diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index 0639c88..a384875 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ If you're on this list and want your link changed let me know.
   - [Niakr1s](https://github.com/Niakr1s)
   - [tinyAdapter](https://github.com/tinyAdapter)
   - [lgztx96](https://github.com/lgztx96)
-  - with a special thanks to everyone reporting issues :)
-- French translation by Racky
+  - [Jazzinghen](https://github.com/Jazzinghen)
+  - [luojunyuan](https://github.com/luojunyuan)
+- French translation by Racky and [Gratusfr](https://github.com/Gratusfr)
 - Spanish translation by [scese250](https://github.com/scese250)
-- Turkish translation by niisokusu
+- Turkish translation by [niisokusu](https://reddit.com/u/niisokusu)
 - Simplified Chinese translation by [tinyAdapter](https://github.com/tinyAdapter) and [lgztx96](https://github.com/lgztx96)
 - Russian translation by [TokcDK](https://github.com/TokcDK)
 - Indonesian translation by [Hawxone](https://github.com/Hawxone)
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ If you're on this list and want your link changed let me know.
 - Italian translation by [StarFang208](https://github.com/StarFang208)
 - ITHVNR updated by [mireado](https://github.com/mireado), [Eguni](https://github.com/Eguni), and [IJEMIN](https://github.com/IJEMIN)
 - ITHVNR originally made by [Stomp](http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member/325894-stomp)
-- VNR engine made by [jichi](https://archive.is/prJwr)
+- VNR engine made by [jichi](https://github.com/jichifly)
 - ITH updated by [Andys](https://github.com/AndyScull)
-- ITH originally made by [kaosu](http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member/562651-kaosu)
+- ITH originally made by [kaosu](https://code.google.com/archive/p/interactive-text-hooker)
 - Locale Emulator library made by [xupefei](https://github.com/xupefei)
 - MinHook library made by [TsudaKageyu](https://github.com/TsudaKageyu)
+- Last but not least, the many people that have reported issues. To everybody mentioned here: Thank You!
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index 303df32..5cfb22c 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace
 	{
 		QMultiHash<QString, DWORD> allProcesses;
 		for (auto [processId, processName] : GetAllProcesses())
-			if (processName && (showSystemProcesses || processName->find(L":\\Windows\\") == std::wstring::npos))
+			if (processName && (showSystemProcesses || processName->find(L":\\Windows\\") == std::string::npos))
 				allProcesses.insert(QFileInfo(S(processName.value())).fileName(), processId);
 
 		QStringList processList(allProcesses.uniqueKeys());
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace
 		std::wstring path = std::wstring(process).erase(process.rfind(L'\\'));
 
 		PROCESS_INFORMATION info = {};
-		auto useLocale = openSettings().value(CONFIG_JP_LOCALE, PROMPT).toInt();
+		auto useLocale = Settings().value(CONFIG_JP_LOCALE, PROMPT).toInt();
 		if (!x64 && (useLocale == ALWAYS || (useLocale == PROMPT && QMessageBox::question(This, SELECT_PROCESS, USE_JP_LOCALE) == QMessageBox::Yes)))
 		{
 			if (HMODULE localeEmulator = LoadLibraryW(L"LoaderDll"))
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace
 	{
 		if (auto processName = GetModuleFilename(selectedProcessId)) if (int last = processName->rfind(L'\\') + 1)
 		{
-			std::wstring configFile = std::wstring(processName.value()).replace(last, std::wstring::npos, GAME_CONFIG_FILE);
+			std::wstring configFile = std::wstring(processName.value()).replace(last, std::string::npos, GAME_CONFIG_FILE);
 			if (!std::filesystem::exists(configFile)) QTextFile(S(configFile), QFile::WriteOnly).write("see https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor/wiki/Game-configuration-file");
 			if (std::filesystem::exists(configFile)) _wspawnlp(_P_DETACH, L"notepad", L"notepad", configFile.c_str(), NULL);
 			else QMessageBox::critical(This, GAME_CONFIG, QString(FAILED_TO_CREATE_CONFIG_FILE).arg(S(configFile)));
@@ -439,10 +439,10 @@ namespace
 		}).detach();
 	}
 
-	void Settings()
+	void OpenSettings()
 	{
 		QDialog dialog(This, Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint);
-		QSettings settings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat, &dialog);
+		Settings settings(&dialog);
 		QFormLayout layout(&dialog);
 		QPushButton saveButton(SAVE_SETTINGS, &dialog);
 		for (auto [value, label] : Array<bool&, const char*>{
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ namespace
 		font.fromString(fontString);
 		font.setStyleStrategy(QFont::NoFontMerging);
 		ui.textOutput->setFont(font);
-		QSettings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat).setValue(FONT, font.toString());
+		Settings().setValue(FONT, font.toString());
 	}
 
 	void ProcessConnected(DWORD processId)
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 		{ REMOVE_HOOKS, RemoveHooks },
 		{ SAVE_HOOKS, SaveHooks },
 		{ SEARCH_FOR_HOOKS, FindHooks },
-		{ SETTINGS, Settings },
+		{ SETTINGS, OpenSettings },
 		{ EXTENSIONS, Extensions }
 	})
 	{
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 	connect(ui.textOutput, &QPlainTextEdit::selectionChanged, this, CopyUnlessMouseDown);
 	connect(ui.textOutput, &QPlainTextEdit::customContextMenuRequested, this, OutputContextMenu);
 
-	QSettings settings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat);
+	Settings settings;
 	if (settings.contains(WINDOW) && QApplication::screenAt(settings.value(WINDOW).toRect().center())) setGeometry(settings.value(WINDOW).toRect());
 	SetOutputFont(settings.value(FONT, ui.textOutput->font().toString()).toString());
 	TextThread::filterRepetition = settings.value(FILTER_REPETITION, TextThread::filterRepetition).toBool();
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 			if (arg[1] == L'p' || arg[1] == L'P')
 				if (DWORD processId = _wtoi(arg.substr(2).c_str())) Host::InjectProcess(processId);
 				else for (auto [processId, processName] : processes)
-					if (processName.value_or(L"").find(L"\\" + arg.substr(2)) != std::wstring::npos) Host::InjectProcess(processId);
+					if (processName.value_or(L"").find(L"\\" + arg.substr(2)) != std::string::npos) Host::InjectProcess(processId);
 
 	std::thread([]
 	{
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
 {
-	openSettings().setValue(WINDOW, geometry());
+	Settings().setValue(WINDOW, geometry());
 	CleanupExtensions();
 	SetErrorMode(SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
 	ExitProcess(0);
diff --git a/extensions/bingtranslate.cpp b/extensions/bingtranslate.cpp
index 9310833..cb0983f 100644
--- a/extensions/bingtranslate.cpp
+++ b/extensions/bingtranslate.cpp
@@ -91,12 +91,11 @@ std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 			L"api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com",
 			L"POST",
 			FormatString(L"/translate?api-version=3.0&to=%s", translateTo.Copy()).c_str(),
-			FormatString(R"([{"text":"%s"}])", JSON::Escape(text)),
+			FormatString(R"([{"text":"%s"}])", JSON::Escape(WideStringToString(text))),
 			FormatString(L"Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8\r\nOcp-Apim-Subscription-Key:%s", apiKey.Copy()).c_str()
 		})
 		{
-			// Response formatted as JSON: translation starts with text":" and ends with ","to
-			if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"text\":\"(.+?)\",\""))) return { true, results[1] };
+			if (auto translation = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response)[0][L"translations"][0][L"text"].String())) return { true, translation.value() };
 			else return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 		}
 		else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
@@ -107,8 +106,7 @@ std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 		L"POST",
 		FormatString(L"/ttranslatev3?fromLang=auto-detect&to=%s&text=%s", translateTo.Copy(), Escape(text)).c_str()
 	})
-		// Response formatted as JSON: translation starts with text":" and ends with ","to
-		if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"text\":\"(.+?)\",\""))) return { true, results[1] };
+		if (auto translation = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response)[0][L"translations"][0][L"text"].String())) return { true, translation.value() };
 		else return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 	else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
 }
diff --git a/extensions/deepltranslate.cpp b/extensions/deepltranslate.cpp
index ddc0e80..831d9ad 100644
--- a/extensions/deepltranslate.cpp
+++ b/extensions/deepltranslate.cpp
@@ -50,13 +50,14 @@ std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 			L"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
 		})))
 			// Response formatted as JSON: translation starts with text":" and ends with "}]
-			if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"text\":\"(.+?)\"\\}\\]"))) return { true, results[1] };
+			if (auto translation = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response)[L"translations"][0][L"text"].String())) return { true, translation.value() };
 			else return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 		else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
 
 	// the following code was reverse engineered from the DeepL website; it's as close as I could make it but I'm not sure what parts of this could be removed and still have it work
 	int64_t r = _time64(nullptr), n = std::count(text.begin(), text.end(), L'i') + 1;
-	int id = 10000 * std::uniform_int_distribution(0, 9999)(std::mt19937(std::random_device()()));
+	thread_local auto generator = std::mt19937(std::random_device()());
+	int id = 10000 * std::uniform_int_distribution(0, 9999)(generator) + 1;
 	// user_preferred_langs? what should priority be? does timestamp do anything? other translation quality options?
 	auto body = FormatString(R"(
 {
@@ -80,21 +81,19 @@ std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 		}]
 	}
 }
-	)", ++id, r + (n - r % n), translateTo.Copy(), JSON::Escape(text));
+	)", id, r + (n - r % n), translateTo.Copy(), JSON::Escape(WideStringToString(text)));
 	// missing accept-encoding header since it fucks up HttpRequest
-	std::wstring headers = L"Host: www2.deepl.com\r\nAccept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5\r\nContent-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\nOrigin: https://www.deepl.com\r\nTE: Trailers";
 	if (HttpRequest httpRequest{
 		L"Mozilla/5.0 Textractor",
 		L"www2.deepl.com",
 		L"POST",
 		L"/jsonrpc",
 		body,
-		headers.c_str(),
+		L"Host: www2.deepl.com\r\nAccept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5\r\nContent-type: application/json; charset=utf-8\r\nOrigin: https://www.deepl.com\r\nTE: Trailers",
 		L"https://www.deepl.com/translator",
 		WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE
 	})
-		// Response formatted as JSON: translation starts with preprocessed_sentence":" and ends with ","
-		if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"postprocessed_sentence\":\"(.+?)\",\""))) return { true, results[1] };
+		if (auto translation = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response)[L"result"][L"translations"][0][L"beams"][0][L"postprocessed_sentence"].String())) return { true, translation.value() };
 		else return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 	else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
 }
diff --git a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
index b2a581d..a602595 100644
--- a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
+++ b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct PrettyWindow : QDialog
 {
 	PrettyWindow(const char* name)
 	{
+		localize();
 		ui.setupUi(this);
 		ui.display->setGraphicsEffect(&outliner);
 		setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ struct PrettyWindow : QDialog
 
 protected:
 	QMenu menu{ ui.display };
-	QSettings settings{ openSettings(this) };
+	Settings settings{ this };
 
 private:
 	void RequestFont()
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ public:
 	void AddSentence(QString sentence)
 	{
 		if (sentence.size() > maxSentenceSize) sentence = SENTENCE_TOO_BIG;
-		if (!showOriginal) sentence = sentence.section('\n', sentence.count('\n') / 2 + 1);
+		if (!showOriginal && sentence.contains(u8"\x200b \n")) sentence = sentence.split(u8"\x200b \n")[1];
 		sanitize(sentence);
 		sentence.chop(std::distance(std::remove(sentence.begin(), sentence.end(), QChar::Tabulation), sentence.end()));
 		sentenceHistory.push_back(sentence);
diff --git a/extensions/googletranslate.cpp b/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
index e8ee228..95abfd2 100644
--- a/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
+++ b/extensions/googletranslate.cpp
@@ -125,37 +125,6 @@ QStringList languages
 bool translateSelectedOnly = false, rateLimitAll = true, rateLimitSelected = false, useCache = true;
 int tokenCount = 30, tokenRestoreDelay = 60000, maxSentenceSize = 500;
 
-unsigned TKK = 0;
-
-std::wstring GetTranslationUri(const std::wstring& text)
-{
-	// If no TKK available, use this uri. Can't use too much or google will detect unauthorized access
-	if (!TKK) return FormatString(L"/translate_a/single?client=gtx&dt=ld&dt=rm&dt=t&tl=%s&q=%s", translateTo.Copy(), Escape(text));
-
-	// reverse engineered from translate.google.com
-	std::wstring escapedText;
-	unsigned a = time(NULL) / 3600, b = a; // the first part of TKK
-	for (unsigned char ch : WideStringToString(text))
-	{
-		escapedText += FormatString(L"%%%02X", (int)ch);
-		a += ch;
-		a += a << 10;
-		a ^= a >> 6;
-	}
-	a += a << 3;
-	a ^= a >> 11;
-	a += a << 15;
-	a ^= TKK;
-	a %= 1000000;
-
-	return FormatString(L"/translate_a/single?client=webapp&dt=ld&dt=rm&dt=t&sl=auto&tl=%s&tk=%u.%u&q=%s", translateTo.Copy(), a, a ^ b, escapedText);
-}
-
-bool IsHash(const std::wstring& result)
-{
-	return result.size() == 32 && std::all_of(result.begin(), result.end(), [](char ch) { return (ch >= L'0' && ch <= L'9') || (ch >= L'a' && ch <= L'z'); });
-}
-
 std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 {
 	if (!apiKey->empty())
@@ -164,31 +133,40 @@ std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text)
 			L"translation.googleapis.com",
 			L"POST",
 			FormatString(L"/language/translate/v2?format=text&target=%s&key=%s", translateTo.Copy(), apiKey.Copy()).c_str(),
-			FormatString(R"({"q":["%s"]})", JSON::Escape(text))
+			FormatString(R"({"q":["%s"]})", JSON::Escape(WideStringToString(text)))
 		})
-		{
-			// Response formatted as JSON: starts with "translatedText": " and translation is enclosed in quotes followed by a comma
-			if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"\"translatedText\": \"(.+?)\","))) return { true, results[1] };
-			return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
-		}
+			if (auto translation = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response)[L"data"][L"translations"][0][L"translatedText"].String())) return { true, translation.value() };
+			else return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 		else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
 
-	if (!TKK)
-		if (HttpRequest httpRequest{ L"Mozilla/5.0 Textractor", L"translate.google.com", L"GET", L"/" })
-			if (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"(\\d{7,})'")))
-				_InterlockedCompareExchange(&TKK, stoll(results[1]), 0);
-
-	if (HttpRequest httpRequest{ L"Mozilla/5.0 Textractor", L"translate.googleapis.com", L"GET", GetTranslationUri(text).c_str() })
+	if (HttpRequest httpRequest{
+		L"Mozilla/5.0 Textractor",
+		L"translate.google.com",
+		L"POST",
+		L"/_/TranslateWebserverUi/data/batchexecute?rpcids=MkEWBc",
+		"f.req=" + Escape(WideStringToString(FormatString(LR"([[["MkEWBc","[[\"%s\",\"auto\",\"%s\",true],[null]]",null,"generic"]]])", JSON::Escape((JSON::Escape(text))), translateTo.Copy()))),
+		L"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+	})
 	{
-		// Response formatted as JSON: starts with "[[[" and translation is enclosed in quotes followed by a comma
-		if (httpRequest.response[0] == L'[')
+		if (auto start = httpRequest.response.find(L"[["); start != std::string::npos)
 		{
-			std::wstring translation;
-			for (std::wsmatch results; std::regex_search(httpRequest.response, results, std::wregex(L"\\[\"(.*?)\",[n\"]")); httpRequest.response = results.suffix())
-				if (!IsHash(results[1])) translation += std::wstring(results[1]) + L" ";
-			if (!translation.empty()) return { true, translation };
+			if (auto blob = Copy(JSON::Parse(httpRequest.response.substr(start))[0][2].String())) if (auto translations = Copy(JSON::Parse(blob.value())[1][0].Array()))
+			{
+				std::wstring translation;
+				if (translations->size() == 1 && (translations = Copy(translations.value()[0][5].Array())))
+				{
+					for (const auto& sentence : translations.value()) if (sentence[0].String()) (translation += *sentence[0].String()) += L" ";
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					for (const auto& conjugation : translations.value())
+						if (auto sentence = conjugation[0].String()) if (auto gender = conjugation[2].String()) translation += FormatString(L"%s %s\n", *sentence, *gender);
+				}
+				if (!translation.empty()) return { true, translation };
+				return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, blob.value()) };
+			}
 		}
-		return { false, FormatString(L"%s (TKK=%u): %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, _InterlockedExchange(&TKK, 0), httpRequest.response) };
+		return { false, FormatString(L"%s: %s", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.response) };
 	}
 	else return { false, FormatString(L"%s (code=%u)", TRANSLATION_ERROR, httpRequest.errorCode) };
 }
diff --git a/extensions/lua.cpp b/extensions/lua.cpp
index c374527..0999774 100644
--- a/extensions/lua.cpp
+++ b/extensions/lua.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
 	Window()
 		: QDialog(nullptr, Qt::WindowMinMaxButtonsHint)
 	{
+		localize();
 		connect(&loadButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &Window::LoadScript);
 
 		if (scriptEditor.toPlainText().isEmpty()) scriptEditor.setPlainText(LUA_INTRO);
@@ -83,9 +84,9 @@ private:
 
 bool ProcessSentence(std::wstring& sentence, SentenceInfo sentenceInfo)
 {
-	thread_local static struct { std::unique_ptr<lua_State, Functor<lua_close>> L{ luaL_newstate() }; operator lua_State*() { return L.get(); } } L;
-	thread_local static auto _ = (luaL_openlibs(L), luaL_dostring(L, "function ProcessSentence() end"));
-	thread_local static int revCount = 0;
+	thread_local struct { std::unique_ptr<lua_State, Functor<lua_close>> L{ luaL_newstate() }; operator lua_State*() { return L.get(); } } L;
+	thread_local auto _ = (luaL_openlibs(L), luaL_dostring(L, "function ProcessSentence() end"));
+	thread_local int revCount = 0;
 
 	if (::revCount > revCount)
 	{
diff --git a/extensions/network.cpp b/extensions/network.cpp
index ca3cd76..8a3f99f 100644
--- a/extensions/network.cpp
+++ b/extensions/network.cpp
@@ -55,44 +55,11 @@ std::wstring Escape(const std::wstring& text)
 	return escaped;
 }
 
-namespace JSON
+std::string Escape(const std::string& text)
 {
-	void Unescape(std::wstring& text)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i)
-		{
-			if (text[i] == L'\\')
-			{
-				text[i] = 0;
-				if (text[i + 1] == L'r') text[i + 1] = 0; // for some reason \r gets displayed as a newline
-				if (text[i + 1] == L'n') text[i + 1] = L'\n';
-				if (text[i + 1] == L't') text[i + 1] = L'\t';
-				if (text[i + 1] == L'\\') ++i;
-			}
-		}
-		text.erase(std::remove(text.begin(), text.end(), 0), text.end());
-	}
-
-	std::string Escape(const std::wstring& text)
-	{
-		std::string escaped = WideStringToString(text);
-		int oldSize = escaped.size();
-		escaped.resize(escaped.size() + std::count_if(escaped.begin(), escaped.end(), [](char ch) { return ch == '\n' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\\' || ch == '"'; }));
-		auto out = escaped.rbegin();
-		for (int i = oldSize - 1; i >= 0; --i)
-		{
-			if (escaped[i] == '\n') *out++ = 'n';
-			else if (escaped[i] == '\t') *out++ = 't';
-			else if (escaped[i] == '\r') *out++ = 'r';
-			else if (escaped[i] == '\\' || escaped[i] == '"') *out++ = escaped[i];
-			else
-			{
-				*out++ = escaped[i];
-				continue;
-			}
-			*out++ = '\\';
-		}
-		escaped.erase(std::remove_if(escaped.begin(), escaped.end(), [](unsigned char ch) { return ch < 0x20; }), escaped.end());
-		return escaped;
-	}
+	std::string escaped;
+	for (unsigned char ch : text) escaped += FormatString("%%%02X", (int)ch);
+	return escaped;
 }
+
+TEST(assert(JSON::Parse<wchar_t>(LR"([{"string":"hello world","boolean":false,"number":1.67e+4,"null":null,"array":[]},"hello world"])")))
diff --git a/extensions/network.h b/extensions/network.h
index 27ae6a4..045ab08 100644
--- a/extensions/network.h
+++ b/extensions/network.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <winhttp.h>
+#include <variant>
 
 using InternetHandle = AutoHandle<Functor<WinHttpCloseHandle>>;
 
@@ -29,9 +30,173 @@ struct HttpRequest
 };
 
 std::wstring Escape(const std::wstring& text);
+std::string Escape(const std::string& text);
 
 namespace JSON
 {
-	void Unescape(std::wstring& text);
-	std::string Escape(const std::wstring& text);
+	template <typename C>
+	std::basic_string<C> Escape(std::basic_string<C> text)
+	{
+		int oldSize = text.size();
+		text.resize(text.size() + std::count_if(text.begin(), text.end(), [](auto ch) { return ch == '\n' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\\' || ch == '"'; }));
+		auto out = text.rbegin();
+		for (int i = oldSize - 1; i >= 0; --i)
+		{
+			if (text[i] == '\n') *out++ = 'n';
+			else if (text[i] == '\t') *out++ = 't';
+			else if (text[i] == '\r') *out++ = 'r';
+			else if (text[i] == '\\' || text[i] == '"') *out++ = text[i];
+			else
+			{
+				*out++ = text[i];
+				continue;
+			}
+			*out++ = '\\';
+		}
+		text.erase(std::remove_if(text.begin(), text.end(), [](uint64_t ch) { return ch < 0x20 || ch == 0x7f; }), text.end());
+		return text;
+	}
+
+	template <typename C> struct UTF {};
+	template <> struct UTF<wchar_t>
+	{
+		inline static std::wstring FromCodepoint(int codepoint) { return { (wchar_t)codepoint }; } // TODO: surrogate pairs
+	};
+
+	template <typename C>
+	struct Value : private std::variant<std::monostate, std::nullopt_t, bool, double, std::basic_string<C>, std::vector<Value<C>>, std::unordered_map<std::basic_string<C>, Value<C>>>
+	{
+		using std::variant<std::monostate, std::nullopt_t, bool, double, std::basic_string<C>, std::vector<Value<C>>, std::unordered_map<std::basic_string<C>, Value<C>>>::variant;
+
+		explicit operator bool() const { return index(); }
+		bool IsNull() const { return index() == 1; }
+		auto Boolean() const { return std::get_if<bool>(this); }
+		auto Number() const { return std::get_if<double>(this); }
+		auto String() const { return std::get_if<std::basic_string<C>>(this); }
+		auto Array() const { return std::get_if<std::vector<Value<C>>>(this); }
+		auto Object() const { return std::get_if<std::unordered_map<std::basic_string<C>, Value<C>>>(this); }
+
+		const Value<C>& operator[](std::basic_string<C> key) const
+		{
+			static const Value<C> failure;
+			if (auto object = Object()) if (auto it = object->find(key); it != object->end()) return it->second;
+			return failure;
+		}
+		const Value<C>& operator[](int i) const
+		{
+			static const Value<C> failure;
+			if (auto array = Array()) if (i < array->size()) return array->at(i);
+			return failure;
+		}
+	};
+	
+	template <typename C, int maxDepth = 25>
+	Value<C> Parse(const std::basic_string<C>& text, int64_t& i, int depth)
+	{
+		if (depth > maxDepth) return {};
+		C ch;
+		auto SkipWhitespace = [&]
+		{
+			while (i < text.size() && (text[i] == ' ' || text[i] == '\n' || text[i] == '\r' || text[i] == '\t')) ++i;
+			if (i >= text.size()) return true;
+			ch = text[i];
+			return false;
+		};
+		auto ExtractString = [&]
+		{
+			std::basic_string<C> unescaped;
+			i += 1;
+			for (; i < text.size(); ++i)
+			{
+				auto ch = text[i];
+				if (ch == '"') return i += 1, unescaped;
+				if (ch == '\\')
+				{
+					ch = text[i + 1];
+					if (ch == 'u' && isxdigit(text[i + 2]) && isxdigit(text[i + 3]) && isxdigit(text[i + 4]) && isxdigit(text[i + 5]))
+					{
+						char charCode[] = { text[i + 2], text[i + 3], text[i + 4], text[i + 5], 0 };
+						unescaped += UTF<C>::FromCodepoint(strtol(charCode, nullptr, 16));
+						i += 5;
+						continue;
+					}
+					for (auto [original, value] : Array<char, char>{ { 'b', '\b' }, {'f', '\f'}, {'n', '\n'}, {'r', '\r'}, {'t', '\t'} }) if (ch == original)
+					{
+						unescaped.push_back(value);
+						goto replaced;
+					}
+					unescaped.push_back(ch);
+					replaced: i += 1;
+				}
+				else unescaped.push_back(ch);
+			}
+			return unescaped;
+		};
+
+		if (SkipWhitespace()) return {};
+
+		static C nullStr[] = { 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' }, trueStr[] = { 't', 'r', 'u', 'e' }, falseStr[] = { 'f', 'a', 'l', 's', 'e' };
+		if (ch == nullStr[0])
+			if (std::char_traits<C>::compare(text.data() + i, nullStr, std::size(nullStr)) == 0) return i += std::size(nullStr), std::nullopt;
+			else return {};
+		if (ch == trueStr[0])
+			if (std::char_traits<C>::compare(text.data() + i, trueStr, std::size(trueStr)) == 0) return i += std::size(trueStr), true;
+			else return {};
+		if (ch == falseStr[0])
+			if (std::char_traits<C>::compare(text.data() + i, falseStr, std::size(falseStr)) == 0) return i += std::size(falseStr), false;
+			else return {};
+
+		if (ch == '-' || (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9'))
+		{
+			std::string number;
+			for (; i < text.size() && ((text[i] >= '0' && text[i] <= '9') || text[i] == '-' || text[i] == '+' || text[i] == 'e' || text[i] == 'E' || text[i] == '.'); ++i)
+				number.push_back(text[i]);
+			return strtod(number.c_str(), NULL);
+		}
+
+		if (ch == '"') return ExtractString();
+
+		if (ch == '[')
+		{
+			std::vector<Value<C>> array;
+			while (true)
+			{
+				i += 1;
+				if (SkipWhitespace()) return {};
+				if (ch == ']') return i += 1, Value<C>(array);
+				if (!array.emplace_back(Parse<C, maxDepth>(text, i, depth + 1))) return {};
+				if (SkipWhitespace()) return {};
+				if (ch == ']') return i += 1, Value<C>(array);
+				if (ch != ',') return {};
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (ch == '{')
+		{
+			std::unordered_map<std::basic_string<C>, Value<C>> object;
+			while (true)
+			{
+				i += 1;
+				if (SkipWhitespace()) return {};
+				if (ch == '}') return i += 1, Value<C>(object);
+				if (ch != '"') return {};
+				auto key = ExtractString();
+				if (SkipWhitespace() || ch != ':') return {};
+				i += 1;
+				if (!(object[std::move(key)] = Parse<C, maxDepth>(text, i, depth + 1))) return {};
+				if (SkipWhitespace()) return {};
+				if (ch == '}') return i += 1, Value<C>(object);
+				if (ch != ',') return {};
+			}
+		}
+
+		return {};
+	}
+	
+	template <typename C>
+	Value<C> Parse(const std::basic_string<C>& text)
+	{
+		int64_t start = 0;
+		return Parse(text, start, 0);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/regexfilter.cpp b/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
index d8814a9..e4178ba 100644
--- a/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
+++ b/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public:
 	Window()
 		: QDialog(nullptr, Qt::WindowMinMaxButtonsHint)
 	{
+		localize();
 		ui.setupUi(this);
 
 		connect(ui.input, &QLineEdit::textEdited, this, &Window::setRegex);
diff --git a/extensions/threadlinker.cpp b/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
index 1414536..ed7751a 100644
--- a/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
+++ b/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
 	Window()
 		: QDialog(nullptr, Qt::WindowMinMaxButtonsHint)
 	{
+		localize();
 		connect(&linkButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &Window::Link);
 
 		layout.addWidget(&linkList);
diff --git a/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp b/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
index 1e5ed6c..dd4613d 100644
--- a/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
+++ b/extensions/translatewrapper.cpp
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ extern int tokenCount, tokenRestoreDelay, maxSentenceSize;
 std::pair<bool, std::wstring> Translate(const std::wstring& text);
 
 const char* LANGUAGE = u8"Language";
-const std::string TRANSLATION_CACHE_FILE = FormatString("%s Cache.txt", TRANSLATION_PROVIDER);
+const std::string TRANSLATION_CACHE_FILE = FormatString("%s Translation Cache.txt", TRANSLATION_PROVIDER);
 
 QFormLayout* display;
-QSettings settings = openSettings();
+Settings settings;
 Synchronized<std::wstring> translateTo = L"en", apiKey;
 
 Synchronized<std::map<std::wstring, std::wstring>> translationCache;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
 	Window() :
 		QDialog(nullptr, Qt::WindowMinMaxButtonsHint)
 	{
+		localize();
 		display = new QFormLayout(this);
 
 		settings.beginGroup(TRANSLATION_PROVIDER);
@@ -159,9 +160,9 @@ bool ProcessSentence(std::wstring& sentence, SentenceInfo sentenceInfo)
 	if (cache) translationCache->try_emplace(sentence, translation);
 	if (cache && translationCache->size() > savedSize + 50) SaveCache();
 
-	JSON::Unescape(translation);
-	sentence += L"\n" + translation;
+	for (int i = 0; i < translation.size(); ++i) if (translation[i] == '\r' && translation[i + 1] == '\n') translation[i] = 0x200b; // for some reason \r appears as newline - no need to double
+	if (!translation.empty()) (sentence += L"\x200b \n") += translation;
 	return true;
 }
 
-TEST(assert(Translate(L"こんにちは").second.find(L"ello") != std::wstring::npos));
+TEST(assert(Translate(L"こんにちは").second.find(L"ello") != std::string::npos));
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 13803bf..e316111 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -27,23 +27,15 @@ constexpr bool x64 = true;
 constexpr bool x64 = false;
 #endif
 
-template <typename T, typename... Xs>
-struct ArrayImpl { using Type = std::tuple<T, Xs...>[]; };
-template <typename T>
-struct ArrayImpl<T> { using Type = T[]; };
-template <typename... Ts>
-using Array = typename ArrayImpl<Ts...>::Type;
+template <typename T, typename... Xs> struct ArrayImpl { using Type = std::tuple<T, Xs...>[]; };
+template <typename T> struct ArrayImpl<T> { using Type = T[]; };
+template <typename... Ts> using Array = typename ArrayImpl<Ts...>::Type;
 
-template <auto F>
-using Functor = std::integral_constant<std::remove_reference_t<decltype(F)>, F>;
-
-template <typename V>
-struct Identity { V operator()(V v) const { return v; } };
+template <auto F> using Functor = std::integral_constant<std::remove_reference_t<decltype(F)>, F>; // shouldn't need remove_reference_t but MSVC is bugged
 
 struct PermissivePointer
 {
-	template <typename T>
-	operator T*() { return (T*)p; }
+	template <typename T> operator T*() { return (T*)p; }
 	void* p;
 };
 
@@ -77,29 +69,23 @@ public:
 
 	Locker Acquire() { return { std::unique_lock(m), contents }; }
 	Locker operator->() { return Acquire(); }
-
-	T Copy()
-	{
-		return Acquire().contents;
-	}
+	T Copy() { return Acquire().contents; }
 
 private:
 	T contents;
 	M m;
 };
 
-static struct
+static struct // should be inline but MSVC (linker) is bugged
 {
-	BYTE DUMMY[100];
-	template <typename T> 
-	operator T*() { static_assert(sizeof(T) < sizeof(DUMMY)); return (T*)DUMMY; }
+	inline static BYTE DUMMY[100];
+	template <typename T> operator T*() { static_assert(sizeof(T) < sizeof(DUMMY)); return (T*)DUMMY; }
 } DUMMY;
 
-template <typename T>
-inline auto FormatArg(T arg) { return arg; }
+template <typename T> std::optional<std::remove_cv_t<T>> Copy(T* ptr) { if (ptr) return *ptr; return {}; }
 
-template <typename C>
-inline auto FormatArg(const std::basic_string<C>& arg) { return arg.c_str(); }
+template <typename T> inline auto FormatArg(T arg) { return arg; }
+template <typename C> inline auto FormatArg(const std::basic_string<C>& arg) { return arg.c_str(); }
 
 #pragma warning(push)
 #pragma warning(disable: 4996)
@@ -148,6 +134,8 @@ inline void TEXTRACTOR_MESSAGE(const wchar_t* format, const Args&... args) { Mes
 template <typename... Args>
 inline void TEXTRACTOR_DEBUG(const wchar_t* format, const Args&... args) { std::thread([=] { TEXTRACTOR_MESSAGE(format, args...); }).detach(); }
 
+void localize();
+
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 #define TEST(...) static auto _ = CreateThread(nullptr, 0, [](auto) { __VA_ARGS__; return 0UL; }, NULL, 0, nullptr); 
 #else
diff --git a/include/qtcommon.h b/include/qtcommon.h
index f0278cd..6cd3d91 100644
--- a/include/qtcommon.h
+++ b/include/qtcommon.h
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ static thread_local bool ok;
 
 constexpr auto CONFIG_FILE = u8"Textractor.ini";
 constexpr auto WINDOW = u8"Window";
-inline QSettings openSettings(QObject* parent = nullptr) { return { CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat, parent }; }
 
+struct Settings : QSettings { Settings(QObject* parent = nullptr) : QSettings(CONFIG_FILE, QSettings::IniFormat, parent) {} };
 struct QTextFile : QFile { QTextFile(QString name, QIODevice::OpenMode mode) : QFile(name) { open(mode | QIODevice::Text); } };
 inline std::wstring S(const QString& s) { return { s.toStdWString() }; }
 inline QString S(const std::string& s) { return QString::fromStdString(s); }
diff --git a/text.cpp b/text.cpp
index 4dd7a7f..fe65c5a 100644
--- a/text.cpp
+++ b/text.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ const char* THREAD_LINK_FROM = u8"Thread number to link from";
 const char* THREAD_LINK_TO = u8"Thread number to link to";
 const char* HEXADECIMAL = u8"Hexadecimal";
 
-static auto _ = []
+void localize()
 {
 #ifdef TURKISH
 	NATIVE_LANGUAGE = "Turkish";
@@ -1158,26 +1158,26 @@ original_text의 빈공간은 무시되지만, replacement_text는 공백과 엔
 	ATTACH_INFO = u8R"(Si vous ne voyez pas le processus que vous souhaitez joindre, essayez de l'exécuter avec les droits d'administrateur
 Vous pouvez également saisir l'ID de processus)";
 	SELECT_PROCESS_INFO = u8"Si vous saisissez manuellement le nom du fichier de processus, veuillez utiliser le chemin exact";
-	FROM_COMPUTER = u8"Selectionner depuis l'ordinateur";
+	FROM_COMPUTER = u8"Sélectionner depuis l'ordinateur";
 	PROCESSES = u8"Processus (*.exe)";
-	CODE_INFODUMP = u8R"(Enter read code
+	CODE_INFODUMP = u8R"(Entrez le read code
 R{S|Q|V|M}[null_length<][codepage#]@addr
-OR
-Enter hook code
+OU
+Entrez le hook code
 H{A|B|W|H|S|Q|V|M}[F][null_length<][N][codepage#][padding+]data_offset[*deref_offset][:split_offset[*deref_offset]]@addr[:module[:func]]
-All numbers except codepage/null_length in hexadecimal
-Default codepage is 932 (Shift-JIS) but this can be changed in settings
+Tous les nombres sauf codepage/null_length sont en hexadécimal
+Le codepage par défaut est 932 (Shift-JIS) mais cela peut être modifié dans les paramètres
 A/B: codepage char little/big endian
 W: UTF-16 char
 H: Two hex bytes
 S/Q/V/M: codepage/UTF-16/UTF-8/hex string
 F: treat strings as full lines of text
-N: don't use context
+N: n'utilise pas de contexte
 null_length: length of null terminator used for string
 padding: length of padding data before string (C struct { int64_t size; char string[500]; } needs padding = 8)
-Negatives for data_offset/split_offset refer to registers
--4 for EAX, -8 for ECX, -C for EDX, -10 for EBX, -14 for ESP, -18 for EBP, -1C for ESI, -20 for EDI
--C for RAX, -14 for RBX, -1C for RCX, -24 for RDX, and so on for RSP, RBP, RSI, RDI, R8-R15
+Les valeures négatives pour data_offset/split_offset font références aux registres 
+-4 pour EAX, -8 pour ECX, -C pour EDX, -10 pour EBX, -14 pour ESP, -18 pour EBP, -1C pour ESI, -20 pour EDI
+-C pour RAX, -14 pour RBX, -1C pour RCX, -24 pour RDX, and so on for RSP, RBP, RSI, RDI, R8-R15
 * means dereference pointer+deref_offset)";
 	SAVE_SETTINGS = u8"Sauvergarder les paramètres";
 	EXTEN_WINDOW_INSTRUCTIONS = u8R"(Pour ajouter une extension, cliquez avec le bouton droit sur la liste des extensions
@@ -1192,26 +1192,26 @@ Pour supprimer une extension, sélectionnez-la et appuyez sur supprimer)";
 	USE_JP_LOCALE = u8"Émuler les paramètres régionaux japonais?";
 	FAILED_TO_CREATE_CONFIG_FILE = u8"Impossible de créer le fichier de configuration \"%1\"";
 	HOOK_SEARCH_UNSTABLE_WARNING = u8"La recherche de crochets est instable! Soyez prêt à ce que votre jeu plante!";
-	SEARCH_CJK = u8"Recher pour Chinois/Japonais/Coréen";
+	SEARCH_CJK = u8"Rechercher pour Chinois/Japonais/Coréen";
 	SEARCH_PATTERN = u8"Modèle de recherche (tableau d'octets hexadécimaux)";
-	SEARCH_DURATION = u8"Durée de la recherche(ms)";
+	SEARCH_DURATION = u8"Durée de la recherche (ms)";
 	SEARCH_MODULE = u8"Recherche sans module";
 	PATTERN_OFFSET = u8"Décalage par rapport au début du modèle";
 	MAX_HOOK_SEARCH_RECORDS = u8"Limite du résultat de la recherche";
 	MIN_ADDRESS = u8"Minimum d'adresses (hex)";
 	MAX_ADDRESS = u8"Maximum d'adresses (hex)";
 	STRING_OFFSET = u8"Décalage de la chaîne (hex)";
-	HOOK_SEARCH_FILTER = u8"Results must match this regex";
+	HOOK_SEARCH_FILTER = u8"Les résultats doivent correspondre à ce regex";
 	TEXT = u8"Texte";
 	CODEPAGE = u8"Code de page";
 	SEARCH_FOR_TEXT = u8"Rechercher un texte spécifique";
 	START_HOOK_SEARCH = u8"Lancer la recherche de hook";
 	SAVE_SEARCH_RESULTS = u8"Sauvergarder les résultats de la recherche";
 	TEXT_FILES = u8"Texte (*.txt)";
-	DOUBLE_CLICK_TO_REMOVE_HOOK = u8"Double click un hook pour l'enlever";
+	DOUBLE_CLICK_TO_REMOVE_HOOK = u8"Double cliquer sur un hook pour l'enlever";
 	FILTER_REPETITION = u8"Répétition de filtre";
 	AUTO_ATTACH = u8"Attachement Automatique";
-	ATTACH_SAVED_ONLY = u8"Attachement Automatique(Sauvergardé seulement)";
+	ATTACH_SAVED_ONLY = u8"Attachement Automatique (Sauvergardé seulement)";
 	SHOW_SYSTEM_PROCESSES = u8"Montrer les processus système";
 	DEFAULT_CODEPAGE = u8"Page de code de base";
 	FLUSH_DELAY = u8"Retard de vidage";
@@ -1293,8 +1293,8 @@ Ce fichier doit être encodé en UTF-8.)";
 Fonctionne uniquement si cette extension est utilisée directement après une extension de traduction)";
 	SIZE_LOCK = u8"Verouiller la taille";
 	OPACITY = u8"Opacité";
-	BG_COLOR = u8"COuleur d'arrière-plan";
-	TEXT_COLOR = u8"COuleur du texte";
+	BG_COLOR = u8"Couleur d'arrière-plan";
+	TEXT_COLOR = u8"Couleur du texte";
 	TEXT_OUTLINE = u8"Contour du texte";
 	OUTLINE_COLOR = u8"Couleur du contour";
 	OUTLINE_SIZE = u8"Taille du contour";
@@ -1332,8 +1332,8 @@ Ce fichier doit être encodé en Unicode (UTF-16 Little Endian).)";
 	LINK = u8"Lien";
 	THREAD_LINK_FROM = u8"Nombre du thread du lien depuis";
 	THREAD_LINK_TO = u8"Nombre du thread du lien a";
-	HEXADECIMAL = u8"Hexadecimal";
+	HEXADECIMAL = u8"Hexadécimal";
 #endif // FRENCH
+};
 
-	return 0;
-}();
+static auto _ = (localize(), 0);
diff --git a/texthook/engine/engine.cc b/texthook/engine/engine.cc
index 12713c8..8a12f0e 100644
--- a/texthook/engine/engine.cc
+++ b/texthook/engine/engine.cc
@@ -16396,19 +16396,19 @@ bool InsertShinyDaysGameHook()
     0xff,0x83,0x70,0x03,0x00,0x00,0x33,0xf6,
     0xc6,0x84,0x24,0x90,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x02
   };
-  LPVOID addr = (LPVOID)0x42ad94;
-  if (::memcmp(addr, bytes, sizeof(bytes)) != 0) {
-    ConsoleOutput("vnreng:ShinyDays: only work for 1.00");
-    return false;
+
+  for (auto addr : Util::SearchMemory(bytes, sizeof(bytes))) {
+    HookParam hp = {};
+    hp.address = addr + 0x8;
+    hp.text_fun = SpecialGameHookShinyDays;
+    hp.type = USING_UNICODE | USING_STRING | NO_CONTEXT;
+    ConsoleOutput("Textractor: INSERT ShinyDays");
+    NewHook(hp, "ShinyDays");
+    return true;
   }
 
-  HookParam hp = {};
-  hp.address = 0x42ad9c;
-  hp.text_fun = SpecialGameHookShinyDays;
-  hp.type = USING_UNICODE|USING_STRING|NO_CONTEXT;
-  ConsoleOutput("vnreng: INSERT ShinyDays");
-  NewHook(hp, "ShinyDays 1.00");
-  return true;
+  ConsoleOutput("Textractor:ShinyDays: pattern not found");
+  return false;
 }
 
 #if 0 // disabled as lova does not allow module from being modified