diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eeafb5e..ecc6520 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A word count Obsidian plugin that only counts Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK)
 
 ## Limitation
 
-No translation currently. It only displays Chinese.
+We only have English and Chinese UI now in `src/i18n.js` with a very simple localization framework(?).
 
 ## Acknowledgments
 
diff --git a/src/i18n.js b/src/i18n.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b05577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const translation = {
+  en: {
+    characters: "characters",
+  },
+  zh: {
+    characters: "字",
+  },
+  "zh-TW": {
+    characters: "字",
+  },
+};
+
+export default translation;
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 1f219fb..ec04bca 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import { MarkdownView, Plugin } from "obsidian";
+import { MarkdownView, Plugin, getLanguage } from "obsidian";
 import { lettersRegExp } from "cjk-regex-compact";
+import translation from "./i18n";
+
+const translatedText = translation[getLanguage()] ?? translation["en"];
 
 export default class CJKCountPlugin extends Plugin {
   #statusBarItemEl;
 
   async onload() {
     this.#statusBarItemEl = this.addStatusBarItem();
-    this.#statusBarItemEl.setText("0 字");
+    this.#statusBarItemEl.setText(`0 ${translatedText.characters}`);
 
     this.registerEvent(
       this.app.workspace.on("file-open", () => {
@@ -29,6 +32,6 @@ export default class CJKCountPlugin extends Plugin {
       characterCount = characters ? characters.length : 0;
     }
 
-    this.#statusBarItemEl.setText(`${characterCount} 字`);
+    this.#statusBarItemEl.setText(`${characterCount} ${translatedText.characters}`);
   }
 }