diff --git a/cloudflare_workers/api/index.ts b/cloudflare_workers/api/index.ts
index 52e6687ed2..30cdc4d285 100644
--- a/cloudflare_workers/api/index.ts
+++ b/cloudflare_workers/api/index.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { app as ok } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/ok.ts'
 import { app as organization } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/organization/index.ts'
 import { app as replication } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/replication.ts'
 import { app as statistics } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/statistics/index.ts'
+import { app as translations } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts'
 import { app as webhooks } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/public/webhooks/index.ts'
 import { app as credit_usage_alerts } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/triggers/credit_usage_alerts.ts'
 import { app as cron_clean_orphan_images } from '../../supabase/functions/_backend/triggers/cron_clean_orphan_images.ts'
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ app.route('/app', appEndpoint)
 app.route('/build', build)
 app.route('/replication', replication)
 app.route('/check_cpu_usage', check_cpu_usage)
+app.route('/translations', translations)
 
 // Private API
 const functionNamePrivate = 'private'
diff --git a/src/constants/locales.ts b/src/constants/locales.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8b34ccdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/locales.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+export const languages = {
+  'de': 'Deutsch',
+  'en': 'English',
+  'es': 'Español',
+  'id': 'Bahasa Indonesia',
+  'it': 'Italiano',
+  'fr': 'Français',
+  'ja': '日本語',
+  'ko': '한국어',
+  'pl': 'Polski',
+  'pt-br': 'Português (Brasil)',
+  'ru': 'Русский',
+  'tr': 'Türkçe',
+  'vi': 'Tiếng Việt',
+  'zh-cn': '简体中文',
+  'hi': 'हिन्दी',
+} as const
+
+export type SupportedLocale = keyof typeof languages
+
+export const defaultLocale: SupportedLocale = 'en'
+export const supportedLocales = Object.keys(languages) as SupportedLocale[]
+
+export function isSupportedLocale(locale: string): locale is SupportedLocale {
+  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(languages, locale)
+}
+
+export function resolveLocale(locale?: string | null): SupportedLocale | null {
+  if (!locale)
+    return null
+
+  const normalizedLocale = locale.toLowerCase()
+  if (isSupportedLocale(normalizedLocale))
+    return normalizedLocale
+
+  const baseLocale = normalizedLocale.split('-')[0]
+  if (isSupportedLocale(baseLocale))
+    return baseLocale
+
+  return null
+}
+
+export function normalizeLocale(locale?: string | null): SupportedLocale {
+  return resolveLocale(locale) ?? defaultLocale
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/i18n.ts b/src/modules/i18n.ts
index 46fae89757..eae5a55a53 100644
--- a/src/modules/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/modules/i18n.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,27 @@
 import type { Locale } from 'vue-i18n'
+import type { SupportedLocale } from '../constants/locales'
 import type { UserModule } from '~/types'
 import { createI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
+import { defaultApiHost } from '~/services/supabase'
+import enMessages from '../../messages/en.json'
+import { defaultLocale, languages, normalizeLocale, supportedLocales } from '../constants/locales'
 
-// Import i18n resources
-// https://vitejs.dev/guide/features.html#glob-import
-//
-// Don't need this? Try vitesse-lite: https://github.com/antfu/vitesse-lite
 export const i18n = createI18n({
   legacy: false,
-  fallbackLocale: 'en',
-  locale: '',
-  messages: {},
+  fallbackLocale: defaultLocale,
+  locale: defaultLocale,
+  messages: {
+    [defaultLocale]: enMessages,
+  },
 })
 
-const localesMap = Object.fromEntries(
-  Object.entries(import.meta.glob('../../messages/*.json'))
-    .map(([path, loadLocale]) => [/([\w-]*)\.json$/.exec(path)?.[1], loadLocale]),
-) as Record<Locale, () => Promise<{ default: Record<string, string> }>>
-
-export const availableLocales = Object.keys(localesMap)
-export const languages = {
-  'de': 'Deutsch',
-  'en': 'English',
-  'es': 'Español',
-  'id': 'Bahasa Indonesia',
-  'it': 'Italiano',
-  'fr': 'Français',
-  'ja': '日本語',
-  'ko': '한국어',
-  'pl': 'Polski',
-  'pt-br': 'Português (Brasil)',
-  'ru': 'Русский',
-  'tr': 'Türkçe',
-  'vi': 'Tiếng Việt',
-  'zh-cn': '简体中文',
-  'hi': 'हिन्दी',
-}
+type MessageDictionary = Record<string, string>
+
+export const availableLocales = supportedLocales
+export { languages }
 
-const loadedLanguages: string[] = []
+const loadedLanguages: SupportedLocale[] = [defaultLocale]
+let latestLocaleRequestId = 0
 
 function setI18nLanguage(lang: Locale) {
   i18n.global.locale.value = lang as any
@@ -47,26 +31,59 @@ function setI18nLanguage(lang: Locale) {
   return lang
 }
 
+async function loadLocaleMessages(locale: SupportedLocale): Promise<MessageDictionary> {
+  if (locale === defaultLocale)
+    return enMessages
+
+  const translationBaseUrl = defaultApiHost?.trim()
+  if (!translationBaseUrl)
+    throw new Error('VITE_API_HOST is not configured')
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${translationBaseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/translations/${locale}`, {
+    headers: {
+      Accept: 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+
+  if (!response.ok)
+    throw new Error(`Failed to load locale "${locale}" (HTTP ${response.status})`)
+
+  return await response.json() as MessageDictionary
+}
+
 export async function loadLanguageAsync(lang: string): Promise<Locale> {
+  const locale = normalizeLocale(lang)
+  const requestId = ++latestLocaleRequestId
+
   // If the same language
-  if (i18n.global.locale.value === lang)
-    return setI18nLanguage(lang)
+  if (i18n.global.locale.value === locale)
+    return requestId === latestLocaleRequestId ? setI18nLanguage(locale) : i18n.global.locale.value
 
   // If the language was already loaded
-  if (loadedLanguages.includes(lang))
-    return setI18nLanguage(lang)
-
-  // If the language hasn't been loaded yet
-  const messages = await localesMap[lang]()
-  i18n.global.setLocaleMessage(lang, messages.default)
-  loadedLanguages.push(lang)
-  return setI18nLanguage(lang)
+  if (loadedLanguages.includes(locale))
+    return requestId === latestLocaleRequestId ? setI18nLanguage(locale) : i18n.global.locale.value
+
+  const fallbackLocale = normalizeLocale(i18n.global.locale.value)
+
+  try {
+    const messages = await loadLocaleMessages(locale)
+    i18n.global.setLocaleMessage(locale, messages)
+    if (!loadedLanguages.includes(locale))
+      loadedLanguages.push(locale)
+    if (requestId !== latestLocaleRequestId)
+      return i18n.global.locale.value
+    return setI18nLanguage(locale)
+  }
+  catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to load locale messages', { locale, error })
+    if (requestId !== latestLocaleRequestId)
+      return i18n.global.locale.value
+    return setI18nLanguage(fallbackLocale)
+  }
 }
 
 export const install: UserModule = ({ app }) => {
   app.use(i18n)
-  let lang = localStorage.getItem('lang') ?? window.navigator.language.split('-')[0]
-  if (!(lang in languages))
-    lang = 'en'
+  const lang = normalizeLocale(localStorage.getItem('lang') ?? window.navigator.language)
   loadLanguageAsync(lang)
 }
diff --git a/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts b/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5a2ec8388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { resolveLocale } from '../../../../../src/constants/locales.ts'
+import { honoFactory, quickError, useCors } from '../../utils/hono.ts'
+import { cloudlog } from '../../utils/logging.ts'
+import { getLocaleMessages } from './messages.ts'
+
+export const app = honoFactory.createApp()
+
+app.use('*', useCors)
+
+app.get('/:locale', async (c) => {
+  const requestId = c.get('requestId')
+  const requestedLocale = c.req.param('locale')
+  const locale = resolveLocale(requestedLocale)
+
+  cloudlog({ requestId, message: 'translations request', requestedLocale, locale })
+
+  if (!locale) {
+    cloudlog({ requestId, message: 'translations unsupported locale', requestedLocale })
+    return quickError(404, 'unsupported_locale', 'Unsupported locale')
+  }
+
+  c.header('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=300, s-maxage=86400')
+  c.header('Content-Language', locale)
+  cloudlog({ requestId, message: 'translations response', locale })
+  return c.json(await getLocaleMessages(locale))
+})
diff --git a/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/messages.ts b/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/messages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b37c43e50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/messages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import type { SupportedLocale } from '../../../../../src/constants/locales.ts'
+
+type MessageDictionary = Record<string, string>
+interface MessageModule {
+  default: MessageDictionary
+}
+
+const localeMessages = new Map<SupportedLocale, MessageDictionary>()
+
+const messageLoaders: Record<SupportedLocale, () => Promise<MessageModule>> = {
+  'de': () => import('../../../../../messages/de.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'en': () => import('../../../../../messages/en.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'es': () => import('../../../../../messages/es.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'fr': () => import('../../../../../messages/fr.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'hi': () => import('../../../../../messages/hi.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'id': () => import('../../../../../messages/id.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'it': () => import('../../../../../messages/it.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'ja': () => import('../../../../../messages/ja.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'ko': () => import('../../../../../messages/ko.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'pl': () => import('../../../../../messages/pl.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'pt-br': () => import('../../../../../messages/pt-br.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'ru': () => import('../../../../../messages/ru.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'tr': () => import('../../../../../messages/tr.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'vi': () => import('../../../../../messages/vi.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+  'zh-cn': () => import('../../../../../messages/zh-cn.json', { with: { type: 'json' } }),
+}
+
+export async function getLocaleMessages(locale: SupportedLocale): Promise<MessageDictionary> {
+  const cachedMessages = localeMessages.get(locale)
+  if (cachedMessages)
+    return cachedMessages
+
+  const { default: messages } = await messageLoaders[locale]()
+  localeMessages.set(locale, messages)
+  return messages
+}
diff --git a/supabase/functions/translations/index.ts b/supabase/functions/translations/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ade4a28e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/functions/translations/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { app } from '../_backend/public/translations/index.ts'
+import { createAllCatch, createHono } from '../_backend/utils/hono.ts'
+import { version } from '../_backend/utils/version.ts'
+
+const functionName = 'translations'
+const appGlobal = createHono(functionName, version)
+
+appGlobal.route('/', app)
+createAllCatch(appGlobal, functionName)
+
+Deno.serve(appGlobal.fetch)
diff --git a/tests/i18n-loader.unit.test.ts b/tests/i18n-loader.unit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bd1560082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/i18n-loader.unit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('~/services/supabase', () => ({
+  defaultApiHost: 'https://api.capgo.test',
+}))
+
+function createStorageMock() {
+  const store = new Map<string, string>()
+
+  return {
+    getItem: vi.fn((key: string) => store.get(key) ?? null),
+    setItem: vi.fn((key: string, value: string) => {
+      store.set(key, value)
+    }),
+    removeItem: vi.fn((key: string) => {
+      store.delete(key)
+    }),
+  }
+}
+
+describe('i18n locale loader', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    vi.resetModules()
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn())
+    vi.stubGlobal('localStorage', createStorageMock())
+  })
+
+  it('keeps English in the frontend bundle without fetching it from the backend', async () => {
+    const { i18n, loadLanguageAsync } = await import('../src/modules/i18n.ts')
+
+    await loadLanguageAsync('en')
+
+    expect(fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(i18n.global.locale.value).toBe('en')
+    expect(i18n.global.t('accept-invitation')).toBe('Accept Invitation')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the current locale when backend locale loading fails', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: false,
+      status: 500,
+    } as Response)
+
+    const { i18n, loadLanguageAsync } = await import('../src/modules/i18n.ts')
+
+    await loadLanguageAsync('fr')
+
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://api.capgo.test/translations/fr', {
+      headers: {
+        Accept: 'application/json',
+      },
+    })
+    expect(i18n.global.locale.value).toBe('en')
+    expect(i18n.global.t('accept-invitation')).toBe('Accept Invitation')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the latest locale selection when async fetches resolve out of order', async () => {
+    let resolveFrench: ((value: Response) => void) | undefined
+    let resolveGerman: ((value: Response) => void) | undefined
+
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation((url) => {
+      const requestUrl = String(url)
+
+      if (requestUrl.endsWith('/translations/fr')) {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          resolveFrench = resolve
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (requestUrl.endsWith('/translations/de')) {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          resolveGerman = resolve
+        })
+      }
+
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected locale request: ${requestUrl}`)
+    })
+
+    const { i18n, loadLanguageAsync } = await import('../src/modules/i18n.ts')
+
+    const frenchLoad = loadLanguageAsync('fr')
+    const germanLoad = loadLanguageAsync('de')
+
+    resolveGerman?.({
+      ok: true,
+      json: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        'accept-invitation': 'Einladung annehmen',
+      }),
+    } as unknown as Response)
+    await germanLoad
+
+    resolveFrench?.({
+      ok: true,
+      json: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        'accept-invitation': 'Accepter l\'invitation',
+      }),
+    } as unknown as Response)
+    await frenchLoad
+
+    expect(i18n.global.locale.value).toBe('de')
+    expect(i18n.global.t('accept-invitation')).toBe('Einladung annehmen')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/translations.test.ts b/tests/translations.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b24ba574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/translations.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+describe('[GET] /translations/:locale', () => {
+  it.concurrent('returns the requested locale payload with cache headers', async () => {
+    const { app: translations } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts')
+    const { createAllCatch, createHono } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/utils/hono.ts')
+    const { version } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/utils/version.ts')
+
+    const app = createHono('translations', version)
+    app.route('/', translations)
+    createAllCatch(app, 'translations')
+
+    const response = await app.fetch(new Request('http://localhost/fr'))
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(response.headers.get('access-control-allow-origin')).toBe('*')
+    expect(response.headers.get('cache-control')).toBe('public, max-age=300, s-maxage=86400')
+    expect(response.headers.get('content-language')).toBe('fr')
+
+    const data = await response.json() as Record<string, string>
+    expect(data['accept-invitation']).toBe('Accepter l\'invitation')
+  })
+
+  it.concurrent('rejects unsupported locales', async () => {
+    const { app: translations } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/public/translations/index.ts')
+    const { createAllCatch, createHono } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/utils/hono.ts')
+    const { version } = await import('../supabase/functions/_backend/utils/version.ts')
+
+    const app = createHono('translations', version)
+    app.route('/', translations)
+    createAllCatch(app, 'translations')
+
+    const response = await app.fetch(new Request('http://localhost/klingon'))
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(404)
+    await expect(response.json()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      error: 'unsupported_locale',
+      message: 'Unsupported locale',
+    })
+  })
+})