diff --git a/gulp/res/js/forms.js b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
index fc2578e5..d86b0b05 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/forms.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* globals modal Tegaki grecaptcha hcaptcha captchaController appendLocalStorageArray socket isThread setLocalStorage forceUpdate captchaController uploaditem */
+/* globals __n modal Tegaki grecaptcha hcaptcha captchaController appendLocalStorageArray socket isThread setLocalStorage forceUpdate captchaController uploaditem */
 async function videoThumbnail(file) {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		const hiddenVideo = document.createElement('video');
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ class postFormHandler {
 		if (this.files && this.files.length === 0) {
 			this.fileUploadList.textContent = '';
 			this.fileUploadList.style.display = 'none';
-			this.fileLabelText.nodeValue = `Select/Drop/Paste file${this.multipleFiles ? 's' : ''}`;
+			this.fileLabelText.nodeValue = __n('Select/Drop/Paste files', this.multipleFiles ? 2 : 1);
 		} else {
-			this.fileLabelText.nodeValue = `${this.files.length} file${this.files.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} selected`;
+			this.fileLabelText.nodeValue =  __n('%s files selected', this.files.length);
 		}
 		this.fileInput.value = null;
 	}
diff --git a/gulp/res/js/i18n.js b/gulp/res/js/i18n.js
index baf2faf5..6125a90f 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/i18n.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/i18n.js
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 /* globals LANG */
+
+const pluralMap = {
+	1: 'one',
+	// two, three, few, many, ...
+};
+
+//simple translation
 const __ = (key) => {
-	//TODO: we'll see if this needs to be more advanced in future
 	return LANG[key];
 };
+
+//plurals+replace %s with count
+const __n = (key, count) => {
+	const pluralKey = pluralMap[count] || 'other';
+	return LANG[key][pluralKey].replace('%s', count);
+};
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index a20ccdf5..7d6d0e27 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ const extraLocals = ${JSON.stringify({ meta: config.get.meta, reverseImageLinksU
 `;
 		fs.writeFileSync('gulp/res/js/locals.js', locals);
 
+		del([ 'static/js/lang/' ]),
 		fs.mkdirSync(`${paths.scripts.dest}lang/`);
 		Object.entries(i18n.getCatalog())
 			.forEach(entry => {
diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index df6dad6c..9bef07e2 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -21,13 +21,24 @@
 	"Email": "Email",
 	"Subject": "Subject",
 	"Message": "Message",
-	"Files": "Files",
-	"File": "File",
-	"Max": "Max",
+	"Files": {
+		"one": "File",
+		"other": "Files"
+	},
+	"Max %s files": {
+		"one": "Max %s file",
+		"other": "Max %s files"
+	},
 	"total": "total",
 	"Password": "Password",
-	"Select/Drop/Paste file": "Select/Drop/Paste file",
-	"Select/Drop/Paste files": "Select/Drop/Paste files",
+	"Select/Drop/Paste files": {
+		"one": "Select/Drop/Paste file",
+		"other": "Select/Drop/Paste files"
+	},
+	"%s files selected": {
+		"one": "%s file selected",
+		"other": "%s files selected"
+	},
 	"Tegaki": "Tegaki",
 	"Replayable?": "Replayable?",
 	"Draw": "Draw",
diff --git a/locales/pt.json b/locales/pt.json
index a327b08d..b85e6077 100644
--- a/locales/pt.json
+++ b/locales/pt.json
@@ -21,13 +21,24 @@
 	"Email": "Opção",
 	"Subject": "Assunto",
 	"Message": "Mensagem",
-	"Files": "Ficheiros",
-	"Files": "Ficheiro",
-	"Max": "Máx",
+	"Files": {
+		"one": "Ficheiro",
+		"other": "Ficheiros"
+	},
+	"Max %s files": {
+		"one": "Máx %s",
+		"other": "Máx %s"
+	},
 	"total": "total",
 	"Password": "Password",
-	"Select/Drop/Paste file": "Seleciona/Arrasta/Cola ficheiro",
-	"Select/Drop/Paste files": "Seleciona/Arrasta/Cola ficheiros",
+	"Select/Drop/Paste files": {
+		"one": "Seleciona/Arrasta/Cola ficheiro",
+		"other": "Seleciona/Arrasta/Cola ficheiros"
+	},
+	"%s files selected": {
+		"one": "%s ficheiro selecionado",
+		"other": "%s ficheiros selecionados"
+	},
 	"Tegaki": "Tegaki",
 	"Replayable?": "Replay?",
 	"Draw": "Desenhar",
diff --git a/views/includes/postform.pug b/views/includes/postform.pug
index eb2b9301..33b26cf8 100644
--- a/views/includes/postform.pug
+++ b/views/includes/postform.pug
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ section.form-wrapper.flex-center
 			- const maxFiles = board.settings.maxFiles;
 			section.row
 				.label
-					span #{__(`File${maxFiles > 1 ? 's' : ''}`)}
+					span #{__n('Files', maxFiles)}
 						if fileRequired
 							span.required *
 					|
 					| 
 					if maxFiles > 1
-						small #{__('Max')} #{maxFiles}
+						small #{__n('Max %s files', maxFiles)}
 					small #{postFilesSize} #{__('total')}
 				span.col
 					+filelabel('file', maxFiles)
diff --git a/views/mixins/filelabel.pug b/views/mixins/filelabel.pug
index 0630687a..59bbd309 100644
--- a/views/mixins/filelabel.pug
+++ b/views/mixins/filelabel.pug
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 mixin filelabel(id, max)
 	label.jsonly.postform-style.filelabel(for=id) 
-		| #{__(`Select/Drop/Paste file${max > 1 ? 's' : ''}`)}
+		| #{__n(`Select/Drop/Paste files`, max)}