => boolean,
-	(this: x, arg: y) => boolean,
-	string
+		string|(()=>string),
+		(this: x, arg: y, e: MouseEvent) => void,
+		string | null,
+		(this: x, arg: y) => boolean,
+		(this: x, arg: y) => boolean,
+		string
 	][];
 	div!: HTMLDivElement;
 	static setup(){
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Contextmenu<x, y>{
 		this.buttons = [];
 	}
 	addbutton(
-		text: string,
+		text: string|(()=>string),
 		onclick: (this: x, arg: y, e: MouseEvent) => void,
 		img: null | string = null,
 		shown: (this: x, arg: y) => boolean = _=>true,
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ class Contextmenu<x, y>{
 			const intext = document.createElement("button");
 			intext.disabled = !thing[4].bind(addinfo).call(addinfo, other);
 			intext.classList.add("contextbutton");
-			intext.textContent = thing[0];
+			if(thing[0] instanceof Function){
+				intext.textContent = thing[0]();
+			}else{
+				intext.textContent = thing[0];
+			}
 			console.log(thing);
 			if(thing[5] === "button" || thing[5] === "submenu"){
 				intext.onclick = thing[1].bind(addinfo, other);
diff --git a/src/webpage/i18n.ts b/src/webpage/i18n.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f7094e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webpage/i18n.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+type translation={
+    [key:string]:string|{[key:string]:string}
+};
+let res:()=>unknown=()=>{};
+class I18n{
+    static lang:string;
+    static translations:{[key:string]:string}[]=[];
+    static done=new Promise<void>((res2,_reject)=>{
+        res=res2;
+    });
+    static async create(json:translation|string,lang:string){
+        if(typeof json === "string"){
+            json=await (await fetch(json)).json() as translation;
+        }
+        const translations:{[key:string]:string}[]=[];
+        let translation=json[lang];
+        if(!translation){
+            translation=json[lang[0]+lang[1]];
+            if(!translation){
+                console.error(lang+" does not exist in the translations");
+                translation=json["en"];
+                lang="en";
+            }
+        }
+        translations.push(await this.toTranslation(translation,lang));
+        if(lang!=="en"){
+            translations.push(await this.toTranslation(json["en"],"en"))
+        }
+        this.lang=lang;
+        this.translations=translations;
+        res();
+    }
+    static getTranslation(msg:string,...params:string[]):string{
+        let str:string|undefined;
+        for(const json of this.translations){
+            str=json[msg];
+            if(str){
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if(str){
+            return this.fillInBlanks(str,params);
+        }else{
+            throw new Error(msg+" not found")
+        }
+    }
+    static fillInBlanks(msg:string,params:string[]):string{
+        //thanks to geotale for the regex
+        msg=msg.replace(/{{(.+?)}}/g,
+            (str, match:string) => {
+                const [op,strsSplit]=this.fillInBlanks(match,params).split(":");
+                const [first,...strs]=strsSplit.split("|");
+                switch(op.toUpperCase()){
+                    case "PLURAL":{
+                        const numb=Number(first);
+                        if(numb===0){
+                            return strs[strs.length-1];
+                        }
+                        return strs[Math.min(strs.length-1,numb-1)];
+                    }
+                    case "GENDER":{
+                        if(first==="male"){
+                            return strs[0];
+                        }else if(first==="female"){
+                            return strs[1];
+                        }else if(first==="neutral"){
+                            if(strs[2]){
+                                return strs[2];
+                            }else{
+                                return strs[0];
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return str;
+            }
+        );
+        msg=msg.replace(/\$\d+/g,(str, match:string) => {
+            const number=Number(match);
+            if(params[number-1]){
+                return params[number-1];
+            }else{
+                return str;
+            }
+        });
+        return msg;
+    }
+    private static async toTranslation(trans:string|{[key:string]:string},lang:string):Promise<{[key:string]:string}>{
+        if(typeof trans==='string'){
+            return this.toTranslation((await (await fetch(trans)).json() as translation)[lang],lang);
+        }else{
+            return trans;
+        }
+    }
+}
+export{I18n};
diff --git a/src/webpage/localuser.ts b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
index f2461fe..db17bf3 100644
--- a/src/webpage/localuser.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ import{ MarkDown }from"./markdown.js";
 import { Bot } from "./bot.js";
 import { Role } from "./role.js";
 import { VoiceFactory } from "./voice.js";
+import { I18n } from "./i18n.js";
 
 const wsCodesRetry = new Set([4000, 4003, 4005, 4007, 4008, 4009]);
 
 class Localuser{
-	badges: Map<
-    string,
-    { id: string; description: string; icon: string; link: string }
-  > = new Map();
+	badges: Map<string,{ id: string; description: string; icon: string; link: string }> = new Map();
 	lastSequence: number | null = null;
 	token!: string;
 	userinfo!: Specialuser;
@@ -67,8 +65,10 @@ class Localuser{
 			"Content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8",
 			Authorization: this.userinfo.token,
 		};
+		I18n.create("/translations/en.json","en")
 	}
-	gottenReady(ready: readyjson): void{
+	async gottenReady(ready: readyjson): Promise<void>{
+		await I18n.done;
 		this.initialized = true;
 		this.ready = ready;
 		this.guilds = [];
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ class Localuser{
 						try{
 							const temp = JSON.parse(build);
 							build = "";
+							await this.handleEvent(temp);
 							if(temp.op === 0 && temp.t === "READY"){
 								returny();
 							}
-							await this.handleEvent(temp);
 						}catch{}
 					}
 				})();
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ class Localuser{
 						if(
 							!(
 								array[len - 1] === 255 &&
-                array[len - 2] === 255 &&
-                array[len - 3] === 0 &&
-                array[len - 4] === 0
+								array[len - 2] === 255 &&
+								array[len - 3] === 0 &&
+								array[len - 4] === 0
 							)
 						){
 							return;
@@ -244,10 +244,11 @@ class Localuser{
 					}else{
 						temp = JSON.parse(event.data);
 					}
+
+					await this.handleEvent(temp as readyjson);
 					if(temp.op === 0 && temp.t === "READY"){
 						returny();
 					}
-					await this.handleEvent(temp as readyjson);
 				}catch(e){
 					console.error(e);
 				}finally{
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ class Localuser{
 				break;
 			}
 			case"READY":
-				this.gottenReady(temp as readyjson);
+				await this.gottenReady(temp as readyjson);
 				break;
 			case"MESSAGE_UPDATE": {
 				temp.d.guild_id ??= "@me";
diff --git a/src/webpage/message.ts b/src/webpage/message.ts
index fc79b87..0cc86c5 100644
--- a/src/webpage/message.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/message.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import{ SnowFlake }from"./snowflake.js";
 import{ memberjson, messagejson }from"./jsontypes.js";
 import{ Emoji }from"./emoji.js";
 import{ Dialog }from"./dialog.js";
+import { I18n } from "./i18n.js";
 
 class Message extends SnowFlake{
 	static contextmenu = new Contextmenu<Message, undefined>("message menu");
@@ -44,9 +45,7 @@ class Message extends SnowFlake{
 			return this.weakdiv?.deref();
 			}
 			//*/
-	div:
-			| (HTMLDivElement & { pfpparent?: Message | undefined; txt?: HTMLElement })
-			| undefined;
+	div:(HTMLDivElement & { pfpparent?: Message | undefined; txt?: HTMLElement })| undefined;
 	member: Member | undefined;
 	reactions!: messagejson["reactions"];
 	static setup(){
@@ -56,13 +55,13 @@ class Message extends SnowFlake{
 		Message.setupcmenu();
 	}
 	static setupcmenu(){
-		Message.contextmenu.addbutton("Copy raw text", function(this: Message){
+		Message.contextmenu.addbutton(I18n.getTranslation.bind(I18n,"copyrawtext"), function(this: Message){
 			navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.content.rawString);
 		});
-		Message.contextmenu.addbutton("Reply", function(this: Message){
+		Message.contextmenu.addbutton(I18n.getTranslation.bind(I18n,"reply"), function(this: Message){
 			this.channel.setReplying(this);
 		});
-		Message.contextmenu.addbutton("Copy message id", function(this: Message){
+		Message.contextmenu.addbutton(I18n.getTranslation.bind(I18n,"copymessageid"), function(this: Message){
 			navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.id);
 		});
 		Message.contextmenu.addsubmenu(
diff --git a/src/webpage/settings.ts b/src/webpage/settings.ts
index 85d7c81..23fb76f 100644
--- a/src/webpage/settings.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/settings.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ interface OptionsElement<x> {
 	submit: () => void;
 	readonly watchForChange: (func: (arg1: x) => void) => void;
 	value: x;
-	}
+}
 	//future me stuff
 class Buttons implements OptionsElement<unknown>{
 	readonly name: string;
diff --git a/src/webpage/translations/en.json b/src/webpage/translations/en.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f0fd4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webpage/translations/en.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+	"@metadata": {
+		"authors": [
+			"MathMan05"
+		],
+		"last-updated": "2024/15/24",
+		"locale": "en",
+		"comment":"Don't know how often I'll update this top part lol"
+	},
+	"en": {
+		"reply": "Reply",
+		"copyrawtext":"Copy raw text",
+		"copymessageid":"Copy message id"
+    },
+	"ru": "./ru.json"
+}
diff --git a/src/webpage/translations/ru.json b/src/webpage/translations/ru.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbc86f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webpage/translations/ru.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	"@metadata": {
+		"authors": [
+		],
+		"last-updated": "2024/15/24",
+		"locale": "ru",
+		"comment":"I need some help with this :P"
+	},
+	"ru": {
+
+	}
+}