diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 19bcc921d..0aca79233 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ set( libSources
     locale/Label.cpp
     locale/LabelModel.cpp
     locale/Lookup.cpp
+    locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
 
     # Partition service
     partition/PartitionSize.cpp
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/Label.h b/src/libcalamares/locale/Label.h
index ab3e80ad0..0fe61d909 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/locale/Label.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/Label.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
 
     /** @brief Define a sorting order.
      *
-     * English (@see isEnglish() -- it means en_US) is sorted at the top.
+     * Locales are sorted by their id, which means the ISO 2-letter code + country.
      */
     bool operator<( const Label& other ) const { return m_localeId < other.m_localeId; }
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
     QLocale locale() const { return m_locale; }
 
     QString name() const { return m_locale.name(); }
+    QString id() const { return m_localeId; }
 
     /// @brief Convenience accessor to the language part of the locale
     QLocale::Language language() const { return m_locale.language(); }
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.cpp b/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.cpp
index 166154fbb..664390511 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "Tests.h"
 
 #include "locale/LabelModel.h"
+#include "locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h"
+
+#include "CalamaresVersion.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
@@ -84,3 +87,84 @@ LocaleTests::testEsperanto()
     QCOMPARE( QLocale( "eo" ).language(), QLocale::Esperanto );
 #endif
 }
+
+static const QStringList&
+someLanguages()
+{
+    static QStringList languages { "nl", "de", "da", "nb", "sr@latin", "ar", "ru" };
+    return languages;
+}
+
+
+void
+LocaleTests::testTranslatableLanguages()
+{
+    QStringList availableLanguages = QString( CALAMARES_TRANSLATION_LANGUAGES ).split( ';' );
+    cDebug() << "Translation languages:" << availableLanguages;
+    for ( const auto& language : someLanguages() )
+    {
+        // Could be QVERIFY, but then we don't see what language code fails
+        QCOMPARE( availableLanguages.contains( language ) ? language : QString(), language );
+    }
+}
+
+void
+LocaleTests::testTranslatableConfig1()
+{
+    QCOMPARE( QLocale().name(), "C" );  // Otherwise plain get() is dubious
+    CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString ts1( "Hello" );
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.count(), 1 );
+
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.get(), "Hello" );
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.get( QLocale( "nl" ) ), "Hello" );
+
+    QVariantMap map;
+    map.insert( "description", "description (no language)" );
+    CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString ts2( map, "description" );
+    QCOMPARE( ts2.count(), 1 );
+
+    QCOMPARE( ts2.get(), "description (no language)" );
+    QCOMPARE( ts2.get( QLocale( "nl" ) ), "description (no language)" );
+}
+
+void
+LocaleTests::testTranslatableConfig2()
+{
+    QCOMPARE( QLocale().name(), "C" );  // Otherwise plain get() is dubious
+    QVariantMap map;
+
+    for ( const auto& language : someLanguages() )
+    {
+        map.insert( QString( "description[%1]" ).arg( language ),
+                    QString( "description (language %1)" ).arg( language ) );
+        if ( language != "nl" )
+        {
+            map.insert( QString( "name[%1]" ).arg( language ), QString( "name (language %1)" ).arg( language ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString ts1( map, "description" );
+    // The +1 is because "" is always also inserted
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.count(), someLanguages().count() + 1 );
+
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.get(), "description" );  // it wasn't set
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.get( QLocale( "nl" ) ), "description (language nl)" );
+    for ( const auto& language : someLanguages() )
+    {
+        // Skip Serbian (latin) because QLocale() constructed with it
+        // doesn't retain the @latin part.
+        if ( language == "sr@latin" )
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Could be QVERIFY, but then we don't see what language code fails
+        QCOMPARE( ts1.get( language ) == QString( "description (language %1)" ).arg( language ) ? language : QString(),
+                  language );
+    }
+    QCOMPARE( ts1.get( QLocale( QLocale::Language::Serbian, QLocale::Script::LatinScript, QLocale::Country::Serbia ) ),
+              "description (language sr@latin)" );
+
+    CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString ts2( map, "name" );
+    // We skipped dutch this time
+    QCOMPARE( ts2.count(), someLanguages().count() );
+}
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.h b/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.h
index be712388f..c6949f3e4 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/Tests.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void testLanguageModelCount();
     void testEsperanto();
+    void testTranslatableLanguages();
+    void testTranslatableConfig1();
+    void testTranslatableConfig2();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82923a5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2019, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "TranslatableConfiguration.h"
+
+#include "LabelModel.h"
+
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
+#include "utils/Variant.h"
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
+
+namespace CalamaresUtils
+{
+namespace Locale
+{
+TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QString& string )
+{
+    m_strings[ QString() ] = string;
+}
+TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QVariantMap& map, const QString& key )
+{
+    // Get the un-decorated value for the key
+    QString value = CalamaresUtils::getString( map, key );
+    if ( value.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        value = key;
+    }
+    m_strings[ QString() ] = value;
+
+    for ( auto it = map.constKeyValueBegin(); it != map.constKeyValueEnd(); ++it )
+    {
+        QString subkey = ( *it ).first;
+        if ( subkey == key )
+        {
+            // Already obtained, above
+        }
+        else if ( subkey.startsWith( key ) )
+        {
+            QRegularExpressionMatch match;
+            if ( subkey.indexOf( QRegularExpression( "\\[([a-zA-Z_@]*)\\]" ), 0, &match ) > 0 )
+            {
+                QString language = match.captured( 1 );
+                m_strings[ language ] = ( *it ).second.toString();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+QString
+TranslatedString::get() const
+{
+    return get( QLocale() );
+}
+
+QString
+TranslatedString::get( const QLocale& locale ) const
+{
+    QString localeName = locale.name();
+    // Special case, sr@latin doesn't have the @latin reflected in the name
+    if ( locale.language() == QLocale::Language::Serbian && locale.script() == QLocale::Script::LatinScript )
+    {
+        localeName = QStringLiteral( "sr@latin" );
+    }
+
+    cDebug() << "Getting locale" << localeName;
+    if ( m_strings.contains( localeName ) )
+    {
+        return m_strings[ localeName ];
+    }
+    int index = localeName.indexOf( '@' );
+    if ( index > 0 )
+    {
+        localeName.truncate( index );
+        if ( m_strings.contains( localeName ) )
+        {
+            return m_strings[ localeName ];
+        }
+    }
+
+    index = localeName.indexOf( '_' );
+    if ( index > 0 )
+    {
+        localeName.truncate( index );
+        if ( m_strings.contains( localeName ) )
+        {
+            return m_strings[ localeName ];
+        }
+    }
+
+    return m_strings[ QString() ];
+}
+
+
+}  // namespace Locale
+}  // namespace CalamaresUtils
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0735a2274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2019, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LOCALE_TRANSLATABLECONFIGURATION_H
+#define LOCALE_TRANSLATABLECONFIGURATION_H
+
+#include "DllMacro.h"
+
+#include <QLocale>
+#include <QMap>
+#include <QVariant>
+
+namespace CalamaresUtils
+{
+namespace Locale
+{
+/** @brief A human-readable string from a configuration file
+ *
+ * The configuration files can contain human-readable strings,
+ * but those need their own translations and are not supported
+ * by QObject::tr or anything else.
+ */
+class DLLEXPORT TranslatedString
+{
+public:
+    /** @brief Get all the translations connected to @p key
+     */
+    TranslatedString( const QVariantMap& map, const QString& key );
+    /** @brief Not-actually-translated string.
+     */
+    TranslatedString( const QString& string );
+
+    int count() const { return m_strings.count(); }
+
+    /// @brief Gets the string in the current locale
+    QString get() const;
+
+    /// @brief Gets the string from the given locale
+    QString get( const QLocale& ) const;
+
+private:
+    // Maps locale name to human-readable string, "" is English
+    QMap< QString, QString > m_strings;
+};
+}  // namespace Locale
+}  // namespace CalamaresUtils
+
+#endif