diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5f5cbe7..2ea7251b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ coverage.xml
 .hypothesis/
 
 # Translations
-*.mo
 *.pot
 
 # Django stuff:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d939192..a2da4778 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,3 +67,11 @@ flush: ## Flush the database
 .PHONY: dump
 dump: ## dump alexandria data
 	@docker compose run --rm alexandria ./manage.py dumpdata alexandria_core | jq > initial_data.json
+
+.PHONY: makemessages
+makemessages: ## Update translation files for all languages
+	@docker compose run --rm --no-deps alexandria ./manage.py makemessages -a --add-location file
+
+.PHONY: compilemessages
+compilemessages: ## Generate compiled translation files
+	@docker compose run --rm --no-deps alexandria ./manage.py compilemessages
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d99c58d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index bdbecb67..9fed32cb 100644
--- a/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/alexandria/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-18 13:29+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-18 14:03+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -18,79 +18,77 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: alexandria/core/api.py:25
+#: alexandria/core/api.py
 msgid "(copy)"
 msgstr "(Kopie)"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:44
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Created by user"
 msgstr "Erstellt durch Benutzer"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:47
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Created by group"
 msgstr "Erstellt durch Gruppe"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:51
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Modified by user"
 msgstr "Bearbeitet durch Benutzer"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:54
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Modified by group"
 msgstr "Bearbeitet durch Gruppe"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:56
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Metainfo"
 msgstr "Metainformationen"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:91
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Please enter a valid HEX color code."
 msgstr "Bitte geben Sie einen validen HEX Farbcode ein."
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:96 alexandria/core/models.py:129
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:143 alexandria/core/models.py:233
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr "Name"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:98 alexandria/core/models.py:131
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:145 alexandria/core/models.py:151
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Description"
 msgstr "Beschreibung"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:104
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Allowed mime types"
 msgstr "Erlaubte Dateitypen"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:150
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr "Titel"
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:237
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Checksum"
 msgstr "Checksumme"
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:31
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "File is infected with malware."
 msgstr "Datei ist mit Malware infiziert"
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:35
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Malware scan had an error: "
 msgstr "Malware-Scan hatte einen Fehler:"
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:53
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid "File type %(mime_type)s is not allowed in category %(category)s."
 msgstr ""
 "Dateityp %(mime_type)s ist in der Kategorie %(category)s nicht erlaubt."
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:71
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Missing Content-Type header"
 msgstr "Fehlender Content-Type header"
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:73
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Unknown file extension"
 msgstr "Unbekannte Dateiendung"
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:80
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match file extension %(extension)s."
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type) stimmt nicht mit der Dateiendung %(extension)s "
 "überein."
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:92
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match detected file content "
@@ -107,29 +105,29 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type)s stimmt nicht mit dem erkannten Dateityp "
 "%(file_content_type)s überein."
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:149
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "PDF conversion is not enabled."
 msgstr "PDF-Konvertierung ist nicht aktiviert."
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:246
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "\"files\" filter is mandatory!"
 msgstr "Der Filter \"files\" ist obligatorisch!"
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:258
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "The \"files\" filter must consist of a comma delimited list of UUIDs!"
 msgstr ""
 "Der \"files\" Filter muss aus einer kommaseparierten Liste von UUIDs "
 "bestehen!"
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:276
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "For downloading a file use the presigned download URL."
 msgstr ""
 "Zum Herunterladen einer Datei verwenden Sie die vorgegebene Download-URL."
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:301
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "WebDAV is not enabled."
 msgstr "WebDAV ist nicht aktiviert."
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:311
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "WebDAV is not enabled for this mime type."
 msgstr "WebDAV ist für diesen Dateityp nicht aktiviert"
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71cbdf3e
Binary files /dev/null and b/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index f5d5ddfc..88d6f361 100644
--- a/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/alexandria/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-18 13:29+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-18 14:03+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -18,110 +18,108 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
-#: alexandria/core/api.py:25
+#: alexandria/core/api.py
 msgid "(copy)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:44
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Created by user"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:47
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Created by group"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:51
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Modified by user"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:54
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Modified by group"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:56
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Metainfo"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:91
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Please enter a valid HEX color code."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:96 alexandria/core/models.py:129
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:143 alexandria/core/models.py:233
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:98 alexandria/core/models.py:131
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:145 alexandria/core/models.py:151
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Description"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:104
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Allowed mime types"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:150
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Title"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/models.py:237
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
 msgid "Checksum"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:31
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "File is infected with malware."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:35
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Malware scan had an error: "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:53
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid "File type %(mime_type)s is not allowed in category %(category)s."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:71
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Missing Content-Type header"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:73
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 msgid "Unknown file extension"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:80
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match file extension %(extension)s."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/validations.py:92
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match detected file content "
 "%(file_content_type)s."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:149
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "PDF conversion is not enabled."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:246
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "\"files\" filter is mandatory!"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:258
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "The \"files\" filter must consist of a comma delimited list of UUIDs!"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:276
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "For downloading a file use the presigned download URL."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:301
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "WebDAV is not enabled."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: alexandria/core/views.py:311
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
 msgid "WebDAV is not enabled for this mime type."
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..863e87d5
Binary files /dev/null and b/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b44d6eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alexandria/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-02-18 14:03+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: alexandria/core/api.py
+msgid "(copy)"
+msgstr "(copia)"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Created by user"
+msgstr "Creato da utente"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Created by group"
+msgstr "Creato da gruppo"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Modified by user"
+msgstr "Modificato da utente"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Modified by group"
+msgstr "Modificato  da gruppo"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Metainfo"
+msgstr "Metadati"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Please enter a valid HEX color code."
+msgstr "Inserire un codice colore HEX valido."
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Name"
+msgstr "Nome"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Description"
+msgstr "Descrizione"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Allowed mime types"
+msgstr "Tipi di file consentiti"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Title"
+msgstr "Titolo"
+
+#: alexandria/core/models.py
+msgid "Checksum"
+msgstr "Checksum"
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+msgid "File is infected with malware."
+msgstr "Il file è infetto da malware."
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+msgid "Malware scan had an error: "
+msgstr "La scansione del malware ha avuto un errore: "
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+#, python-format
+msgid "File type %(mime_type)s is not allowed in category %(category)s."
+msgstr ""
+"Il tipo di file %(mime_type)s non è consentito nella categoria %(category)s."
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+msgid "Missing Content-Type header"
+msgstr "Intestazione Content-Type mancante"
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+msgid "Unknown file extension"
+msgstr "Estensione file sconosciuta"
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match file extension %(extension)s."
+msgstr ""
+"Il tipo di contenuto %(content_type)s non corrisponde all'estensione "
+"%(extension)s del file."
+
+#: alexandria/core/validations.py
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Content-Type %(content_type)s does not match detected file content "
+"%(file_content_type)s."
+msgstr ""
+"Il tipo di contenuto %(content_type)s non corrisponde al contenuto del file "
+"%(file_content_type)s."
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "PDF conversion is not enabled."
+msgstr "La conversione PDF non è attivata."
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "\"files\" filter is mandatory!"
+msgstr "Il filtro \"files\" è obbligatorio!"
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "The \"files\" filter must consist of a comma delimited list of UUIDs!"
+msgstr ""
+"Il filtro \"file\" deve essere costituito da un elenco di UUID delimitato da "
+"virgole!"
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "For downloading a file use the presigned download URL."
+msgstr "Per scaricare un file, utilizzare l'URL di download predefinito."
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "WebDAV is not enabled."
+msgstr "WebDAV non è attivato."
+
+#: alexandria/core/views.py
+msgid "WebDAV is not enabled for this mime type."
+msgstr "WebDAV non è abilitato per questo tipo di file."
diff --git a/alexandria/settings/django.py b/alexandria/settings/django.py
index 85e82a58..8d1d76d7 100644
--- a/alexandria/settings/django.py
+++ b/alexandria/settings/django.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.conf import global_settings
 
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ def parse_languages(languages):
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = env.str("LANGUAGE_CODE", "en")
 LANGUAGES = (
-    parse_languages(env.list("LANGUAGES", default=["en", "de"]))
+    parse_languages(env.list("LANGUAGES", default=["en", "de", "it"]))
     or global_settings.LANGUAGES
 )
+PROJECT_ROOT = (Path(__file__) / Path("../..")).resolve()
+LOCALE_PATHS = [str(PROJECT_ROOT / Path("locale"))]
 
 TIME_ZONE = env.str("TIME_ZONE", "UTC")
 USE_I18N = True