diff --git a/scm-ui/package.json b/scm-ui/package.json
index d5a642099f..7439e76011 100644
--- a/scm-ui/package.json
+++ b/scm-ui/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
     "bulma": "^0.7.1",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "history": "^4.7.2",
+    "i18next": "^11.4.0",
+    "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "^2.2.2",
+    "i18next-fetch-backend": "^0.1.0",
     "react": "^16.4.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.4.1",
+    "react-i18next": "^7.9.0",
     "react-jss": "^8.6.0",
     "react-redux": "^5.0.7",
     "react-router-dom": "^4.3.1",
@@ -60,7 +64,10 @@
     "coveragePathIgnorePatterns": [
       "src/tests/.*"
     ],
-    "reporters": [ "default", "jest-junit" ]
+    "reporters": [
+      "default",
+      "jest-junit"
+    ]
   },
   "jest-junit": {
     "output": "./target/jest-reports/TEST-all.xml"
diff --git a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/commons.json b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/commons.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f436658763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/commons.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "login": {
+    "title": "Login",
+    "subtitle": "Please login to proceed.",
+    "logo-alt": "SCM-Manager",
+    "username-placeholder": "Your Username",
+    "password-placeholder": "Your Password",
+    "submit": "Login"
+  },
+  "logout": {
+    "error": {
+      "title": "Logout failed",
+      "subtitle": "Something went wrong during logout"
+    }
+  },
+  "app": {
+    "error": {
+      "title": "Error",
+      "subtitle": "Unknown error occurred"
+    }
+  },
+  "error-notification": {
+    "prefix": "Error"
+  },
+  "loading": {
+    "alt": "Loading ..."
+  },
+  "logo": {
+    "alt": "SCM-Manager"
+  },
+  "primary-navigation": {
+    "users": "Users",
+    "logout": "Logout"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/ErrorNotification.js b/scm-ui/src/components/ErrorNotification.js
index d90caf22a2..9ef3b58653 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/components/ErrorNotification.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/ErrorNotification.js
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 //@flow
 import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import Notification from "./Notification";
 
 type Props = {
+  t: string => string,
   error?: Error
 };
 
 class ErrorNotification extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
-    const { error } = this.props;
+    const { t, error } = this.props;
     if (error) {
       return (
         <Notification type="danger">
-          <strong>Error:</strong> {error.message}
+          <strong>{t("error-notification.prefix")}:</strong> {error.message}
         </Notification>
       );
     }
@@ -20,4 +22,4 @@ class ErrorNotification extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 }
 
-export default ErrorNotification;
+export default translate("commons")(ErrorNotification);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js b/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
index d9b370b40f..88fe427941 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //@flow
 import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import injectSheet from "react-jss";
 import Image from "../images/loading.svg";
 
@@ -24,20 +25,21 @@ const styles = {
 };
 
 type Props = {
+  t: string => string,
   classes: any
 };
 
 class Loading extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
-    const { classes } = this.props;
+    const { t, classes } = this.props;
     return (
       <div className={classes.wrapper}>
         <div className={classes.loading}>
-          <img className={classes.image} src={Image} alt="Loading ..." />
+          <img className={classes.image} src={Image} alt={t("loading.alt")} />
         </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
-export default injectSheet(styles)(Loading);
+export default injectSheet(styles)(translate("commons")(Loading));
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/Logo.js b/scm-ui/src/components/Logo.js
index 3ffdb3139e..8dac21309f 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/components/Logo.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/Logo.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 //@flow
 import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import Image from "../images/logo.png";
 
-type Props = {};
+type Props = {
+  t: string => string
+};
 
 class Logo extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
-    return <img src={Image} alt="SCM-Manager logo" />;
+    const { t } = this.props;
+    return <img src={Image} alt={t("logo.alt")} />;
   }
 }
 
-export default Logo;
+export default translate("commons")(Logo);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/PrimaryNavigation.js b/scm-ui/src/components/PrimaryNavigation.js
index 3eda2a2937..83be320395 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/components/PrimaryNavigation.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/PrimaryNavigation.js
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
 //@flow
 import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import PrimaryNavigationLink from "./PrimaryNavigationLink";
 
-type Props = {};
+type Props = {
+  t: string => string
+};
 
 class PrimaryNavigation extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
+    const { t } = this.props;
     return (
       <nav className="tabs is-boxed">
         <ul>
-          <PrimaryNavigationLink to="/users" label="Users" />
-          <PrimaryNavigationLink to="/logout" label="Logout" />
+          <PrimaryNavigationLink
+            to="/users"
+            label={t("primary-navigation.users")}
+          />
+          <PrimaryNavigationLink
+            to="/logout"
+            label={t("primary-navigation.logout")}
+          />
         </ul>
       </nav>
     );
   }
 }
 
-export default PrimaryNavigation;
+export default translate("commons")(PrimaryNavigation);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js b/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
index 4ff9b245f7..f15f0371a1 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from "react";
 import Main from "./Main";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import { withRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 import { fetchMe } from "../modules/auth";
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ type Props = {
   error: Error,
   loading: boolean,
   authenticated?: boolean,
+  t: string => string,
   fetchMe: () => void
 };
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ class App extends Component<Props> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { entry, loading, error, authenticated } = this.props;
+    const { entry, loading, error, t, authenticated } = this.props;
 
     let content;
     const navigation = authenticated ? <PrimaryNavigation /> : "";
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ class App extends Component<Props> {
     } else if (error) {
       content = (
         <ErrorPage
-          title="Error"
-          subtitle="Unknown error occurred"
+          title={t("app.error.title")}
+          subtitle={t("app.error.subtitle")}
           error={error}
         />
       );
@@ -72,5 +74,5 @@ export default withRouter(
   connect(
     mapStateToProps,
     mapDispatchToProps
-  )(App)
+  )(translate("commons")(App))
 );
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/containers/Login.js b/scm-ui/src/containers/Login.js
index c8e3775d44..d661ef2b19 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/containers/Login.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/containers/Login.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Redirect, withRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 import injectSheet from "react-jss";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import { login } from "../modules/auth";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ type Props = {
   loading?: boolean,
   error?: Error,
 
+  t: string => string,
   classes: any,
 
   from: any,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class Login extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { authenticated, loading, error, classes } = this.props;
+    const { authenticated, loading, error, t, classes } = this.props;
 
     if (authenticated) {
       return this.renderRedirect();
@@ -94,30 +96,30 @@ class Login extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         <div className="hero-body">
           <div className="container has-text-centered">
             <div className="column is-4 is-offset-4">
-              <h3 className="title">Login</h3>
-              <p className="subtitle">Please login to proceed.</p>
+              <h3 className="title">{t("login.title")}</h3>
+              <p className="subtitle">{t("login.subtitle")}</p>
               <div className={classNames("box", classes.avatarSpacing)}>
                 <figure className={classes.avatar}>
                   <img
                     className={classes.avatarImage}
                     src={Avatar}
-                    alt="SCM-Manager"
+                    alt={t("login.logo-alt")}
                   />
                 </figure>
                 <ErrorNotification error={error} />
                 <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
                   <InputField
-                    placeholder="Your Username"
+                    placeholder={t("login.username-placeholder")}
                     autofocus={true}
                     onChange={this.handleUsernameChange}
                   />
                   <InputField
-                    placeholder="Your Password"
+                    placeholder={t("login.password-placeholder")}
                     type="password"
                     onChange={this.handlePasswordChange}
                   />
                   <SubmitButton
-                    label="Login"
+                    label={t("login.submit")}
                     disabled={this.isInValid()}
                     fullWidth={true}
                     loading={loading}
@@ -147,6 +149,6 @@ const StyledLogin = injectSheet(styles)(
   connect(
     mapStateToProps,
     mapDispatchToProps
-  )(Login)
+  )(translate("commons")(Login))
 );
 export default withRouter(StyledLogin);
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/containers/Logout.js b/scm-ui/src/containers/Logout.js
index 30b30ce580..e4eb4e6bfe 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/containers/Logout.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/containers/Logout.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //@flow
 import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import { Redirect } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import { logout, isAuthenticated } from "../modules/auth";
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import ErrorPage from "../components/ErrorPage";
 import Loading from "../components/Loading";
 
 type Props = {
+  t: string => string,
   loading: boolean,
   authenticated: boolean,
   error?: Error,
@@ -20,13 +22,13 @@ class Logout extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { authenticated, loading, error } = this.props;
+    const { authenticated, loading, t, error } = this.props;
     // TODO logout is called twice
     if (error) {
       return (
         <ErrorPage
-          title="Logout failed"
-          subtitle="Something went wrong durring logout"
+          title={t("logout.error.title")}
+          subtitle={t("logout.error.subtitle")}
           error={error}
         />
       );
@@ -53,4 +55,4 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
 export default connect(
   mapStateToProps,
   mapDispatchToProps
-)(Logout);
+)(translate("commons")(Logout));
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/i18n.js b/scm-ui/src/i18n.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..954d47c605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/i18n.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import i18n from "i18next";
+import Backend from "i18next-fetch-backend";
+import LanguageDetector from "i18next-browser-languagedetector";
+import { reactI18nextModule } from "react-i18next";
+
+const loadPath = process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json";
+
+i18n
+  .use(Backend)
+  .use(LanguageDetector)
+  .use(reactI18nextModule)
+  .init({
+    fallbackLng: "en",
+
+    // have a common namespace used around the full app
+    ns: ["commons"],
+    defaultNS: "commons",
+
+    debug: true,
+
+    interpolation: {
+      escapeValue: false // not needed for react!!
+    },
+
+    react: {
+      wait: true
+    },
+
+    backend: {
+      loadPath: loadPath,
+      init: {
+        credentials: "same-origin"
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+export default i18n;
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/index.js b/scm-ui/src/index.js
index 564249494a..ea133dd55b 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import App from "./containers/App";
 import registerServiceWorker from "./registerServiceWorker";
 
+import { I18nextProvider } from "react-i18next";
+import i18n from "./i18n";
+
 import { Provider } from "react-redux";
 import createHistory from "history/createBrowserHistory";
 
@@ -30,10 +33,12 @@ if (!root) {
 
 ReactDOM.render(
   <Provider store={store}>
-    {/* ConnectedRouter will use the store from Provider automatically */}
-    <ConnectedRouter history={history}>
-      <App />
-    </ConnectedRouter>
+    <I18nextProvider i18n={i18n}>
+      {/* ConnectedRouter will use the store from Provider automatically */}
+      <ConnectedRouter history={history}>
+        <App />
+      </ConnectedRouter>
+    </I18nextProvider>
   </Provider>,
   root
 );
diff --git a/scm-ui/yarn.lock b/scm-ui/yarn.lock
index 4063d5135d..ff76d0efc1 100644
--- a/scm-ui/yarn.lock
+++ b/scm-ui/yarn.lock
@@ -3574,7 +3574,7 @@ hoek@2.x.x:
   version "2.16.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoek/-/hoek-2.16.3.tgz#20bb7403d3cea398e91dc4710a8ff1b8274a25ed"
 
-hoist-non-react-statics@^2.5.0:
+hoist-non-react-statics@^2.3.1, hoist-non-react-statics@^2.5.0:
   version "2.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoist-non-react-statics/-/hoist-non-react-statics-2.5.5.tgz#c5903cf409c0dfd908f388e619d86b9c1174cb47"
 
@@ -3630,6 +3630,12 @@ html-minifier@^3.2.3:
     relateurl "0.2.x"
     uglify-js "3.4.x"
 
+html-parse-stringify2@2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-parse-stringify2/-/html-parse-stringify2-2.0.1.tgz#dc5670b7292ca158b7bc916c9a6735ac8872834a"
+  dependencies:
+    void-elements "^2.0.1"
+
 html-webpack-plugin@2.29.0:
   version "2.29.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-webpack-plugin/-/html-webpack-plugin-2.29.0.tgz#e987f421853d3b6938c8c4c8171842e5fd17af23"
@@ -3742,6 +3748,24 @@ hyphenate-style-name@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hyphenate-style-name/-/hyphenate-style-name-1.0.2.tgz#31160a36930adaf1fc04c6074f7eb41465d4ec4b"
 
+i18next-browser-languagedetector@^2.2.2:
+  version "2.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-browser-languagedetector/-/i18next-browser-languagedetector-2.2.2.tgz#b2599e3e8bc8b66038010e9758c28222688df6aa"
+
+i18next-fetch-backend@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-fetch-backend/-/i18next-fetch-backend-0.1.0.tgz#18b67920d0e605e616f93bbdf897e59adf9c9c05"
+  dependencies:
+    i18next-xhr-backend "^1.4.3"
+
+i18next-xhr-backend@^1.4.3:
+  version "1.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next-xhr-backend/-/i18next-xhr-backend-1.5.1.tgz#50282610780c6a696d880dfa7f4ac1d01e8c3ad5"
+
+i18next@^11.4.0:
+  version "11.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-11.4.0.tgz#9179bc27b74158d773893356f19b039bedbc355a"
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.19:
   version "0.4.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.19.tgz#f7468f60135f5e5dad3399c0a81be9a1603a082b"
@@ -6464,6 +6488,14 @@ react-error-overlay@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-error-overlay/-/react-error-overlay-4.0.0.tgz#d198408a85b4070937a98667f500c832f86bd5d4"
 
+react-i18next@^7.9.0:
+  version "7.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-i18next/-/react-i18next-7.9.0.tgz#9e4bdfbfbc0d084eddf13d1cd337cbd4beea6232"
+  dependencies:
+    hoist-non-react-statics "^2.3.1"
+    html-parse-stringify2 "2.0.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.0"
+
 react-is@^16.4.1:
   version "16.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-16.4.1.tgz#d624c4650d2c65dbd52c72622bbf389435d9776e"
@@ -8023,6 +8055,10 @@ vm-browserify@0.0.4:
   dependencies:
     indexof "0.0.1"
 
+void-elements@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/void-elements/-/void-elements-2.0.1.tgz#c066afb582bb1cb4128d60ea92392e94d5e9dbec"
+
 walker@~1.0.5:
   version "1.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/walker/-/walker-1.0.7.tgz#2f7f9b8fd10d677262b18a884e28d19618e028fb"