diff --git a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/descriptionForm.js b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/descriptionForm.js
index b6ed34387c..f93cd471bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/descriptionForm.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/descriptionForm.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React, { useContext } from 'react';
 
 import { StateContext, styleClasses } from '../../views/projectEdit';
+import { InputLocale } from './inputLocale';
 
-export const DescriptionForm = () => {
+export const DescriptionForm = ({ languages }) => {
 	const { projectInfo, setProjectInfo } = useContext(StateContext);
 
 	const handleChange = event => {
@@ -59,36 +60,19 @@ export const DescriptionForm = () => {
 				</select>
 			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
-				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Name of the project*</label>
-				<input
-					className={styleClasses.inputClass}
-					type="text"
-					value={projectInfo.projectInfoLocales[0].name}
-					name="name"
-					onChange={handleChange}
-				/>
+				<InputLocale languages={languages} name="name" type="text" preview={false}>
+					<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Name of the project*</label>
+				</InputLocale>
 			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
-				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Short Description*</label>
-				<textarea
-					className={styleClasses.inputClass}
-					rows={styleClasses.numRows}
-					type="text"
-					name="shortDescription"
-					value={projectInfo.projectInfoLocales[0].shortDescription}
-					onChange={handleChange}
-				></textarea>
+				<InputLocale languages={languages} name="shortDescription">
+					<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Short Description*</label>
+				</InputLocale>
 			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
-				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Description*</label>
-				<textarea
-					className={styleClasses.inputClass}
-					rows={styleClasses.numRows}
-					type="text"
-					name="description"
-					value={projectInfo.projectInfoLocales[0].description}
-					onChange={handleChange}
-				></textarea>
+				<InputLocale languages={languages} name="description">
+					<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Description*</label>
+				</InputLocale>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/inputLocale.js b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/inputLocale.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a278b96c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/inputLocale.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import React, { useState, useLayoutEffect, useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
+import { htmlFromMarkdown } from '../../utils/htmlFromMarkdown';
+import { StateContext, styleClasses } from '../../views/projectEdit';
+
+export const InputLocale = props => {
+  const { projectInfo, setProjectInfo } = useContext(StateContext);
+  const [language, setLanguage] = useState(null);
+  const [value, setValue] = useState('');
+  const [preview, setPreview] = useState(null);
+
+  const locales = projectInfo.projectInfoLocales;
+
+  const updateState = e => {
+    let selected = locales.filter(f => f.locale === language);
+    let data = null;
+    if (selected.length === 0) {
+      data = { locale: language, [e.target.name]: e.target.value };
+    } else {
+      data = selected[0];
+      data[e.target.name] = e.target.value;
+    }
+    // create element with new locale.
+    let newLocales = locales.filter(f => f.locale !== language);
+    newLocales.push(data);
+    setProjectInfo({ ...projectInfo, projectInfoLocales: newLocales });
+  };
+
+  const handleChange = e => {
+    setValue(e.target.value);
+    if (props.preview !== false) {
+      const html = htmlFromMarkdown(e.target.value);
+      setPreview(html);
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Resets preview when language changes.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    setPreview(null);
+  }, [language]);
+
+  const getValue = useCallback(() => {
+    const data = locales.filter(l => l.locale === language);
+    if (data.length > 0) {
+      return data[0][props.name];
+    } else {
+      return '';
+    }
+  }, [language, locales, props.name]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (language === null) {
+      if (projectInfo.defaultLocale) {
+        setLanguage(projectInfo.defaultLocale);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [projectInfo, language]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const fieldValue = getValue();
+    setValue(fieldValue);
+  }, [getValue]);
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <ul className="list mb4 pa0 w-100 flex flex-wrap ttu">
+        {props.languages === null
+          ? null
+          : props.languages.map(l => (
+              <li
+                onClick={() => setLanguage(l.code)}
+                className={
+                  (l.code !== language ? 'bg-white blue-dark' : 'bg-blue-dark white') +
+                  ' ph2 mb2 pv1 f7 mr2 pointer'
+                }
+              >
+                {l.code}
+              </li>
+            ))}
+      </ul>
+      {props.children}
+      {props.type === 'text' ? (
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          onBlur={updateState}
+          className={styleClasses.inputClass}
+          name={props.name}
+          value={value}
+          onChange={handleChange}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <textarea
+          className={styleClasses.inputClass}
+          rows={styleClasses.numRows}
+          type="text"
+          name={props.name}
+          value={value}
+          onBlur={updateState}
+          onChange={handleChange}
+        ></textarea>
+      )}
+
+      {preview &&
+        <>
+          <h3 className="ttu f6 fw6 blue-grey mb1">Preview:</h3>
+          <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={preview} className="pa2 bg-grey-light blue-dark"/>
+        </>
+      }
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/instructionsForm.js b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/instructionsForm.js
index d50e38dc9c..ed1da2d786 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/instructionsForm.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/instructionsForm.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React, { useContext } from 'react';
 
 import { StateContext, styleClasses } from '../../views/projectEdit';
+import { InputLocale } from './inputLocale';
 
-export const InstructionsForm = () => {
+export const InstructionsForm = ({ languages }) => {
 	const { projectInfo, setProjectInfo } = useContext(StateContext);
 	const handleChange = event => {
 		const localesFields = ['instructions', 'perTaskInstructions'];
@@ -52,26 +53,14 @@ export const InstructionsForm = () => {
 				</p>
 			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
-				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Detailed Instructions *</label>
-				<textarea
-					className={styleClasses.inputClass}
-					rows={styleClasses.numRows}
-					type="text"
-					name="instructions"
-					value={projectInfo.projectInfoLocales[0].instructions}
-					onChange={handleChange}
-				></textarea>
+				<InputLocale languages={languages} name="instructions">
+					<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Detailed Instructions *</label>
+				</InputLocale>
 			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
-				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Per task instructions</label>
-				<textarea
-					className={styleClasses.inputClass}
-					rows={styleClasses.numRows}
-					type="text"
-					value={projectInfo.projectInfoLocales[0].perTaskInstructions}
-					name="perTaskInstructions"
-					onChange={handleChange}
-				></textarea>
+				<InputLocale languages={languages} name="perTaskInstructions">
+					<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Per task instructions</label>
+				</InputLocale>
 				<p className={styleClasses.pClass}>
 					Put here anything that can be useful to users while taking a task. {'{x}'}, {'{y}'} and{' '}
 					{'{z}'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/settingsForm.js b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/settingsForm.js
index 63056e7a74..1f5ebdf526 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/settingsForm.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/projectEdit/settingsForm.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, { useContext } from 'react';
 import { getEditors } from '../../utils/editorsList';
 import { StateContext, styleClasses, handleCheckButton } from '../../views/projectEdit';
 
-export const SettingsForm = () => {
+export const SettingsForm = ({ languages, defaultLocale }) => {
 	const { projectInfo, setProjectInfo } = useContext(StateContext);
 
 	const handleMappingEditors = event => {
@@ -18,9 +18,23 @@ export const SettingsForm = () => {
 		setProjectInfo({ ...projectInfo, validationEditors: editors });
 	};
 
+	const updateDefaultLocale = event => {
+		setProjectInfo({ ...projectInfo, defaultLocale: event.target.value });
+	};
+
 	const editors = getEditors();
 	return (
 		<div className="w-100">
+			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
+				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Default Language</label>
+				<select name="defaultLocale" onChange={updateDefaultLocale} className="pa2">
+					{languages.map(l => (
+						<option selected={l.code === defaultLocale ? true : false} value={l.code}>
+							{l.language} ({l.code})
+						</option>
+					))}
+				</select>
+			</div>
 			<div className={styleClasses.divClass}>
 				<label className={styleClasses.labelClass}>Editors for mapping</label>
 				{editors.map(elm => (
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/projectEdit.js b/frontend/src/views/projectEdit.js
index cf1c713aa3..e53ec8aec7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/projectEdit.js
+++ b/frontend/src/views/projectEdit.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { SettingsForm } from '../components/projectEdit/settingsForm';
 import { ActionsForm } from '../components/projectEdit/actionsForm';
 import { Button } from '../components/button';
 import { API_URL } from '../config';
-import { pushToLocalJSONAPI } from '../network/genericJSONRequest';
 
 export const StateContext = React.createContext();
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export const styleClasses = {
   divClass: 'w-70 pb5 mb4 bb b--grey-light',
   labelClass: 'f4 barlow-condensed db mb3',
   pClass: 'db mb3 f5',
-  inputClass: 'w-80 pa2',
+  inputClass: 'w-80 pa2 db mb2',
   numRows: '4',
   buttonClass: 'bg-blue-dark dib white',
   modalTitleClass: 'f3 barlow-condensed pb3 bb',
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
   const token = useSelector(state => state.auth.get('token'));
   const [error, setError] = useState(null);
   const [success, setSuccess] = useState(false);
+  const [languages, setLanguages] = useState(null);
   const [option, setOption] = useState('description');
   const [projectInfo, setProjectInfo] = useState({
     mappingTypes: [],
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
     ],
   });
 
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    async function getSupportedLanguages() {
+      const res = await fetch(`${API_URL}system/languages/`);
+      let resp_json = await res.json();
+      setLanguages(resp_json.supportedLanguages);
+    }
+    getSupportedLanguages();
+  }, []);
+
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     async function fetchData() {
       const res = await fetch(`${API_URL}projects/${id}/`);
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
       resp_json = { ...resp_json, projectInfoLocales: array };
       setProjectInfo(resp_json);
     }
+
     fetchData();
   }, [id]);
 
@@ -112,9 +122,9 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
   const renderForm = option => {
     switch (option) {
       case 'description':
-        return <DescriptionForm />;
+        return <DescriptionForm languages={languages} />;
       case 'instructions':
-        return <InstructionsForm />;
+        return <InstructionsForm languages={languages} />;
       case 'metadata':
         return <MetadataForm />;
       case 'imagery':
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
       case 'permissions':
         return <PermissionsForm />;
       case 'settings':
-        return <SettingsForm />;
+        return <SettingsForm languages={languages} defaultLocale={projectInfo.defaultLocale} />;
       case 'priority_areas':
         return <PriorityAreasForm />;
       case 'actions':
@@ -133,9 +143,29 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
   };
 
   const saveChanges = () => {
-    pushToLocalJSONAPI(`projects/${id}/`, JSON.stringify(projectInfo), token, 'PATCH')
-      .then(res => setSuccess(true))
-      .catch(e => setError(e));
+    const updateProject = async () => {
+      const url = `${API_URL}projects/${id}/`;
+      const headers = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Accept-Language': 'en',
+        Authorization: `Token ${token}`,
+      };
+
+      const options = {
+        method: 'PATCH',
+        headers: headers,
+        body: JSON.stringify(projectInfo),
+      };
+
+      const res = await fetch(url, options);
+      if (res.status !== 200) {
+        setError(true);
+      } else {
+        setSuccess(true);
+      }
+    };
+
+    updateProject();
   };
 
   return (
@@ -146,14 +176,13 @@ export function ProjectEdit({ id }) {
         <Button onClick={saveChanges} className="bg-red white">
           Save
         </Button>
-        <Button
-          onClick={() => navigate(`/projects/${id}`)}
-          className="bg-white blue-dark ml2"
-        >
+        <Button onClick={() => navigate(`/projects/${id}`)} className="bg-white blue-dark ml2">
           Go to project page
         </Button>
         <p className="pt2">
-          {success && <span className="blue-dark bg-grey-light pa2">Project updated successfully</span>}
+          {success && (
+            <span className="blue-dark bg-grey-light pa2">Project updated successfully</span>
+          )}
           {error && <span className="bg-red white pa2">Project update failed: {error}</span>}
         </p>
       </div>