diff --git a/Editor/locale/CMakeLists.txt b/Editor/locale/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..313d05c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+add_executable(genlocales genlocales.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(genlocales fmt athena-core)
+
+set(LOCALES_IN en_US.yaml en_GB.yaml ja_JP.yaml)
+set(LOCALES_OUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/locales-inl.hpp)
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${LOCALES_OUT} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:genlocales>
+                   ARGS ${LOCALES_OUT} ${LOCALES_IN}
+                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                   DEPENDS genlocales ${LOCALES_IN})
+
+add_library(UrdeLocales ${LOCALES_OUT} locale.hpp locale.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(UrdeLocales fmt)
+target_include_directories(UrdeLocales PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+target_link_libraries(specter PUBLIC UrdeLocales)
diff --git a/Editor/locale/en_GB.yaml b/Editor/locale/en_GB.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b5a4cf0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/en_GB.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: "British English"
+en_GB:
+    color: "Colour"
diff --git a/Editor/locale/en_US.yaml b/Editor/locale/en_US.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e3871aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/en_US.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: "US English"
+en_US:
+    color: "Color"
+    branch: "Branch"
+    commit: "Commit"
+    release: "Release"
+    date: "Date"
+    new_project: "New Project"
+    open_project: "Open Project"
+    extract_game: "Extract Game"
+    name: "Name"
+    type: "Type"
+    size: "Size"
+    directory: "Directory"
+    file: "File"
+    file_name: "File Name"
+    cancel: "Cancel"
+    system_locations: "System Locations"
+    recent_projects: "Recent Projects"
+    recent_files: "Recent Files"
+    scroll_left: "Scroll Left"
+    scroll_right: "Scroll Right"
+    ok: "OK"
+    cancel: "Cancel"
+    boundary_action: "Boundary Action"
+    split: "Split"
+    join: "Join"
+    hecl_project: "HECL Project"
+    no_access_as_dir: "Unable to access '{}' as directory"
+    file_field_empty: "Unable to save empty file"
+    overwrite_confirm: "Overwrite '{}'?"
+    directory_field_empty: "Unable to make empty-named directory"
+    no_overwrite_file: "Unable to make directory over file"
+    no_overwrite_project: "Unable to make project within existing project"
+    no_access_as_file: "Unable to access '{}' as file"
+    space_types: "Space Types"
+    resource_browser: "Resource Browser"
+    effect_editor: "Effect Editor"
+    model_viewer: "Model Viewer"
+    information_center: "Information Center"
+    game_mode: "Game Mode"
+    version: "Version"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Editor/locale/genlocales.cpp b/Editor/locale/genlocales.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7238059b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/genlocales.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include "athena/FileReader.hpp"
+#include "athena/YAMLDocReader.hpp"
+
+#define FMT_STRING_ALIAS 1
+#define FMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING 1
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <fmt/ostream.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  if (argc < 3) {
+    fmt::print(FMT_STRING("{} <out-header> <in-yamls>...\n"), argv[0]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  std::ofstream out(argv[1]);
+  if (!out.is_open()) {
+    fmt::print(FMT_STRING("Unable to open {} for writing\n"), argv[1]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> seenLocales;
+  std::stringstream enumLocales;
+  std::stringstream declLocales;
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> seenKeys;
+  std::stringstream keys;
+  std::stringstream lookups;
+  std::stringstream dos;
+
+  for (int i = 2; i < argc; ++i) {
+    athena::io::FileReader fr(argv[i]);
+    if (!fr.isOpen()) {
+      fmt::print(FMT_STRING("Unable to open {} for reading\n"), argv[i]);
+      return 1;
+    }
+    athena::io::YAMLDocReader r;
+    if (!r.parse(&fr)) {
+      fmt::print(FMT_STRING("Unable to parse {}\n"), argv[i]);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::string name;
+    std::string fullName;
+    athena::io::YAMLNode* listNode = nullptr;
+    for (const auto& c : r.getRootNode()->m_mapChildren) {
+      if (c.first == "name") {
+        fullName = c.second->m_scalarString;
+      } else {
+        name = c.first;
+        listNode = c.second.get();
+      }
+    }
+    if (fullName.empty()) {
+      fmt::print(FMT_STRING("Unable to find 'name' node in {}\n"), argv[i]);
+      return 1;
+    }
+    if (!listNode) {
+      fmt::print(FMT_STRING("Unable to find list node in {}\n"), argv[i]);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (seenLocales.find(name) == seenLocales.end()) {
+      seenLocales.insert(name);
+      fmt::print(enumLocales, FMT_STRING("  {},\n"), name);
+      fmt::print(declLocales,
+        FMT_STRING("struct {0} {{ static constexpr auto Name = \"{0}\"sv; static constexpr auto FullName = \"{1}\"sv; }};\n"),
+        name, fullName);
+      fmt::print(dos,
+        FMT_STRING("    case ELocale::{0}:\n"
+            "      return act.template Do<{0}>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);\n"), name);
+      fmt::print(lookups, FMT_STRING("/* {} */\n"), name);
+      for (const auto& k : listNode->m_mapChildren) {
+        if (seenKeys.find(k.first) == seenKeys.end()) {
+          seenKeys.insert(k.first);
+          fmt::print(keys, FMT_STRING("struct {} {{}};\n"), k.first);
+        }
+        fmt::print(lookups,
+          FMT_STRING("template<> struct Lookup<{}, {}> {{ static constexpr auto Value() {{ return FMT_STRING(\"{}\"); }} }};\n"),
+          name, k.first, k.second->m_scalarString);
+      }
+    }
+    lookups << '\n';
+  }
+
+  out << "/* Locales */\n"
+         "enum class ELocale {\n"
+         "  Invalid = -1,\n";
+  out << enumLocales.str();
+  out << "  MAXLocale\n"
+         "};\n";
+  out << declLocales.str();
+  out << "\n"
+         "using DefaultLocale = en_US;\n"
+         "template<typename L, typename K> struct Lookup {\n"
+         "  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<L, DefaultLocale>, \"The default locale must translate all keys\");\n"
+         "  static constexpr auto Value() { return Lookup<DefaultLocale, K>::Value(); }\n"
+         "};\n"
+         "\n"
+         "/* Keys */\n";
+  out << keys.str();
+  out << "\n";
+  out << lookups.str();
+  out << "template <typename Action, typename... Args>\n"
+         "constexpr auto Do(ELocale l, Action act, Args&&... args) {\n"
+         "  switch (l) {\n"
+         "    default:\n";
+  out << dos.str();
+  out << "  }\n"
+         "}\n";
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Editor/locale/ja_JP.yaml b/Editor/locale/ja_JP.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..847736741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/ja_JP.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: "日本語"
+ja_JP:
+    color: "色"
+    branch: "分派"
+    commit: "預ける"
+    date: "年月日"
+    new_project: "新しいプロジェクト"
+    open_project: "プロジェクトを開きます"
+    extract_game: "ビデオゲームを抽出"
+    name: "名"
+    type: "タイプ"
+    size: "サイズ"
+    directory: "ディレクトリ"
+    file: "ファイル"
+    file_name: "ファイル名"
+    cancel: "キャンセル"
+    system_locations: "システムの場所"
+    recent_projects: "最近使ったプロジェクト"
+    recent_files: "最近使用したファイル"
diff --git a/Editor/locale/locale.cpp b/Editor/locale/locale.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff6d0bb34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/locale.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "locale.hpp"
+#include <cstring>
+#include <clocale>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#undef min
+#undef max
+
+namespace locale {
+
+std::vector<std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>> ListLocales() {
+  std::vector<std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>> ret;
+  ret.reserve(std::size_t(ELocale::MAXLocale));
+  for (ELocale l = ELocale(0); l < ELocale::MAXLocale; l = ELocale(int(l) + 1))
+    ret.emplace_back(GetName(l), GetFullName(l));
+  return ret;
+}
+
+ELocale LookupLocale(std::string_view name) {
+  for (ELocale l = ELocale(0); l < ELocale::MAXLocale; l = ELocale(int(l) + 1))
+    if (name == GetName(l))
+      return l;
+  return ELocale::Invalid;
+}
+
+ELocale SystemLocaleOrEnglish() {
+  const char* sysLocale = std::setlocale(LC_ALL, nullptr);
+  size_t sysLocaleLen = std::strlen(sysLocale);
+  for (ELocale l = ELocale(0); l < ELocale::MAXLocale; l = ELocale(int(l) + 1)) {
+    auto name = GetName(l);
+    if (!name.compare(0, std::min(name.size(), sysLocaleLen), sysLocale))
+      return l;
+  }
+  return ELocale::en_US;
+}
+
+} // namespace locale
diff --git a/Editor/locale/locale.hpp b/Editor/locale/locale.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0226aef44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Editor/locale/locale.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define FMT_STRING_ALIAS 1
+#define FMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING 1
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+namespace locale {
+using namespace std::literals;
+#include <locales-inl.hpp>
+
+struct DoGetName {
+  template <typename L>
+  constexpr auto Do() { return L::Name; }
+};
+constexpr auto GetName(ELocale l) {
+  return Do(l, DoGetName());
+}
+
+struct DoGetFullName {
+  template <typename L>
+  constexpr auto Do() { return L::FullName; }
+};
+constexpr auto GetFullName(ELocale l) {
+  return Do(l, DoGetFullName());
+}
+
+template <typename Key>
+struct DoTranslate {
+  template <typename L, typename... Args>
+  constexpr auto Do(Args&&... args) { return fmt::format(Lookup<L, Key>::Value(), std::forward<Args>(args)...); }
+};
+template <typename Key, typename... Args>
+constexpr auto Translate(ELocale l, Args&&... args) {
+  return Do(l, DoTranslate<Key>(), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+std::vector<std::pair<std::string_view, std::string_view>> ListLocales();
+ELocale LookupLocale(std::string_view name);
+ELocale SystemLocaleOrEnglish();
+
+} // namespace locale