NewWorldVenture · Sep 10, 2026 · Sep 9, 2026
diff --git a/app/(app)/dashboard/contacts/[id]/actions.ts b/app/(app)/dashboard/contacts/[id]/actions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use server';
 
 import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
-import { getTranslations } from '@/lib/i18n/server';
+import { getLocaleContext, getTranslations } from '@/lib/i18n/server';
 import { requireUserContext } from '@/lib/supabase/auth';
 import { createServer } from '@/lib/supabase/server';
 import { describeActionError } from '@/lib/supabase/errors';
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export async function draftReconnectMessageAction(
   } catch { /* table not present in this env */ }
 
   const timeline = buildContactTimeline({
+    t,
     interactions: (rawInts ?? []).map((i): LoggedInteraction => ({
       id: i.id, kind: i.kind as LoggedInteraction['kind'], occurred_on: i.occurred_on,
       title: i.title, note: i.note, amount: i.amount,
@@ -107,20 +108,22 @@ export async function draftReconnectMessageAction(
     birthdayMonth: contact.birthday_month,
     birthdayDay: contact.birthday_day,
   });
-  const health = contactHealth(timeline, contact.name);
+  const health = contactHealth(timeline, contact.name, t);
 
   const historyLines = timeline.slice(0, 8)
     .map((e) => `- ${e.date}: ${e.title}${e.detail ? ` (${e.detail})` : ''}`)
     .join('\n') || '- (no logged history yet)';
 
   const toneWord = tone === 'brief' ? 'short and low-key' : tone === 'playful' ? 'light and playful' : 'warm and genuine';
+  const { locale } = await getLocaleContext();
   const system =
     'You help a busy parent write a ready-to-send message to reconnect with someone in their life ' +
     '(family, friend, coach, caregiver). Ground the message ONLY in the provided history — never invent ' +
     'shared events, names, dates, plans, or feelings that aren’t there. If you need a detail the notes ' +
     'don’t give, use one brief bracketed placeholder like [day that works]. Write it from the family to ' +
     'the contact, first person. Keep it under 60 words, natural (like a real text), no subject line, no ' +
-    'sign-off block — just the message. Return ONLY the message text.';
+    'sign-off block — just the message. Return ONLY the message text. ' +
+    `Write the message in the selected locale: ${locale.code}.`;
   const user =
     `Contact: ${contact.name}${contact.relationship ? ` (${contact.relationship})` : ''}\n` +
     `Time since last contact: ${health.daysSince == null ? 'no logged history' : `${health.daysSince} days`}\n` +
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ export async function draftReconnectMessageAction(
     // with is not something the request ledger needs to carry.
     const message = await withAiRequest(
       scopeFromUserContext(ctx, supabase),
-      { feature: 'contacts.reconnect', text: 'Draft a reconnect message' },
+      { feature: 'contacts.reconnect', text: t('contactTimeline.draftRequestTitle') },
       async (obs) => {
         const provider = await resolveProvider();
         const completion = await provider.complete({ system, messages: [{ role: 'user', content: user }], tools: [], maxTokens: 220 });

diff --git a/app/(app)/dashboard/contacts/[id]/page.tsx b/app/(app)/dashboard/contacts/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ async function ReadFailure() {
  * relationship-health read (last touch vs. this relationship's natural cadence).
  */
 export default async function ContactTimelinePage({ params }: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
+  const t = await getTranslations();
   const { id } = await params;
   const ctx = await requireUserContext();
   const supabase = await createServer();
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export default async function ContactTimelinePage({ params }: { params: Promise<
   }
 
   const timeline = buildContactTimeline({
+    t,
     interactions: interactions.map((i): LoggedInteraction => ({
       id: i.id, kind: i.kind as LoggedInteraction['kind'], occurred_on: i.occurred_on,
       title: i.title, note: i.note, amount: i.amount,
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ export default async function ContactTimelinePage({ params }: { params: Promise<
     birthdayMonth: contact.birthday_month,
     birthdayDay: contact.birthday_day,
   });
-  const health = contactHealth(timeline, contact.name);
+  const health = contactHealth(timeline, contact.name, t);
 
   return (
     <ContactTimelineModule

diff --git a/components/modules/contact-timeline-module.tsx b/components/modules/contact-timeline-module.tsx
@@ -11,32 +11,39 @@ import {
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { Tables } from '@/lib/database.types';
 import type { TimelineEntry, ContactHealth, InteractionKind } from '@/lib/contacts/timeline';
-import { INTERACTION_LABEL } from '@/lib/contacts/timeline';
+import { INTERACTION_LABEL_KEY } from '@/lib/contacts/timeline';
 import {
   logInteractionAction, deleteInteractionAction, draftReconnectMessageAction,
 } from '@/app/(app)/dashboard/contacts/[id]/actions';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils/cn';
-import { useTranslations } from '@/components/i18n/locale-provider';
+import { useLocale, useTranslations } from '@/components/i18n/locale-provider';
 
 type Tone = 'warm' | 'brief' | 'playful';
-const TONES: { key: Tone; label: string }[] = [
-  { key: 'warm', label: 'Warm' }, { key: 'brief', label: 'Brief' }, { key: 'playful', label: 'Playful' },
+const TONES: { key: Tone; labelKey: string }[] = [
+  { key: 'warm', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.toneWarm' }, { key: 'brief', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.toneBrief' }, { key: 'playful', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.tonePlayful' },
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_ICON: Record<string, typeof Phone> = {
   visit: Users, call: Phone, message: MessageSquare, gift: Gift,
   favor: HandHeart, note: StickyNote, communication: Mail, birthday: Cake,
 };
 
-const HEALTH_STYLE: Record<ContactHealth['status'], { chip: string; label: string }> = {
-  fresh:      { chip: 'bg-emerald-500/15 text-emerald-300', label: 'In good touch' },
-  due:        { chip: 'bg-amber-500/15 text-amber-300', label: 'Due for a touch' },
-  overdue:    { chip: 'bg-rose-500/15 text-rose-300', label: 'Overdue' },
-  no_history: { chip: 'bg-white/[0.08] text-muted', label: 'No history yet' },
+const HEALTH_STYLE: Record<ContactHealth['status'], { chip: string; labelKey: string }> = {
+  fresh:      { chip: 'bg-emerald-500/15 text-emerald-300', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.statusFresh' },
+  due:        { chip: 'bg-amber-500/15 text-amber-300', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.statusDue' },
+  overdue:    { chip: 'bg-rose-500/15 text-rose-300', labelKey: 'reminders.overdue' },
+  no_history: { chip: 'bg-white/[0.08] text-muted', labelKey: 'contactTimeline.statusNoHistory' },
 };
 
 const KIND_OPTIONS: InteractionKind[] = ['visit', 'call', 'message', 'gift', 'favor', 'note'];
 
+/** Stored calendar dates have no time zone; format them without shifting days. */
+function displayDate(value: string, locale: string): string {
+  const date = new Date(`${value}T00:00:00Z`);
+  if (!/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(value) || !Number.isFinite(date.getTime()) || date.toISOString().slice(0, 10) !== value) return value;
+  return date.toLocaleDateString(locale, { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric', timeZone: 'UTC' });
+}
+
 export function ContactTimelineModule({
   contact, timeline, health, interactionIds,
 }: {
@@ -45,8 +52,8 @@ export function ContactTimelineModule({
   health: ContactHealth;
   interactionIds: string[];
 }) {
-  const i18nT = useTranslations();
   const tr = useTranslations();
+  const locale = useLocale().code;
   const [composerOpen, setComposerOpen] = useState(false);
   const [pending, startTransition] = useTransition();
   const [busyId, setBusyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -73,16 +80,16 @@ export function ContactTimelineModule({
         <div className="min-w-0">
           <h1 className="text-2xl font-black sm:text-3xl">{contact.name}</h1>
           <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-muted">
-            {[contact.relationship, contact.organization, contact.specialty].filter(Boolean).join(' · ') || 'Family contact'}
-            {contact.birthday_month && contact.birthday_day ? ` · 🎂 ${contact.birthday_month}/${contact.birthday_day}` : ''}
+            {[contact.relationship, contact.organization, contact.specialty].filter(Boolean).join(' · ') || tr('contactTimeline.familyContact')}
+            {contact.birthday_month && contact.birthday_day ? ` · 🎂 ${new Date(Date.UTC(2000, contact.birthday_month - 1, contact.birthday_day)).toLocaleDateString(locale, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', timeZone: 'UTC' })}` : ''}
           </p>
         </div>
         <button
           onClick={() => setComposerOpen((v) => !v)}
           className="inline-flex h-10 items-center gap-2 rounded-xl bg-brand px-4 text-sm font-bold text-brand-fg transition hover:opacity-90"
         >
           {composerOpen ? <X className="h-4 w-4" /> : <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />}
-          {composerOpen ? 'Close' : 'Log a touch'}
+          {composerOpen ? tr('home.close') : tr('contactTimeline.logTouch')}
         </button>
       </header>
 
@@ -92,11 +99,11 @@ export function ContactTimelineModule({
           <span className="grid h-9 w-9 place-items-center rounded-xl bg-brand/12 ring-1 ring-brand/25">
             <HeartPulse className="h-5 w-5 text-brand-text" />
           </span>
-          <span className={cn('rounded-full px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wide', hs.chip)}>{hs.label}</span>
+          <span className={cn('rounded-full px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wide', hs.chip)}>{tr(hs.labelKey)}</span>
           {health.daysSince != null && (
             <span className="text-xs text-muted">
-              {tr('contactTimeline.lastTouch')} {health.daysSince === 0 ? 'today' : `${health.daysSince}d ago`}
-              {health.cadenceDays ? ` · usual rhythm ~${health.cadenceDays}d` : ''}
+              {tr('contactTimeline.lastTouch')} {new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(locale, { numeric: 'auto' }).format(-health.daysSince, 'day')}
+              {health.cadenceDays ? ` · ${tr('contactTimeline.usualRhythm', { days: health.cadenceDays })}` : ''}
             </span>
           )}
         </div>
@@ -116,13 +123,13 @@ export function ContactTimelineModule({
               <label key={k} className="cursor-pointer">
                 <input type="radio" name="kind" value={k} defaultChecked={k === 'visit'} className="peer sr-only" />
                 <span className="inline-flex h-8 items-center rounded-full border border-border px-3 text-xs font-semibold text-muted transition peer-checked:border-brand peer-checked:bg-brand/15 peer-checked:text-brand-text">
-                  {INTERACTION_LABEL[k]}
+                  {tr(INTERACTION_LABEL_KEY[k])}
                 </span>
               </label>
             ))}
           </div>
           <input
-            name="title" required placeholder={i18nT('contactTimeline.whatHappenedEGSundayDinner')}
+            name="title" required placeholder={tr('contactTimeline.whatHappenedEGSundayDinner')}
             className="mt-3 h-10 w-full rounded-xl border border-border bg-bg px-3 text-sm text-fg outline-none ring-brand/50 placeholder:text-muted focus:ring-2"
           />
           <div className="mt-2 flex flex-col gap-2 sm:flex-row">
@@ -165,8 +172,8 @@ export function ContactTimelineModule({
                   <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 rounded-2xl border border-border bg-surface p-3">
                     <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-2">
                       <div className="min-w-0">
-                        <p className="text-sm font-semibold">{e.title}{e.amount != null ? ` · $${e.amount}` : ''}</p>
-                        <p className="text-[11px] text-muted">{e.date}</p>
+                        <p className="text-sm font-semibold">{e.title}{e.amount != null ? ` · ${new Intl.NumberFormat(locale, { style: 'currency', currency: 'USD' }).format(e.amount)}` : ''}</p>
+                        <p className="text-[11px] text-muted">{displayDate(e.date, locale)}</p>
                       </div>
                       {deletable && (
                         <button
@@ -244,7 +251,7 @@ function ReconnectDrafter({ contactId, name }: { contactId: string; name: string
                   className={cn('h-7 rounded-full px-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold transition disabled:opacity-60',
                     tone === t.key ? 'bg-brand/20 text-brand-text' : 'text-muted hover:bg-elevated')}
                 >
-                  {t.label}
+                  {tr(t.labelKey)}
                 </button>
               ))}
               <button onClick={() => setOpen(false)} aria-label={tr('contactTimeline.closeDraft')} className="rounded-lg p-1 text-muted hover:bg-elevated">
@@ -256,14 +263,14 @@ function ReconnectDrafter({ contactId, name }: { contactId: string; name: string
           {error ? (
             <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-rose-300">{error}</p>
           ) : pending && !message ? (
-            <p className="mt-2 inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted"><Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" /> Writing…</p>
+            <p className="mt-2 inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted"><Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" /> {tr('contactTimeline.writing')}</p>
           ) : message ? (
             <>
               <p className={cn('mt-2 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm leading-relaxed text-fg', pending && 'opacity-50')}>{message}</p>
               <div className="mt-2.5 flex items-center gap-2">
                 <button onClick={copy}
                   className="inline-flex h-8 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg bg-brand px-3 text-xs font-bold text-brand-fg transition hover:opacity-90">
-                  {copied ? <CheckIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> : <Copy className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />} {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
+                  {copied ? <CheckIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> : <Copy className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />} {copied ? tr('adminMarketingAssistant.copied') : tr('family.copy')}
                 </button>
                 <button onClick={() => draft(tone)} disabled={pending}
                   className="inline-flex h-8 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border px-3 text-xs font-semibold text-muted transition hover:bg-elevated disabled:opacity-60">

diff --git a/lib/contacts/timeline.ts b/lib/contacts/timeline.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // No Supabase / React imports.
 
 export type InteractionKind = 'visit' | 'call' | 'message' | 'gift' | 'favor' | 'note';
+export type TimelineTranslator = (key: string, params?: Record<string, string | number>) => string;
 
 export interface LoggedInteraction {
   id: string;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ function toDate(s: string): Date {
 
 /** Merge logged interactions + inbox communications (+ this year's birthday) into one timeline. */
 export function buildContactTimeline(input: {
+  t: TimelineTranslator;
   interactions: LoggedInteraction[];
   communications: CommunicationLike[];
   birthdayMonth?: number | null;
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ export function buildContactTimeline(input: {
       id: `comm-${c.id}`,
       kind: 'communication',
       date: ymd(toDate(c.received_at)),
-      title: c.subject || `${c.direction === 'outbound' ? 'Reached out' : 'Heard from them'} · ${c.channel}`,
+      title: c.subject || input.t(c.direction === 'outbound' ? 'contactTimeline.reachedOut' : 'contactTimeline.heardFrom', {
+        channel: Object.hasOwn(CHANNEL_LABEL_KEY, c.channel) ? input.t(CHANNEL_LABEL_KEY[c.channel]) : c.channel,
+      }),
       detail: c.summary,
       amount: null,
     });
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ export function buildContactTimeline(input: {
         id: `bday-${now.getUTCFullYear()}`,
         kind: 'birthday',
         date: ymd(bd),
-        title: 'Birthday 🎂',
+        title: `${input.t('family.birthday')} 🎂`,
         detail: null,
         amount: null,
       });
@@ -120,12 +124,12 @@ export function touchCadenceDays(entries: TimelineEntry[]): number | null {
 }
 
 /** Relationship health from the timeline: fresh / due / overdue vs. the cadence. */
-export function contactHealth(entries: TimelineEntry[], name: string, now: Date = new Date()): ContactHealth {
+export function contactHealth(entries: TimelineEntry[], name: string, t: TimelineTranslator, now: Date = new Date()): ContactHealth {
   const touches = entries.filter((e) => e.kind !== 'birthday');
   if (touches.length === 0) {
     return {
       lastTouch: null, daysSince: null, cadenceDays: null, status: 'no_history',
-      suggestion: `No history with ${name} yet — log a visit or call to start the timeline.`,
+      suggestion: t('contactTimeline.suggestionNoHistory', { name }),
     };
   }
 
@@ -143,19 +147,27 @@ export function contactHealth(entries: TimelineEntry[], name: string, now: Date
 
   const suggestion =
     status === 'fresh'
-      ? `You're in good touch with ${name} — last contact ${daysSince === 0 ? 'today' : `${daysSince}d ago`}.`
+      ? t(daysSince === 0 ? 'contactTimeline.suggestionFreshToday' : 'contactTimeline.suggestionFreshDays', { name, days: daysSince })
       : status === 'due'
-        ? `It's been ${daysSince} days — about time for a call or visit with ${name}.`
-        : `It's been ${daysSince} days since you connected with ${name} — well past your usual rhythm. A quick call goes a long way.`;
+        ? t('contactTimeline.suggestionDue', { name, days: daysSince })
+        : t('contactTimeline.suggestionOverdue', { name, days: daysSince });
 
   return { lastTouch, daysSince, cadenceDays, status, suggestion };
 }
 
-export const INTERACTION_LABEL: Record<InteractionKind, string> = {
-  visit: 'Visit',
-  call: 'Call',
-  message: 'Message',
-  gift: 'Gift',
-  favor: 'Favor',
-  note: 'Note',
+export const INTERACTION_LABEL_KEY: Record<InteractionKind, string> = {
+  visit: 'contactTimeline.visit',
+  call: 'contacts.call',
+  message: 'contact.message',
+  gift: 'relationship.gift',
+  favor: 'contactTimeline.favor',
+  note: 'search.kindNote',
+};
+
+const CHANNEL_LABEL_KEY: Record<string, string> = {
+  call: 'contacts.call',
+  text: 'contact.message',
+  sms: 'contact.message',
+  email: 'contacts.email',
+  school: 'school.school',
 };
diff --git a/lib/i18n/messages/de-DE.json b/lib/i18n/messages/de-DE.json
@@ -3574,14 +3574,34 @@
   "contactTimeline.closeDraft": "Entwurf schließen",
   "contactTimeline.deleteEntry": "Eintrag löschen",
   "contactTimeline.draftAMessageWithAi": "Nachricht mit KI entwerfen",
+  "contactTimeline.draftRequestTitle": "Nachricht zur Kontaktaufnahme entwerfen",
+  "contactTimeline.familyContact": "Familienkontakt",
+  "contactTimeline.favor": "Gefallen",
   "contactTimeline.giftsOptional": "$ (Geschenke – optional)",
+  "contactTimeline.heardFrom": "Nachricht erhalten · {channel}",
   "contactTimeline.lastTouch": "letzter Kontakt",
   "contactTimeline.logIt": "Erfassen",
+  "contactTimeline.logTouch": "Kontakt festhalten",
   "contactTimeline.noteOptional": "Notiz — optional",
   "contactTimeline.nothingHereYetLogYourFirst": "Noch nichts hier – erfassen Sie oben Ihren ersten Besuch, Anruf oder Ihr erstes Geschenk.",
+  "contactTimeline.reachedOut": "Kontakt aufgenommen · {channel}",
   "contactTimeline.regenerate": "Neu generieren",
+  "contactTimeline.statusDue": "Zeit für Kontakt",
+  "contactTimeline.statusFresh": "Gut in Kontakt",
+  "contactTimeline.statusNoHistory": "Noch kein Verlauf",
+  "contactTimeline.suggestionDue": "Es sind {days} Tage vergangen — Zeit für einen Anruf oder Besuch bei {name}.",
+  "contactTimeline.suggestionFreshDays": "Sie sind mit {name} gut in Kontakt — Tage seit dem letzten Kontakt: {days}.",
+  "contactTimeline.suggestionFreshToday": "Sie sind mit {name} gut in Kontakt — der letzte Kontakt war heute.",
+  "contactTimeline.suggestionNoHistory": "Noch kein Verlauf mit {name} — halten Sie einen Besuch oder Anruf fest, um die Zeitleiste zu beginnen.",
+  "contactTimeline.suggestionOverdue": "Ihr letzter Kontakt mit {name} liegt {days} Tage zurück — deutlich länger als üblich. Ein kurzer Anruf kann viel bewirken.",
   "contactTimeline.timeline": "Verlauf",
+  "contactTimeline.toneBrief": "Kurz",
+  "contactTimeline.tonePlayful": "Locker",
+  "contactTimeline.toneWarm": "Herzlich",
+  "contactTimeline.usualRhythm": "üblicher Rhythmus: ca. {days} T.",
+  "contactTimeline.visit": "Besuch",
   "contactTimeline.whatHappenedEGSundayDinner": "Was ist passiert? z. B. Sonntagsessen bei Oma",
+  "contactTimeline.writing": "Wird verfasst…",
   "contactTopic.account": "Hilfe zu Konto und Anmeldung",
   "contactTopic.billing": "Abrechnung und Abos",
   "contactTopic.bug": "Fehlermeldung – etwas funktioniert nicht",