diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..b46cc5e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+perf.data
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a673250..9dd7cad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ ratatui = "0.30.0"
 crossterm = "0.29.0"
 chrono = "0.4.42"
 rayon = "1.11.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
diff --git a/src/i18n/translate.rs b/src/i18n/translate.rs
index 2cae04a..a526444 100644
--- a/src/i18n/translate.rs
+++ b/src/i18n/translate.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,49 @@
 use crate::i18n::loader::LOCALES;
 use fluent_templates::{Loader, fluent_bundle::FluentValue};
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, str::FromStr};
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    collections::HashMap,
+    str::FromStr,
+    sync::{OnceLock, RwLock},
+};
 use unic_langid::LanguageIdentifier;
 
-static SYSTEM_LOCALE: Lazy<LanguageIdentifier> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    let sys_lang = sys_locale::get_locale().unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("pt-BR"));
-    LanguageIdentifier::from_str(&sys_lang).expect("Invalid language")
-});
+static SYSTEM_LOCALE: OnceLock<LanguageIdentifier> = OnceLock::new();
+static TRANSLATION_CACHE: OnceLock<RwLock<HashMap<String, String>>> = OnceLock::new();
+const CACHE_INITIAL_SIZE: usize = 100;
+const CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT: usize = 1000;
+
+fn get_system_locale() -> &'static LanguageIdentifier {
+    SYSTEM_LOCALE.get_or_init(|| {
+        let sys_lang = sys_locale::get_locale().unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("pt-BR"));
+        LanguageIdentifier::from_str(&sys_lang).expect("Invalid language")
+    })
+}
+
+fn get_translation_cache() -> &'static RwLock<HashMap<String, String>> {
+    TRANSLATION_CACHE.get_or_init(|| RwLock::new(HashMap::with_capacity(CACHE_INITIAL_SIZE)))
+}
 
 pub fn t(key: &str) -> String {
-    LOCALES.lookup(&*SYSTEM_LOCALE, key)
+    let cache = get_translation_cache();
+
+    {
+        let cache_read = cache.read().unwrap();
+        if let Some(cached) = cache_read.get(key) {
+            return cached.clone();
+        }
+    }
+
+    let result = LOCALES.lookup(&*get_system_locale(), key);
+
+    let mut cache_write = cache.write().unwrap();
+
+    if cache_write.len() >= CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT {
+        cache_write.clear();
+    }
+
+    cache_write.insert(key.to_string(), result.clone());
+    result
 }
 
 pub fn t_with_args(key: &str, args: &HashMap<&'static str, String>) -> String {
@@ -20,8 +52,8 @@ pub fn t_with_args(key: &str, args: &HashMap<&'static str, String>) -> String {
     args_map = {
         for (key, value) in args {
             map.insert(Cow::Borrowed(*key), FluentValue::from(value.clone()));
-        };
+        }
         &map
     };
-    LOCALES.lookup_with_args(&*&SYSTEM_LOCALE, key, args_map)
+    LOCALES.lookup_with_args(&get_system_locale(), key, args_map)
 }