diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c2dfddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[submodule "lemmy-translations"]
+	path = lemmy-translations
+	url = https://github.com/lemmynet/lemmy-translations
+	branch = main
diff --git a/generate_translations.js b/generate_translations.js
index e792e6d2..153e6132 100644
--- a/generate_translations.js
+++ b/generate_translations.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fs = require('fs');
 
-let translationDir = 'translations/';
+let translationDir = 'lemmy-translations/translations/';
 let outDir = 'src/shared/translations/';
 fs.mkdirSync(outDir, { recursive: true });
 fs.readdir(translationDir, (err, files) => {
diff --git a/lemmy-translations b/lemmy-translations
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..835b932a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemmy-translations
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 835b932ac37354e8fb0f716700e212c14a672254