diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ae34ec..1eaf42e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 dist/
 node_modules/
 thumbs.db
+
+# generated translation files
+/translations
+/locale
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 18da0a9..ee07a35 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -900,6 +900,15 @@
         "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-source": "7.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "@babel/runtime": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7hGhzlcmg01CvH1EHdSPVXYX1aJ8KCEyz6I9xYIi/asDtzBPMyMhVibhM/K6g/5qnKBwjZtp10bNZIEFTRW1MA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "regenerator-runtime": "0.12.1"
+      }
+    },
     "@babel/template": {
       "version": "7.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/template/-/template-7.1.0.tgz",
@@ -1704,6 +1713,17 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "babel-plugin-react-intl": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-plugin-react-intl/-/babel-plugin-react-intl-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FqnEO+Tq7kJVUPKsSG3s5jaHi3pAC4RUR11IrscvjsfkOApLP2DtzNo6dtQ+tX+OzEzJx7cUms8aCw5BFyW5xg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "7.0.0",
+        "intl-messageformat-parser": "1.4.0",
+        "mkdirp": "0.5.1"
+      }
+    },
     "balanced-match": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3709,6 +3729,12 @@
             "ms": "2.0.0"
           }
         },
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
         "ms": {
           "version": "2.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3740,6 +3766,12 @@
             "ms": "2.0.0"
           }
         },
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
         "ms": {
           "version": "2.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -6936,6 +6968,14 @@
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "minimist": "1.2.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "jsonfile": {
@@ -7306,6 +7346,14 @@
         "read-pkg-up": "1.0.1",
         "redent": "1.0.0",
         "trim-newlines": "1.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "merge-descriptors": {
@@ -7411,9 +7459,9 @@
       }
     },
     "minimist": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+      "version": "0.0.8",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0=",
       "dev": true
     },
     "mississippi": {
@@ -7510,14 +7558,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "minimist": "0.0.8"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "minimist": {
-          "version": "0.0.8",
-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0=",
-          "dev": true
-        }
       }
     },
     "move-concurrently": {
@@ -7796,6 +7836,12 @@
             "ms": "2.0.0"
           }
         },
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
         "ms": {
           "version": "2.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -10677,6 +10723,14 @@
         "ini": "1.3.5",
         "minimist": "1.2.0",
         "strip-json-comments": "2.0.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "react": {
@@ -10921,6 +10975,12 @@
         "regenerate": "1.4.0"
       }
     },
+    "regenerator-runtime": {
+      "version": "0.12.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regenerator-runtime/-/regenerator-runtime-0.12.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-odxIc1/vDlo4iZcfXqRYFj0vpXFNoGdKMAUieAlFYO6m/nl5e9KR/beGf41z4a1FI+aQgtjhuaSlDxQ0hmkrHg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "regenerator-transform": {
       "version": "0.13.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regenerator-transform/-/regenerator-transform-0.13.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35b5458..651ee8e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-intl": "^3.0.1",
     "electron": "2.0.7",
     "electron-builder": "^20.28.1",
     "electron-webpack": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/webpack.renderer.additions.js b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
index 47886fa..18f8145 100644
--- a/webpack.renderer.additions.js
+++ b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
@@ -6,22 +6,28 @@ module.exports = {
             {
                 test: /\.jsx?$/,
                 loader: 'babel-loader',
-                // include: [path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'renderer'), /node_modules[\\/]scratch-[^\\/]+[\\/]src/],
+                resolve: {
+                    symlinks: false
+                },
+                include: [
+                    path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'renderer'),
+                    /node_modules[\\/]scratch-[^\\/]+[\\/]src/
+                ],
                 options: {
                     // Explicitly disable babelrc so we don't catch various config
                     // in much lower dependencies.
                     babelrc: false,
+                    cacheDirectory: true,
                     plugins: [
-                        '@babel/proposal-object-rest-spread'
+                        '@babel/proposal-object-rest-spread',
                         // 'syntax-dynamic-import',
                         // 'transform-async-to-generator',
-                        // 'transform-object-rest-spread',
-                        // ['react-intl', {
-                        //     messagesDir: './translations/messages/'
-                        // }]
+                        ['react-intl', {
+                            messagesDir: './translations/messages/'
+                        }]
                     ],
                     presets: [
-                    //     ['env', {targets: {electron: '2.0.7'}}],
+                        ['@babel/env', {targets: {electron: '2.0.7'}}],
                         '@babel/react'
                     ]
                 }