diff --git a/packages/common/error.js b/packages/common/error.js
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+import {send as notify} from './notification';
+import {i18n} from "./i18n";
+
+export const xhrError = (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) => {
+    if (textStatus !== "abort") {
+        let body = jqXHR.responseJSON !== undefined && jqXHR.responseJSON["hydra:description"] !== undefined ?
+            jqXHR.responseJSON["hydra:description"] : textStatus;
+
+        if (jqXHR.status === 0) {
+            body = i18n.t('error.connection-to-server-refused');
+        }
+
+        notify({
+            "summary": i18n.t('error.summary'),
+            "body": body,
+            "type": "danger",
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/packages/common/i18n.js b/packages/common/i18n.js
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+import {createInstance} from './i18next.js';
+
+import de from './i18n/de/translation.json';
+import en from './i18n/en/translation.json';
+
+export const i18n = createInstance({en: en, de: de}, 'de', 'en');
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diff --git a/packages/common/i18n/de/translation.json b/packages/common/i18n/de/translation.json
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+{
+  "error": {
+    "summary": "Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten",
+    "connection-to-server-refused": "Verbindungs zum Server verweigert!"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/i18n/en/translation.json b/packages/common/i18n/en/translation.json
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+{
+  "error": {
+    "summary": "An error occurred",
+    "connection-to-server-refused": "Connection to server refused!"
+  }
+}