diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96a51b8..7d09749 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "table",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "locale-maxima"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "versioning",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.17"
@@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "versioning"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 04df00c..7ad4d9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ members = [
 
     "libraries/able_graphics_library",
     "libraries/clparse",
+    "libraries/locale-maxima",
     "libraries/tar",
     "libraries/trash_manifest",
     "libraries/versioning",
diff --git a/libraries/locale-maxima/Cargo.toml b/libraries/locale-maxima/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d2fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/locale-maxima/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "locale-maxima"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+versioning = { path = "../versioning" }
diff --git a/libraries/locale-maxima/src/lib.rs b/libraries/locale-maxima/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd3227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/locale-maxima/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use versioning::Version;
+pub const VERSION: Version = Version::new(0, 1, 1);
+
+pub struct Locale {
+    pub language: String,
+    pub region: String,
+    pub time_zone: String,
+}
+
+pub struct TranslationFile {
+    pub strings: HashMap<String, String>,
+}
+impl TranslationFile {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        panic!("Translations are not yet supported");
+    }
+
+    pub fn translate(&self, key: &str) -> Result<String, TranslationError> {
+        let maybe_translated_string = self.strings.get(key);
+
+        use crate::TranslationError::*;
+        match maybe_translated_string {
+            Some(translated_string) => Ok(translated_string.to_string()),
+            None => Err(NoTranslationFound),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum TranslationError {
+    NoTranslationFound,
+}