diff --git a/lib/translation/loxi.ts b/lib/translation/loxi.ts
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+/**
+ * Adapter for api.loxi.ch.
+ *
+ * The service runs the Claude Code CLI server-side and returns its output, so
+ * three things differ from a normal completions API and each has bitten
+ * somebody before:
+ *
+ *   - the model is chosen by integer id, not by name, so the id is resolved
+ *     once from /api/models rather than hard-coded into the environment;
+ *   - a CLI failure still answers HTTP 200, so `exit_code` is what decides,
+ *     not the status line;
+ *   - it really does start a process, so the timeout is seconds, not
+ *     milliseconds.
+ */
+
+import { buildPrompt, cleanTranslation, type TranslationOutcome, type TranslationProvider, type TranslationRequest } from './provider';
+
+type ModelRow = { id: number; provider: string; model_name: string; is_active: boolean };
+
+export type LoxiConfig = {
+  baseUrl: string;
+  apiKey: string;
+  modelName: string;
+  timeoutMs: number;
+};
+
+export function loxiConfigFromEnv(): LoxiConfig | null {
+  const baseUrl = process.env.TRANSLATION_API_URL?.replace(/\/$/, '');
+  const apiKey = process.env.TRANSLATION_API_KEY;
+  if (!baseUrl || !apiKey) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    baseUrl,
+    apiKey,
+    modelName: process.env.TRANSLATION_MODEL_NAME?.trim() || 'haiku',
+    timeoutMs: Number(process.env.TRANSLATION_TIMEOUT_MS ?? 30_000),
+  };
+}
+
+export class LoxiTranslationProvider implements TranslationProvider {
+  private modelId: number | null = null;
+
+  constructor(private readonly config: LoxiConfig) {}
+
+  get model(): string {
+    return `loxi:${this.config.modelName}`;
+  }
+
+  async translate({ text, signal }: TranslationRequest): Promise<TranslationOutcome> {
+    try {
+      const modelId = await this.resolveModelId(signal);
+      if (modelId === null) {
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          error: `Aucun modèle actif nommé « ${this.config.modelName} » sur ${this.config.baseUrl}.`,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const response = await this.fetchJson('/api/generate', signal, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({ model_id: modelId, prompt: buildPrompt(text) }),
+      });
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        return { ok: false, error: `Le service de traduction a répondu ${response.status}.` };
+      }
+
+      const body = (await response.json()) as {
+        stdout?: string;
+        stderr?: string;
+        exit_code?: number;
+      };
+
+      // A failed CLI still answers 200. Trusting the status line here would
+      // store an empty translation and call it a success.
+      if (body.exit_code !== 0) {
+        const detail = (body.stderr ?? '').trim().slice(0, 200);
+        return {
+          ok: false,
+          error: `Le modèle a échoué (code ${body.exit_code ?? 'inconnu'})${detail ? ` : ${detail}` : ''}.`,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const translated = cleanTranslation(body.stdout ?? '');
+      if (translated.length === 0) {
+        return { ok: false, error: 'Le modèle a renvoyé une réponse vide.' };
+      }
+
+      return { ok: true, text: translated, model: this.model };
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AbortError') {
+        return { ok: false, error: 'Le service de traduction n’a pas répondu à temps.' };
+      }
+      return { ok: false, error: `Le service de traduction est injoignable (${describe(error)}).` };
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Resolved once per process: the id is stable while the model list is. */
+  private async resolveModelId(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): Promise<number | null> {
+    if (this.modelId !== null) {
+      return this.modelId;
+    }
+
+    const response = await this.fetchJson('/api/models?provider=claude&active=true', signal);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`liste des modèles indisponible (${response.status})`);
+    }
+
+    const rows = (await response.json()) as ModelRow[];
+    const match = rows.find(
+      (row) => row.is_active && row.model_name.toLowerCase() === this.config.modelName.toLowerCase(),
+    );
+
+    this.modelId = match?.id ?? null;
+    return this.modelId;
+  }
+
+  private fetchJson(path: string, signal: AbortSignal | undefined, init: RequestInit = {}) {
+    return fetch(`${this.config.baseUrl}${path}`, {
+      ...init,
+      signal: signal ?? AbortSignal.timeout(this.config.timeoutMs),
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.config.apiKey}`,
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        ...(init.headers ?? {}),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+function describe(error: unknown): string {
+  return error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+}
diff --git a/lib/translation/provider.test.ts b/lib/translation/provider.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { buildPrompt, cleanTranslation } from './provider';
+
+describe('buildPrompt', () => {
+  const prompt = buildPrompt('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi');
+
+  it('carries the message to translate', () => {
+    expect(prompt).toContain('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi');
+  });
+
+  it('states the constraints that matter on a shop window', () => {
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/UNIQUEMENT avec la traduction/);
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/sans guillemets ajoutés/);
+    expect(prompt).toMatch(/horaires, les dates et les nombres/);
+  });
+
+  it('caps the length at the source plus a fifth', () => {
+    // 40 characters in, 48 allowed out.
+    expect(buildPrompt('a'.repeat(40))).toContain('48 caractères');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('cleanTranslation', () => {
+  it('returns a plain answer untouched', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon')).toBe(
+      'Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('trims surrounding whitespace', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('  Closed today \n')).toBe('Closed today');
+  });
+
+  it('strips the quotes models like to add', () => {
+    // A stray quotation mark on the shop window reads as a mistake.
+    expect(cleanTranslation('"Closed today"')).toBe('Closed today');
+    expect(cleanTranslation('« Closed today »')).toBe('Closed today');
+    expect(cleanTranslation('“Closed today”')).toBe('Closed today');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps an apostrophe inside the text', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation("Today's opening hours")).toBe("Today's opening hours");
+  });
+
+  it('strips a label the model prefixed', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('Translation: Closed today')).toBe('Closed today');
+    expect(cleanTranslation('traduction : Closed today')).toBe('Closed today');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps only the first line when the model explains itself', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('Closed today\n\nNote: I kept the time unchanged.')).toBe(
+      'Closed today',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does not strip an unmatched quote', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('"Closed today')).toBe('"Closed today');
+  });
+
+  it('survives an empty answer', () => {
+    expect(cleanTranslation('   ')).toBe('');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/translation/provider.ts b/lib/translation/provider.ts
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+/**
+ * The translation boundary.
+ *
+ * Everything above this interface deals in "French in, English out". The
+ * adapter below it deals with whatever shape the service of the day happens to
+ * have — which matters here, because api.loxi.ch is neither Anthropic- nor
+ * OpenAI-compatible and a future move to either should not reach the callers.
+ */
+
+export type TranslationRequest = {
+  text: string;
+  /** Times and numbers must survive unchanged, so the prompt says so. */
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+};
+
+export type TranslationOutcome =
+  | { ok: true; text: string; model: string }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+export interface TranslationProvider {
+  /** A stable name, stored alongside the cached result. */
+  readonly model: string;
+  translate(request: TranslationRequest): Promise<TranslationOutcome>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The instruction sent with every message.
+ *
+ * Written as one block because the loxi endpoint takes a single prompt string
+ * rather than a system/user pair. The constraints are the ones that matter on
+ * an e-ink panel 800 pixels wide: no added quotes, no commentary, no growth.
+ */
+export function buildPrompt(text: string): string {
+  return [
+    "Traduis en anglais le message d'affichage suivant, destiné à la vitrine d'une boutique de tricot.",
+    '',
+    'Contraintes impératives :',
+    "- Réponds UNIQUEMENT avec la traduction, sans guillemets ajoutés, sans préambule, sans commentaire.",
+    '- Ton sobre et commercial, pas de familiarité ajoutée.',
+    '- Conserve à l’identique les horaires, les dates et les nombres.',
+    `- La traduction ne doit pas dépasser ${Math.ceil(text.length * 1.2)} caractères.`,
+    '',
+    'Message à traduire :',
+    text,
+  ].join('\n');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cleans what a model returns.
+ *
+ * Models wrap answers in quotes and prefix them with "Translation:" often
+ * enough that stripping it here is cheaper than re-prompting, and a stray
+ * quotation mark on the shop window looks like a mistake.
+ */
+export function cleanTranslation(raw: string): string {
+  let text = raw.trim();
+
+  text = text.replace(/^(?:translation|traduction)\s*:\s*/i, '').trim();
+
+  const pairs: [string, string][] = [
+    ['"', '"'],
+    ['«', '»'],
+    ['“', '”'],
+    ["'", "'"],
+  ];
+  for (const [open, close] of pairs) {
+    if (text.startsWith(open) && text.endsWith(close) && text.length > open.length + close.length) {
+      text = text.slice(open.length, text.length - close.length).trim();
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A multi-line answer means the model explained itself; keep the first line.
+  const [firstLine] = text.split('\n');
+  return (firstLine ?? '').trim();
+}
diff --git a/lib/translation/service.ts b/lib/translation/service.ts
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+/**
+ * Translation with a cache in front of it.
+ *
+ * The cache is keyed on the hash of the French text, so the same notice is
+ * never paid for twice — and because translation runs a CLI on the other side,
+ * "twice" is measured in seconds, not milliseconds.
+ */
+
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+
+import { prisma } from '@/lib/db';
+
+import { LoxiTranslationProvider, loxiConfigFromEnv } from './loxi';
+import type { TranslationOutcome, TranslationProvider } from './provider';
+
+export const TARGET_LANG = 'en';
+
+export function hashSource(text: string): string {
+  return createHash('sha256').update(text.trim(), 'utf8').digest('hex');
+}
+
+let cachedProvider: TranslationProvider | null | undefined;
+
+/** `null` when the service is not configured, which is not an error. */
+export function defaultProvider(): TranslationProvider | null {
+  if (cachedProvider !== undefined) {
+    return cachedProvider;
+  }
+  const flavour = process.env.TRANSLATION_API_FLAVOR?.trim() || 'loxi';
+  const config = loxiConfigFromEnv();
+
+  // Only the loxi adapter exists, because only loxi is in use. The interface
+  // is the seam; writing two more adapters nobody calls would be inventory.
+  cachedProvider = flavour === 'loxi' && config ? new LoxiTranslationProvider(config) : null;
+  return cachedProvider;
+}
+
+/** Test seam. */
+export function resetProvider(): void {
+  cachedProvider = undefined;
+}
+
+export type TranslationResult = TranslationOutcome & { cached?: boolean };
+
+export async function translateToEnglish(
+  text: string,
+  provider: TranslationProvider | null = defaultProvider(),
+): Promise<TranslationResult> {
+  const source = text.trim();
+  if (source.length === 0) {
+    return { ok: true, text: '', model: 'none' };
+  }
+  if (!provider) {
+    return { ok: false, error: 'Le service de traduction n’est pas configuré.' };
+  }
+
+  const sourceHash = hashSource(source);
+
+  const hit = await prisma.translationCache.findUnique({
+    where: {
+      sourceHash_targetLang_model: {
+        sourceHash,
+        targetLang: TARGET_LANG,
+        model: provider.model,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  if (hit) {
+    return { ok: true, text: hit.translatedText, model: provider.model, cached: true };
+  }
+
+  const outcome = await provider.translate({ text: source });
+  if (!outcome.ok) {
+    return outcome;
+  }
+
+  // Two concurrent saves of the same text would race here; the upsert makes
+  // the second a no-op instead of a crash.
+  await prisma.translationCache.upsert({
+    where: {
+      sourceHash_targetLang_model: {
+        sourceHash,
+        targetLang: TARGET_LANG,
+        model: provider.model,
+      },
+    },
+    update: {},
+    create: {
+      sourceHash,
+      targetLang: TARGET_LANG,
+      sourceText: source,
+      translatedText: outcome.text,
+      model: provider.model,
+    },
+  });
+
+  return { ...outcome, cached: false };
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/translation.test.ts b/tests/integration/translation.test.ts
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+import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
+import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { prisma } from '@/lib/db';
+import { LoxiTranslationProvider } from '@/lib/translation/loxi';
+import { translateToEnglish } from '@/lib/translation/service';
+
+import { hasDatabase, resetDatabase } from './helpers';
+
+const BASE = 'https://api.loxi.test';
+
+const MODELS = [
+  { id: 5, provider: 'claude', model_name: 'haiku', is_active: true },
+  { id: 2, provider: 'claude', model_name: 'opus', is_active: true },
+];
+
+let generateCalls = 0;
+let modelCalls = 0;
+
+const server = setupServer();
+
+function provider(overrides: Partial<ConstructorParameters<typeof LoxiTranslationProvider>[0]> = {}) {
+  return new LoxiTranslationProvider({
+    baseUrl: BASE,
+    apiKey: 'llk_test',
+    modelName: 'haiku',
+    timeoutMs: 2000,
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+}
+
+function happyPath(stdout = 'Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon') {
+  server.use(
+    http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, ({ request }) => {
+      modelCalls += 1;
+      // The adapter must ask for active Claude models only.
+      const url = new URL(request.url);
+      expect(url.searchParams.get('provider')).toBe('claude');
+      expect(request.headers.get('authorization')).toBe('Bearer llk_test');
+      return HttpResponse.json(MODELS);
+    }),
+    http.post(`${BASE}/api/generate`, async ({ request }) => {
+      generateCalls += 1;
+      const body = (await request.json()) as { model_id: number; prompt: string };
+      // Resolved by name, not hard-coded.
+      expect(body.model_id).toBe(5);
+      expect(body.prompt).toContain('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi');
+      return HttpResponse.json({ stdout, stderr: '', exit_code: 0, duration_ms: 2774 });
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+beforeAll(() => server.listen({ onUnhandledRequest: 'bypass' }));
+afterEach(() => server.resetHandlers());
+afterAll(() => server.close());
+
+describe.skipIf(!hasDatabase)('translation', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    generateCalls = 0;
+    modelCalls = 0;
+    await resetDatabase();
+    await prisma.translationCache.deleteMany();
+  });
+
+  it('translates and stores the result', async () => {
+    happyPath();
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi', provider());
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      ok: true,
+      text: 'Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon',
+      cached: false,
+    });
+    expect(await prisma.translationCache.count()).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('cleans the quotes a model adds', async () => {
+    happyPath('"Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon"');
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi', provider());
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ ok: true, text: 'Exceptionally closed on Thursday afternoon' });
+  });
+
+  it('asks the service once for the same text', async () => {
+    happyPath();
+    const shared = provider();
+    await translateToEnglish('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi', shared);
+    const second = await translateToEnglish('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi', shared);
+
+    expect(second).toMatchObject({ ok: true, cached: true });
+    // Translation runs a CLI on the other side; twice is measured in seconds.
+    expect(generateCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores surrounding whitespace when matching the cache', async () => {
+    happyPath();
+    const shared = provider();
+    await translateToEnglish('Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi', shared);
+    const second = await translateToEnglish('  Fermeture exceptionnelle jeudi après-midi  ', shared);
+
+    expect(second).toMatchObject({ cached: true });
+    expect(generateCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('resolves the model id only once per provider', async () => {
+    happyPath();
+    const shared = provider();
+    await translateToEnglish('Premier message', shared);
+    await translateToEnglish('Second message', shared);
+    expect(modelCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('treats a non-zero exit code as a failure despite the 200', async () => {
+    server.use(
+      http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.json(MODELS)),
+      http.post(`${BASE}/api/generate`, () =>
+        // This is the trap: the CLI failed, the HTTP call did not.
+        HttpResponse.json({ stdout: '', stderr: 'quota exceeded', exit_code: 1 }),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider());
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toContain('quota exceeded');
+    }
+    expect(await prisma.translationCache.count()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('treats an empty answer as a failure', async () => {
+    server.use(
+      http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.json(MODELS)),
+      http.post(`${BASE}/api/generate`, () => HttpResponse.json({ stdout: '  ', exit_code: 0 })),
+    );
+
+    expect((await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider())).ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(await prisma.translationCache.count()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('reports a server error', async () => {
+    server.use(
+      http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.json(MODELS)),
+      http.post(`${BASE}/api/generate`, () => new HttpResponse(null, { status: 500 })),
+    );
+
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider());
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toContain('500');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('reports an unreachable service', async () => {
+    server.use(http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.error()));
+    expect((await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider())).ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('reports a timeout without throwing', async () => {
+    server.use(
+      http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.json(MODELS)),
+      http.post(`${BASE}/api/generate`, async () => {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
+        return HttpResponse.json({ stdout: 'late', exit_code: 0 });
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider({ timeoutMs: 20 }));
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/temps|injoignable/);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('says so when the configured model does not exist', async () => {
+    server.use(http.get(`${BASE}/api/models`, () => HttpResponse.json(MODELS)));
+
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', provider({ modelName: 'sonnet-42' }));
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toContain('sonnet-42');
+    }
+    expect(generateCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('does nothing for empty text', async () => {
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('   ', provider());
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ ok: true, text: '' });
+    expect(modelCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('reports a service that is not configured', async () => {
+    const result = await translateToEnglish('Bonjour', null);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+  });
+});