diff --git a/pkg/locale/http.go b/pkg/locale/http.go
index 319ca7fbe..a3c8bd84c 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/http.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/http.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func upgradeRequest(ll *service, r *http.Request) *http.Request {
 
 func detectLanguage(ll *service, r *http.Request) (tag language.Tag) {
 	if ll.opt.DevelopmentMode {
-		if err := ll.Reload(); err != nil {
+		if err := ll.ReloadStatic(); err != nil {
 			// when in development mode, refresh languages for every request
 			ll.log.Error("failed to load locales", zap.Error(err))
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/locale/load.go b/pkg/locale/load.go
index 53baff34f..9538d2062 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/load.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/load.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package locale
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -194,6 +195,15 @@ func loadTranslations(lang *Language) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (svc *service) loadResourceTranslations(ctx context.Context, lang *Language, tg language.Tag) (err error) {
+	lang.resources, err = svc.s.TransformResource(ctx, tg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // procInternal reads internal YAML translation files and converts it into
 // simple key/value structure
 func procInternal(ns map[string]string, prefix string, f io.Reader) (err error) {
diff --git a/pkg/locale/locale.go b/pkg/locale/locale.go
index fa24e0c10..cea3f6054 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/locale.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/locale.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ type (
 	//   application => namespace => buffered JSON docs
 	external map[string]io.ReadSeeker
 
+	// resource => key => ResourceTranslation
+	resources map[string]map[string]*ResourceTranslation
+
 	Language struct {
 		l sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -49,13 +52,15 @@ type (
 		internal internal
 
 		// External translations (webapps)
-		external external
+		external  external
+		resources resources
 	}
 
 	ErrorMetaNamespace struct{}
 	ErrorMetaKey       struct{}
 )
 
+// t returns the translated string for internal content
 func (l *Language) t(ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
 	l.l.RLock()
 	defer l.l.RUnlock()
@@ -75,3 +80,38 @@ func (l *Language) t(ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
 
 	return key
 }
+
+// tr returns the translated string for resource translations
+func (l *Language) tr(ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
+	l.l.RLock()
+	defer l.l.RUnlock()
+
+	for r := 0; r < len(rr); r += 2 {
+		rr[r] = fmt.Sprintf("{{%s}}", rr[r])
+	}
+
+	rt, has := l.resources[ns][key]
+	if has {
+		return strings.NewReplacer(rr...).Replace(rt.Msg)
+	}
+
+	if l.extends != nil {
+		return l.extends.tr(ns, key, rr...)
+	}
+
+	return key
+}
+
+// resourceTranslations returns all resource translations for the specified resource
+func (l *Language) resourceTranslations(resource string) ResourceTranslationIndex {
+	out := make(ResourceTranslationIndex)
+	if l.resources == nil {
+		return out
+	}
+
+	for k, rt := range l.resources[resource] {
+		out[k] = rt
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/pkg/locale/resource.go b/pkg/locale/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..590f7547f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/locale/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package locale
+
+import "golang.org/x/text/language"
+
+type (
+	ResourceTranslation struct {
+		Resource string `json:"resource"`
+		Lang     string `json:"lang"`
+		Key      string `json:"key"`
+		Msg      string `json:"msg"`
+	}
+
+	ResourceTranslationIndex map[string]*ResourceTranslation
+
+	ResourceTranslationSet []*ResourceTranslation
+)
+
+func ContentID(cID uint64, i int) uint64 {
+	if cID == 0 && i > 0 {
+		return uint64(i)
+	}
+	return cID
+}
+
+func (rr ResourceTranslationSet) SetLanguage(tag language.Tag) {
+	for _, r := range rr {
+		r.Lang = tag.String()
+	}
+}
+
+func (rx ResourceTranslationIndex) FindByKey(k string) *ResourceTranslation {
+	return rx[k]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/locale/service.go b/pkg/locale/service.go
index ee1a334e7..2daf7ea82 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/service.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/service.go
@@ -16,8 +16,26 @@ import (
 )
 
 type (
+	resourceStore interface {
+		TransformResource(context.Context, language.Tag) (map[string]map[string]*ResourceTranslation, error)
+	}
+
+	Locale interface {
+		T(ctx context.Context, ns, key string, rr ...string) string
+		TFor(tag language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string
+		Tags() []language.Tag
+	}
+
+	Resource interface {
+		TR(ctx context.Context, ns, key string, rr ...string) string
+		TRFor(tag language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string
+		Tags() []language.Tag
+		ResourceTranslations(code language.Tag, resource string) ResourceTranslationIndex
+	}
+
 	service struct {
 		l sync.RWMutex
+		s resourceStore
 
 		// logger facility for the locale service
 		log *zap.Logger
@@ -75,7 +93,11 @@ func Service(log *zap.Logger, opt options.LocaleOpt) (*service, error) {
 		svc.tags = append(svc.tags, tag)
 	}
 
-	return svc, svc.Reload()
+	return svc, svc.ReloadStatic()
+}
+
+func (svc *service) BindStore(s resourceStore) {
+	svc.s = s
 }
 
 // Default language
@@ -93,9 +115,9 @@ func (svc *service) Tags() (tt []language.Tag) {
 	return
 }
 
-// Reload all embedded (via github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-locale package)
-// and imported (from one or more paths found in LOCALE_PATH) translations
-func (svc *service) Reload() (err error) {
+// ReloadStatic all language configurations (as configured via path options) and
+// all translation files
+func (svc *service) ReloadStatic() (err error) {
 	var (
 		i       int
 		lang    *Language
@@ -107,7 +129,7 @@ func (svc *service) Reload() (err error) {
 	svc.l.RLock()
 	defer svc.l.RUnlock()
 
-	svc.log.Info("reloading",
+	svc.log.Info("reloading static",
 		zap.Strings("path", svc.src),
 		zap.Strings("tags", tagsToStrings(svc.tags)),
 	)
@@ -203,6 +225,60 @@ func (svc *service) Reload() (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ReloadResourceTranslations all language configurations (as configured via path options) and
+// all translation files
+func (svc *service) ReloadResourceTranslations(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	svc.l.RLock()
+	defer svc.l.RUnlock()
+
+	svc.log.Info("reloading resource translations",
+		zap.Strings("tags", tagsToStrings(svc.tags)),
+	)
+
+	for i, tag := range svc.tags {
+		lang, ok := svc.set[tag]
+		if !ok {
+			lang = &Language{
+				Tag: tag,
+				src: "store",
+			}
+
+			svc.set[tag] = lang
+		}
+
+		if err = svc.loadResourceTranslations(ctx, lang, lang.Tag); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		svc.log.Info(
+			"language loaded",
+			zap.Stringer("tag", lang.Tag),
+			zap.String("src", lang.src),
+			zap.Stringer("extends", lang.Extends),
+		)
+
+		if i == 0 && svc.def == nil {
+			// set first one as default
+			svc.def = lang
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Do another pass and link all extended languages
+	for _, lang := range svc.set {
+		if lang.Extends.IsRoot() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if svc.set[lang.Extends] == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not extend langage %q from an unknown language %q", lang.Tag, lang.Extends)
+		}
+
+		lang.extends = svc.set[lang.Extends]
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // List returns list of all languages
 func (svc *service) List() []*Language {
 	svc.l.RLock()
@@ -304,6 +380,43 @@ func (svc *service) T(ctx context.Context, ns, key string, rr ...string) string
 	return svc.t(GetLanguageFromContext(ctx), ns, key, rr...)
 }
 
+// T returns translated key from namespaces using list of replacement pairs
+//
+// Language is specified
+func (svc *service) TFor(tag language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
+	return svc.t(tag, ns, key, rr...)
+}
+
+// TR returns translated key for resource using list of replacement pairs
+//
+// Language is picked from the context
+func (svc *service) TR(ctx context.Context, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
+	return svc.tr(GetLanguageFromContext(ctx), ns, key, rr...)
+}
+
+// TRFor returns translated key for resource using list of replacement pairs
+//
+// Language is picked from the context
+func (svc *service) TRFor(tag language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
+	return svc.tr(tag, ns, key, rr...)
+}
+
+// ResourceTranslations returns all translations for the given language for the
+// given resource.
+//
+// The response is indexed by translation key for nicer lookups.
+func (svc *service) ResourceTranslations(code language.Tag, resource string) ResourceTranslationIndex {
+	out := make(ResourceTranslationIndex)
+
+	if svc != nil && svc.set != nil {
+		if l, has := svc.set[code]; has {
+			return l.resourceTranslations(resource)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
 // Finds language and uses it to translate the given key
 func (svc *service) t(code language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
 	if svc != nil && svc.set != nil {
@@ -315,6 +428,17 @@ func (svc *service) t(code language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
 	return key
 }
 
+// Finds language and uses it to translate the given key for resource
+func (svc *service) tr(code language.Tag, ns, key string, rr ...string) string {
+	if svc != nil && svc.set != nil {
+		if l, has := svc.set[code]; has {
+			return l.tr(ns, key, rr...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return key
+}
+
 func hasTag(t language.Tag, tt []language.Tag) bool {
 	for _, tag := range tt {
 		if tag.String() == t.String() {