diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4474564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "i18n"]
+	path = i18n
+	url = https://tildegit.org/southerntofu/git-build-i18n
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01974bd..94e2a1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Lightweight, KISS system to start tasks that depend on a remote git project. Dep
 
 Simply place git-build.sh in your $PATH. If you want git-build.sh to install itself (via the autoupdater), you can `cp .git-build.sh ~/.git-build.sh && ./git-build.sh` which will create ~/bin/, add it to your $PATH in ~/.bashrc, and keep git-build.sh updated in the future.
 
+**Note**: In order to download translations, you need to download the i18n git submodule with `git clone --recursive https://tildegit.org/southerntofu/git-build.sh` (TODO: better documentation)
+
 # Usage
 
 git-build.sh looks up your ~/.git-build/ to find tasks to run. A task `t` is defined by a `t.source` file containing a git remote, and a `t` executable file that will be run on updates to the corresponding repository.
diff --git a/i18n b/i18n
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5fd01cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5fd01cce804b3863abb4f465365df8051ba86ab2
diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c150e3..0000000
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "warning": "WARNING: ",
-    "error": "ERROR: ",
-    "debug": "DEBUG: ",
-
-    "unknown_arg": "Unknown argument/task '$i18n_arg' (no such task or source)",
-    "clone_failed": "$i18n_task: CLONE failed for $i18n_source",
-    "checkout_failed": "$i18n_task: CHECKOUT failed on branch $i18n_branch",
-    "pull_failed": "$i18n_task: PULL failed",
-
-    "loglevel_bad": "LOG level is $LOG which is not understood to be a loglevel (debug, info or error)",
-
-    "host_ignored": "$i18n_task: IGNORED for current host ($HOSTNAME)",
-    "process": "$i18n_task: PROCESS",
-    "to_branch": "$i18n_task: Using branch $i18n_branch",
-    "clone":"$i18n_task: CLONE $source",
-    "pull": "$i18n_task: PULL",
-    "run": "$i18n_task: RUN",
-    "force_flag": "Running task(s) regardless of updates (--force)",
-    "config": "Using config: $i18n_config",
-    "no_task": "No task was specified. Triggering all tasks",
-
-    "default_branch": "$i18n_task: Defaulting to branch master",
-    "checkout": "$i18n_task: Checking out branch $i18n_branch",
-    "already_cloned": "$i18n_task: Task source already downloaded, checking for updates",
-    "forcing": "$i18n_task: Forcing run despite no update found",
-    "no_update": "$i18n_task: No updates found",
-    "found_task": "Found task $i18n_task",
-    "found_url": "Found task $i18n_task from URL $i18n_source",
-    "skipped": "$i18n_task: SKIPPED for current host (task configured for $i18n_host",
-    "start_proc": "$i18n_task: Start processing"
-}
diff --git a/i18n/fr.json b/i18n/fr.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 879616e..0000000
--- a/i18n/fr.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "warning": "ATTENTION: ",
-    "error": "ERREUR: ",
-    "debug": "DÉBOGAGE: ",
-
-    "unknown_arg": "Argument/tache inconnue '$i18n_arg' (aucune tache ou source correspondante)",
-    "clone_failed": "$i18n_task: COPIE de $i18n_source échouée",
-    "checkout_failed": "$i18n_task: CHECKOUT échoué pour la branche $i18n_branch",
-    "pull_failed": "$i18n_task: MISE À JOUR échouée",
-
-    "loglevel_bad": "LOG est $LOG qui n'est pas un niveau de log valide (debug, info ou error)",
-
-    "host_ignored": "$i18n_task: IGNORÉE pour cette machine ($HOSTNAME)",
-    "process": "$i18n_task: TRAITEMENT",
-    "to_branch": "$i18n_task: Sélection de la branche $i18n_branch",
-    "clone":"$i18n_task: COPIE de $source",
-    "pull": "$i18n_task: MISE À JOUR",
-    "run": "$i18n_task: ÉXÉCUTION",
-    "force_flag": "Les tâches seront exécutées qu'importent les mises à jour (--force)",
-    "config": "Configuration: $i18n_config",
-    "no_task": "Aucune tache sélectionnée. Déclenchement de toutes les taches",
-
-    "default_branch": "$18n_task: Sans branche spécifiée, sélection de la branche master",
-    "checkout": "$i18n_task: Activation de la branche $i18n_branch",
-    "already_cloned": "$i18n_task: La source est déjà téléchargée, vérification des mises à jour",
-    "forcing": "$i18n_task: Exécution forcée malgré l'absence de mises à jour",
-    "no_update": "$i18n_task: Aucune mise à jour trouvée",
-    "found_task": "Tache trouvée $i18n_task",
-    "found_url": "Tache trouvée $i18n_task depuis l'URL $i18n_source",
-    "skipped": "$i18n_task: PASSÉE pour cette machine (tache configurée pour $i18n_host)",
-    "start_proc": "$i18n_task: Début du traitement"
-}