diff --git a/components/DialogueBox.vue b/components/DialogueBox.vue
index 597a2df6b..0417e0776 100644
--- a/components/DialogueBox.vue
+++ b/components/DialogueBox.vue
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
                     </p>
                 </div>
                 <div class="modal-body" v-if="message">
-                    <p class="py-5 text-center" v-html="message"></p>
+                    <p :class="[margin ? 'py-5 text-center' : '']" v-html="message"></p>
                 </div>
                 <div class="modal-body" v-if="value !== undefined">
                     <ListInput v-if="Array.isArray(value)" v-model="value" v-slot="s">
-                        <textarea v-model="s.val" class="form-control" rows="5"></textarea>
+                        <textarea v-model="s.val" class="form-control" rows="5" @keyup="s.update(s.val)" @update="s.update(s.val)"></textarea>
                     </ListInput>
                     <textarea v-else v-model="value" class="form-control" rows="5"></textarea>
                 </div>
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
                 icon: undefined,
                 header: undefined,
                 message: undefined,
+                margin: true,
                 color: null,
                 value: undefined,
                 size: undefined,
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@
                 this.icon = message.icon || (choice ? 'map-marker-question' : null);
                 this.header = message.header;
                 this.message = message.message || (choice ? this.$t('confirm.header') : null);
-                this.size = size;
+                this.margin = message.margin ?? true;
+                this.size = message.size ?? size;
                 this.color = color;
                 this.value = value;
                 this.shown = true;
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@
                     this.icon = undefined;
                     this.header = undefined;
                     this.message = undefined;
+                    this.margin = true;
                     this.color = null;
                     this.value = undefined;
                     this.size = undefined;
diff --git a/components/T.vue b/components/T.vue
index cdd00d2ea..e4b3b7f37 100644
--- a/components/T.vue
+++ b/components/T.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-    import t from '../src/translator';
+    import translator from '../src/translator';
     import {mapState} from "vuex";
 
     export default {
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
                 'translationChanges',
             ]),
             modified() {
-                return this.translationChanges.hasOwnProperty(this.key);
+                return this.translationMode && this.translationChanges.hasOwnProperty(this.key);
             },
             txt() {
                 return this.modified
-                    ? t(this.translationChanges[this.key], this.params || {}, !this.silent, false)
-                    : t(this.key, this.params || {}, !this.silent);
+                    ? translator.applyParams(this.translationChanges[this.key], this.params || {})
+                    : translator.translate(this.key, this.params || {}, !this.silent);
             }
         },
         methods: {
@@ -38,14 +38,30 @@
                 e.preventDefault();
                 e.stopPropagation();
 
+                const base = translator.get(this.key, false, true);
+
                 const newValue = await this.$editor(
-                    this.modified ? this.translationChanges[this.key] : t(this.key),
-                    { icon: 'language', header: this.key },
+                    this.modified
+                        ? this.translationChanges[this.key]
+                        : translator.get(this.key),
+                    {
+                        icon: 'language',
+                        header: this.key,
+                        message: base
+                            ? ('<div class="small alert alert-info">'
+                                + (Array.isArray(base)
+                                    ? `<ul>${base.map(el => '<li>' + el + '</el>')}</ul>`
+                                    : base)
+                                + '</div>')
+                            : undefined,
+                        margin: false,
+                    },
                     'info'
                 );
 
                 if (newValue !== undefined) {
                     this.$store.commit('translate', {key: this.key, newValue});
+                    this.$cookies.set('translations', this.$store.state.translationChanges);
                 }
             },
         },
diff --git a/components/TranslationMode.vue b/components/TranslationMode.vue
index fe614ce1c..3a22ee3c0 100644
--- a/components/TranslationMode.vue
+++ b/components/TranslationMode.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 <template>
-    <div v-if="$isGranted()" class="scroll-btn d-print-none d-flex align-items-center">
+    <div v-if="$isGranted('translations')" class="scroll-btn d-print-none d-flex align-items-center">
         <template v-if="translationMode">
-            <div class="bg-info rounded m-1 px-3 py-1 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center">
+            <button class="btn btn-info btn-sm m-1 px-3 py-1 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center" @click="showChanges">
                 <small>Changes: {{ changesCount }}</small>
-            </div>
+            </button>
             <div v-if="changesCount" @click.prevent="commitChanges">
                 <SquareButton link="#" colour="success" aria-label="Commit changes">
                     <Icon v="check-circle"/>
                 </SquareButton>
             </div>
-            <div @click.prevent="revertChanges">
+            <div v-if="changesCount" @click.prevent="revertChanges">
                 <SquareButton link="#" colour="danger" aria-label="Revert changes">
                     <Icon v="times-circle"/>
                 </SquareButton>
             </div>
+            <div @click.prevent="pause">
+                <SquareButton link="#" colour="info" aria-label="Pause translation mode">
+                    <Icon v="pause-circle"/>
+                </SquareButton>
+            </div>
         </template>
         <div v-else @click.prevent="startTranslating">
             <SquareButton link="#" colour="info" aria-label="Translation Mode">
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@
 
 <script>
     import {mapState} from "vuex";
+    import Suml from 'suml';
 
     export default {
         data() {
@@ -37,13 +43,34 @@
             },
             async commitChanges() {
                 await this.$confirm(`Do you want to commit ${this.changesCount} changes?`, 'success');
+                const response = await this.$post(`/translations/propose`, {
+                    changes: this.translationChanges,
+                });
                 this.$store.commit('translationCommit');
+                this.$cookies.remove('translations');
+
+                setTimeout(
+                    () => this.$alert({header: 'Your translation proposals were saved', message: 'Thank you for contributing!'}, 'success'),
+                    500,
+                )
             },
             async revertChanges() {
                 if (this.changesCount) {
                     await this.$confirm(`Do you want to revert ${this.changesCount} changes?`, 'danger');
                 }
                 this.$store.commit('translationAbort');
+                this.$cookies.remove('translations');
+            },
+            async showChanges() {
+                await this.$alert({
+                    header: 'Changes overview',
+                    message: '<pre>' + new Suml().dump(this.translationChanges) + '</pre>',
+                    margin: false,
+                    size: 'lg',
+                }, 'info');
+            },
+            async pause() {
+                this.$store.commit('translationPause');
             },
         },
         computed: {
diff --git a/migrations/056-translations.sql b/migrations/056-translations.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f73ec5e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/056-translations.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-- Up
+
+CREATE TABLE translations (
+    id TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    locale TEXT NOT NULL,
+    tKey TEXT NOT NULL,
+    tValue TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    author_id TEXT NULL REFERENCES users(id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX "translations_locale" ON "translations" ("locale");
+CREATE INDEX "translations_key" ON "translations" ("key");
+CREATE INDEX "translations_status" ON "translations" ("status");
+
+-- Down
+
+DROP TABLE translations;
diff --git a/plugins/globals.js b/plugins/globals.js
index 4f88cf4d2..da64805cd 100644
--- a/plugins/globals.js
+++ b/plugins/globals.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue'
-import t from '../src/translator';
+import translator from '../src/translator';
 import config from '../data/config.suml';
 import {buildDict} from "../src/helpers";
 import {DateTime} from "luxon";
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ export default ({ app, store }) => {
 
     Vue.prototype.$base = process.env.BASE_URL;
 
-    Vue.prototype.$t = t;
-    Vue.prototype.$te = key => t(key, {}, false) !== undefined;
+    Vue.prototype.$t = (key, params = {}, warn = true) => translator.translate(key, params, warn);
+    Vue.prototype.$te = (key) => translator.has(key);
     Vue.prototype.$translateForPronoun = (str, pronoun) =>
         pronoun.format(
-            t(`flags.${str.replace(/ /g, '_').replace(/'/g, `*`)}`, {}, false) || str
+            translator.translate(`flags.${str.replace(/ /g, '_').replace(/'/g, `*`)}`, {}, false) || str
         );
 
     Vue.prototype.config = config;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export default ({ app, store }) => {
     });
 
     store.commit('setSpelling', app.$cookies.get('spelling'));
+    store.commit('restoreTranslations', app.$cookies.get('translations'))
 
     Vue.prototype.buildImageUrl = (imageId, size) => `${process.env.CLOUDFRONT}/images/${imageId}-${size}.png`
 
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 2c5cfd6a3..819b78bcd 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -93,14 +93,11 @@ app.use(require('./routes/grantOverrides').default);
 router.use(grant.express()(require('./social').config));
 
 app.use(require('./routes/home').default);
-
 app.use(require('./routes/banner').default);
-
 app.use(require('./routes/user').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/profile').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/admin').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/mfa').default);
-
 app.use(require('./routes/pronouns').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/sources').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/nouns').default);
@@ -109,10 +106,10 @@ app.use(require('./routes/terms').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/pronounce').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/census').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/names').default);
-
 app.use(require('./routes/images').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/blog').default);
 app.use(require('./routes/calendar').default);
+app.use(require('./routes/translations').default);
 
 app.use(function (err, req, res, next) {
     console.error(err.stack);
diff --git a/server/routes/translations.js b/server/routes/translations.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33f7d0fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/translations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import SQL from 'sql-template-strings';
+import {ulid} from "ulid";
+import { handleErrorAsync } from "../../src/helpers";
+
+const router = Router();
+
+router.post('/translations/propose', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
+    if (!req.isGranted('translations')) {
+        return res.status(401).json({error: 'Unauthorised'});
+    }
+
+    for (let tKey in req.body.changes) {
+        if (!req.body.changes.hasOwnProperty(tKey)) { continue; }
+        // TODO single insert
+        await req.db.get(SQL`INSERT INTO translations (id, locale, tKey, tValue, status, author_id) VALUES (
+            ${ulid()}, ${global.config.locale},
+            ${tKey}, ${JSON.stringify(req.body.changes[tKey])},
+            0, ${req.user ? req.user.id : null}
+        )`)
+    }
+
+    // TODO email
+
+    return res.json('OK');
+}));
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/src/contact.js b/src/contact.js
index 275cc76fd..eace705d5 100644
--- a/src/contact.js
+++ b/src/contact.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import t from './translator';
+import translator from './translator';
 
 export const contact = {
     all: {
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ const supportLinks = {
         bank: {
             icon: 'money-check-alt',
             url: 'https://bunq.me/PronounsPage',
-            headline: t('support.bankAccount'),
-            // tooltip: t('support.bankAccountOwner'),
+            headline: translator.translate('support.bankAccount'),
+            // tooltip: translator.translate('support.bankAccountOwner'),
         },
         kofi: {
             icon: 'coffee',
diff --git a/src/translator.js b/src/translator.js
index 235f1aea9..8f8ed4a54 100644
--- a/src/translator.js
+++ b/src/translator.js
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 import translations from '../data/translations.suml';
+import baseTranslations from '../locale/_base/translations.suml';
 
-export default (key, params = {}, warn = true, translate = true) => {
-    let value = translations;
-    if (translate) {
+class Translator {
+    constructor(translations, baseTranslations) {
+        this.translations = translations;
+        this.baseTranslations = baseTranslations;
+    }
+
+    translate(key, params = {}, warn = true) {
+        return this.applyParams(
+            this.get(key, warn),
+            params,
+        );
+    }
+
+    get(key, warn = true, base = false) {
+        let value = base ? this.baseTranslations : this.translations;
         for (let part of key.split('.')) {
             value = value[part];
             if (value === undefined) {
@@ -12,17 +25,23 @@ export default (key, params = {}, warn = true, translate = true) => {
                 return undefined;
             }
         }
-    } else {
-        value = key;
+        return value;
     }
 
-    for (let k in params) {
-        if (params.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
-            value = Array.isArray(value)
-                ? value.map(v => v.replace(new RegExp('%' + k + '%', 'g'), params[k]))
-                : value.replace(new RegExp('%' + k + '%', 'g'), params[k]);
+    has(key) {
+        return this.get(key, false) !== undefined;
+    }
+
+    applyParams (value, params = {}) {
+        for (let k in params) {
+            if (params.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
+                value = Array.isArray(value)
+                    ? value.map(v => v.replace(new RegExp('%' + k + '%', 'g'), params[k]))
+                    : value.replace(new RegExp('%' + k + '%', 'g'), params[k]);
+            }
         }
+        return value;
     }
-
-    return value;
 }
+
+export default new Translator(translations, baseTranslations);
diff --git a/store/index.js b/store/index.js
index 45810f425..bc072c812 100644
--- a/store/index.js
+++ b/store/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
-import t from '../src/translator';
+import translator from '../src/translator';
 import {buildDict} from "../src/helpers";
 
 export const state = () => ({
@@ -57,17 +57,20 @@ export const mutations = {
     },
     translationInit(state) {
         state.translationMode = true;
-        state.translationChanges = {};
     },
     translationCommit(state) {
-        alert('not implemented!')
+        state.translationMode = false;
+        state.translationChanges = {};
     },
     translationAbort(state) {
         state.translationMode = false;
         state.translationChanges = {};
     },
+    translationPause(state) {
+        state.translationMode = false;
+    },
     translate(state, {key, newValue}) {
-        if (newValue !== t(key)) {
+        if (newValue !== translator.get(key)) {
             const translationChanges = {...state.translationChanges};
             translationChanges[key] = newValue;
             state.translationChanges = translationChanges;
@@ -82,4 +85,13 @@ export const mutations = {
             }, state.translationChanges);
         }
     },
+    restoreTranslations(state, translations) {
+        if (translations) {
+            state.translationMode = true;
+            state.translationChanges = translations;
+        } else {
+            state.translationMode = false;
+            state.translationChanges = {};
+        }
+    },
 }