diff --git a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/package.json b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/package.json
index a7dd0d5..0f1b099 100644
--- a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/package.json
+++ b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@uppy/core": "^1.0.0",
         "@uppy/dashboard": "^1.0.0",
+        "@uppy/locales": "^1.5.0",
         "@uppy/tus": "^1.0.0",
         "@uppy/webcam": "^1.0.0",
         "core-js": "^3.0.1",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
         "brotli-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.0",
         "clean-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
         "compression-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+        "copy-webpack-plugin": "^5.1.1",
         "css-loader": "^3.0.0",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.7.0",
         "prettier": "^1.17.0",
diff --git a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/plugin.js b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/plugin.js
index 4bd9227..376cd54 100644
--- a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/plugin.js
+++ b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/plugin.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Webcam from '@uppy/webcam'
 import '@uppy/core/dist/style.css'
 import '@uppy/dashboard/dist/style.css'
 import '@uppy/webcam/dist/style.css'
+import Translator from '@uppy/utils/lib/Translator'
 import sidebarFileList from './components/SidebarFileList.vue'
 import isPromise from 'p-is-promise'
 import TokenManager from './token-manager';
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ import TokenManager from './token-manager';
 const KiB = 2 ** 10
 const MiB = 2 ** 20
 
+let scriptPath;
+
+(function() {
+    const scriptElements = document.getElementsByTagName('script');
+    const thisScriptSrc = scriptElements[scriptElements.length - 1].src;
+    scriptPath = thisScriptSrc.substr(0, thisScriptSrc.lastIndexOf( '/' ) + 1);
+})();
+
 function getValidUploadTarget() {
     const buffer = kiwi.state.getActiveBuffer()
     const isValidTarget = buffer && (buffer.isChannel() || buffer.isQuery())
@@ -132,6 +141,65 @@ kiwi.plugin('fileuploader', function (kiwi, log) {
 
     const dashboard = uppy.getPlugin('Dashboard')
 
+    function loadLocale(_lang) {
+        let lang = (_lang ? _lang : kiwi.i18n.language).split('-');
+        if (lang.length !== 2) {
+            setDefaultLocale();
+            return;
+        }
+        let langUppy = lang[0] + '_' + lang[1].toUpperCase();
+
+        let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        xhttp.onload = (event) => {
+            if (xhttp.status !== 200) {
+                // Failed to load the locale
+                setDefaultLocale();
+                return;
+            }
+            setLocale(eval(xhttp.responseText));
+        };
+        xhttp.open('GET', scriptPath + 'plugin-fileuploader/locales/uppy/' + langUppy + '.js');
+        xhttp.send();
+    }
+
+    function setDefaultLocale() {
+        import(
+            /* webpackMode: "eager" */
+            `@uppy/locales/lib/en_US.js`
+        ).then(locale => {
+            setLocale(locale)
+        });
+    }
+
+    function setLocale(locale) {
+        // update uppy core
+        uppy.opts.locale = locale
+        uppy.translator = new Translator([ uppy.defaultLocale, uppy.opts.locale ])
+        uppy.locale = uppy.translator.locale
+        uppy.i18n = uppy.translator.translate.bind(uppy.translator)
+        uppy.i18nArray = uppy.translator.translateArray.bind(uppy.translator)
+        uppy.setState()
+
+        // update uppy plugins
+        uppy.iteratePlugins(function(plugin) {
+            if (plugin.translator) {
+                plugin.translator = uppy.translator
+            }
+            if (plugin.i18n) {
+                plugin.i18n = uppy.i18n
+            }
+            if (plugin.i18nArray) {
+                plugin.i18nArray = uppy.i18nArray
+            }
+            plugin.setPluginState()
+        });
+    }
+
+    loadLocale()
+    kiwi.state.$watch('user_settings.language', (lang) => {
+        loadLocale(lang)
+    });
+
     // expose plugin api
     kiwi.fileuploader.uppy = uppy
     kiwi.fileuploader.dashboard = dashboard
diff --git a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/webpack.config.js b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/webpack.config.js
index 90b3c31..6c025e7 100644
--- a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/webpack.config.js
+++ b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const VueLoaderPlugin = require('vue-loader/lib/plugin');
+const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 const CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
 const BrotliPlugin = require('brotli-webpack-plugin');
 const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ module.exports = {
             minRatio: 0.8,
             deleteOriginalAssets: false,
         }),
+        new CopyWebpackPlugin([
+            {
+                from: path.resolve(__dirname, './node_modules/@uppy/locales/lib'),
+                to: 'plugin-fileuploader/locales/uppy/',
+                ignore: ['*.map']
+            }
+        ])
     ],
     devtool: 'source-map',
     devServer: {
@@ -61,6 +69,10 @@ module.exports = {
         compress: true,
         host: process.env.HOST || 'localhost',
         port: process.env.PORT || 41040,
+        headers: {
+			// required for loading locales with XMLHttpRequest
+            "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
+        },
     },
     optimization: {
         minimize: true,
diff --git a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/yarn.lock b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/yarn.lock
index 01d7c85..5759941 100644
--- a/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/yarn.lock
+++ b/fileuploader-kiwiirc-plugin/yarn.lock
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@
     "@uppy/utils" "1.1.0"
     preact "8.2.9"
 
+"@uppy/locales@^1.5.0":
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/locales/-/locales-1.5.0.tgz#f190d074d2eee396c2c8687340ded647faf94287"
+  integrity sha512-PWKYS9tqkL7N/3Qj8Q/get5g2mkbnHrTnjZXLDBkJaJ2EVPgDSHLIDxLtXUaTbohF6L1qLiARtidH9cae7A29g==
+
 "@uppy/provider-views@1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@uppy/provider-views/-/provider-views-1.1.0.tgz#f03c1af0b488b759d7ba2f11b51ecadfffe4e8f3"
@@ -1472,6 +1477,27 @@ cacache@^11.3.2:
     unique-filename "^1.1.1"
     y18n "^4.0.0"
 
+cacache@^12.0.3:
+  version "12.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacache/-/cacache-12.0.4.tgz#668bcbd105aeb5f1d92fe25570ec9525c8faa40c"
+  integrity sha512-a0tMB40oefvuInr4Cwb3GerbL9xTj1D5yg0T5xrjGCGyfvbxseIXX7BAO/u/hIXdafzOI5JC3wDwHyf24buOAQ==
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird "^3.5.5"
+    chownr "^1.1.1"
+    figgy-pudding "^3.5.1"
+    glob "^7.1.4"
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.15"
+    infer-owner "^1.0.3"
+    lru-cache "^5.1.1"
+    mississippi "^3.0.0"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    move-concurrently "^1.0.1"
+    promise-inflight "^1.0.1"
+    rimraf "^2.6.3"
+    ssri "^6.0.1"
+    unique-filename "^1.1.1"
+    y18n "^4.0.0"
+
 cache-base@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cache-base/-/cache-base-1.0.1.tgz#0a7f46416831c8b662ee36fe4e7c59d76f666ab2"
@@ -1753,6 +1779,24 @@ copy-descriptor@^0.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/copy-descriptor/-/copy-descriptor-0.1.1.tgz#676f6eb3c39997c2ee1ac3a924fd6124748f578d"
   integrity sha1-Z29us8OZl8LuGsOpJP1hJHSPV40=
 
+copy-webpack-plugin@^5.1.1:
+  version "5.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/copy-webpack-plugin/-/copy-webpack-plugin-5.1.1.tgz#5481a03dea1123d88a988c6ff8b78247214f0b88"
+  integrity sha512-P15M5ZC8dyCjQHWwd4Ia/dm0SgVvZJMYeykVIVYXbGyqO4dWB5oyPHp9i7wjwo5LhtlhKbiBCdS2NvM07Wlybg==
+  dependencies:
+    cacache "^12.0.3"
+    find-cache-dir "^2.1.0"
+    glob-parent "^3.1.0"
+    globby "^7.1.1"
+    is-glob "^4.0.1"
+    loader-utils "^1.2.3"
+    minimatch "^3.0.4"
+    normalize-path "^3.0.0"
+    p-limit "^2.2.1"
+    schema-utils "^1.0.0"
+    serialize-javascript "^2.1.2"
+    webpack-log "^2.0.0"
+
 core-js-compat@^3.1.1:
   version "3.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js-compat/-/core-js-compat-3.1.4.tgz#e4d0c40fbd01e65b1d457980fe4112d4358a7408"
@@ -2034,6 +2078,13 @@ diffie-hellman@^5.0.0:
     miller-rabin "^4.0.0"
     randombytes "^2.0.0"
 
+dir-glob@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dir-glob/-/dir-glob-2.2.2.tgz#fa09f0694153c8918b18ba0deafae94769fc50c4"
+  integrity sha512-f9LBi5QWzIW3I6e//uxZoLBlUt9kcp66qo0sSCxL6YZKc75R1c4MFCoe/LaZiBGmgujvQdxc5Bn3QhfyvK5Hsw==
+  dependencies:
+    path-type "^3.0.0"
+
 dns-equal@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dns-equal/-/dns-equal-1.0.0.tgz#b39e7f1da6eb0a75ba9c17324b34753c47e0654d"
@@ -2355,7 +2406,7 @@ finalhandler@~1.1.2:
     statuses "~1.5.0"
     unpipe "~1.0.0"
 
-find-cache-dir@^2.0.0:
+find-cache-dir@^2.0.0, find-cache-dir@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-cache-dir/-/find-cache-dir-2.1.0.tgz#8d0f94cd13fe43c6c7c261a0d86115ca918c05f7"
   integrity sha512-Tq6PixE0w/VMFfCgbONnkiQIVol/JJL7nRMi20fqzA4NRs9AfeqMGeRdPi3wIhYkxjeBaWh2rxwapn5Tu3IqOQ==
@@ -2544,6 +2595,18 @@ glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.4:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
+glob@^7.1.2:
+  version "7.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.1.6.tgz#141f33b81a7c2492e125594307480c46679278a6"
+  integrity sha512-LwaxwyZ72Lk7vZINtNNrywX0ZuLyStrdDtabefZKAY5ZGJhVtgdznluResxNmPitE0SAO+O26sWTHeKSI2wMBA==
+  dependencies:
+    fs.realpath "^1.0.0"
+    inflight "^1.0.4"
+    inherits "2"
+    minimatch "^3.0.4"
+    once "^1.3.0"
+    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
+
 global-modules@2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-modules/-/global-modules-2.0.0.tgz#997605ad2345f27f51539bea26574421215c7780"
@@ -2596,6 +2659,18 @@ globby@^6.1.0:
     pify "^2.0.0"
     pinkie-promise "^2.0.0"
 
+globby@^7.1.1:
+  version "7.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/globby/-/globby-7.1.1.tgz#fb2ccff9401f8600945dfada97440cca972b8680"
+  integrity sha1-+yzP+UAfhgCUXfral0QMypcrhoA=
+  dependencies:
+    array-union "^1.0.1"
+    dir-glob "^2.0.0"
+    glob "^7.1.2"
+    ignore "^3.3.5"
+    pify "^3.0.0"
+    slash "^1.0.0"
+
 graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.15, graceful-fs@^4.1.2:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.0.tgz#8d8fdc73977cb04104721cb53666c1ca64cd328b"
@@ -2806,6 +2881,11 @@ ignore-walk@^3.0.1:
   dependencies:
     minimatch "^3.0.4"
 
+ignore@^3.3.5:
+  version "3.3.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ignore/-/ignore-3.3.10.tgz#0a97fb876986e8081c631160f8f9f389157f0043"
+  integrity sha512-Pgs951kaMm5GXP7MOvxERINe3gsaVjUWFm+UZPSq9xYriQAksyhg0csnS0KXSNRD5NmNdapXEpjxG49+AKh/ug==
+
 iltorb@^2.0.1:
   version "2.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iltorb/-/iltorb-2.4.3.tgz#b489689d24c8a25a2cf170c515f97954edd45577"
@@ -2835,6 +2915,11 @@ indexes-of@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indexes-of/-/indexes-of-1.0.1.tgz#f30f716c8e2bd346c7b67d3df3915566a7c05607"
   integrity sha1-8w9xbI4r00bHtn0985FVZqfAVgc=
 
+infer-owner@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/infer-owner/-/infer-owner-1.0.4.tgz#c4cefcaa8e51051c2a40ba2ce8a3d27295af9467"
+  integrity sha512-IClj+Xz94+d7irH5qRyfJonOdfTzuDaifE6ZPWfx0N0+/ATZCbuTPq2prFl526urkQd90WyUKIh1DfBQ2hMz9A==
+
 inflight@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz#49bd6331d7d02d0c09bc910a1075ba8165b56df9"
@@ -2997,7 +3082,7 @@ is-glob@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     is-extglob "^2.1.0"
 
-is-glob@^4.0.0:
+is-glob@^4.0.0, is-glob@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.1.tgz#7567dbe9f2f5e2467bc77ab83c4a29482407a5dc"
   integrity sha512-5G0tKtBTFImOqDnLB2hG6Bp2qcKEFduo4tZu9MT/H6NQv/ghhy30o55ufafxJ/LdH79LLs2Kfrn85TLKyA7BUg==
@@ -3846,6 +3931,13 @@ p-limit@^2.0.0, p-limit@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     p-try "^2.0.0"
 
+p-limit@^2.2.1:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-2.3.0.tgz#3dd33c647a214fdfffd835933eb086da0dc21db1"
+  integrity sha512-//88mFWSJx8lxCzwdAABTJL2MyWB12+eIY7MDL2SqLmAkeKU9qxRvWuSyTjm3FUmpBEMuFfckAIqEaVGUDxb6w==
+  dependencies:
+    p-try "^2.0.0"
+
 p-locate@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-3.0.0.tgz#322d69a05c0264b25997d9f40cd8a891ab0064a4"
@@ -3963,6 +4055,13 @@ path-to-regexp@0.1.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz#df604178005f522f15eb4490e7247a1bfaa67f8c"
   integrity sha1-32BBeABfUi8V60SQ5yR6G/qmf4w=
 
+path-type@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-type/-/path-type-3.0.0.tgz#cef31dc8e0a1a3bb0d105c0cd97cf3bf47f4e36f"
+  integrity sha512-T2ZUsdZFHgA3u4e5PfPbjd7HDDpxPnQb5jN0SrDsjNSuVXHJqtwTnWqG0B1jZrgmJ/7lj1EmVIByWt1gxGkWvg==
+  dependencies:
+    pify "^3.0.0"
+
 pbkdf2@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pbkdf2/-/pbkdf2-3.0.17.tgz#976c206530617b14ebb32114239f7b09336e93a6"
@@ -3979,6 +4078,11 @@ pify@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-2.3.0.tgz#ed141a6ac043a849ea588498e7dca8b15330e90c"
   integrity sha1-7RQaasBDqEnqWISY59yosVMw6Qw=
 
+pify@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-3.0.0.tgz#e5a4acd2c101fdf3d9a4d07f0dbc4db49dd28176"
+  integrity sha1-5aSs0sEB/fPZpNB/DbxNtJ3SgXY=
+
 pify@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-4.0.1.tgz#4b2cd25c50d598735c50292224fd8c6df41e3231"
@@ -4607,6 +4711,11 @@ serialize-javascript@^1.4.0, serialize-javascript@^1.7.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serialize-javascript/-/serialize-javascript-1.7.0.tgz#d6e0dfb2a3832a8c94468e6eb1db97e55a192a65"
   integrity sha512-ke8UG8ulpFOxO8f8gRYabHQe/ZntKlcig2Mp+8+URDP1D8vJZ0KUt7LYo07q25Z/+JVSgpr/cui9PIp5H6/+nA==
 
+serialize-javascript@^2.1.2:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serialize-javascript/-/serialize-javascript-2.1.2.tgz#ecec53b0e0317bdc95ef76ab7074b7384785fa61"
+  integrity sha512-rs9OggEUF0V4jUSecXazOYsLfu7OGK2qIn3c7IPBiffz32XniEp/TX9Xmc9LQfK2nQ2QKHvZ2oygKUGU0lG4jQ==
+
 serve-index@^1.9.1:
   version "1.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serve-index/-/serve-index-1.9.1.tgz#d3768d69b1e7d82e5ce050fff5b453bea12a9239"
@@ -4699,6 +4808,11 @@ simple-get@^2.7.0:
     once "^1.3.1"
     simple-concat "^1.0.0"
 
+slash@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slash/-/slash-1.0.0.tgz#c41f2f6c39fc16d1cd17ad4b5d896114ae470d55"
+  integrity sha1-xB8vbDn8FtHNF61LXYlhFK5HDVU=
+
 snapdragon-node@^2.0.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/snapdragon-node/-/snapdragon-node-2.1.1.tgz#6c175f86ff14bdb0724563e8f3c1b021a286853b"