diff --git a/mandelstudio/i18n_views.py b/mandelstudio/i18n_views.py
index f3b9de0..475d99a 100644
--- a/mandelstudio/i18n_views.py
+++ b/mandelstudio/i18n_views.py
@@ -1,28 +1,55 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import inspect
-
-from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.utils.http import url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme
+from django.utils.translation import check_for_language
+from django.utils.translation import get_language as _get_language
+from django.utils.translation import translate_url
+from django.views.i18n import LANGUAGE_QUERY_PARAMETER
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
-from django.views.i18n import set_language as django_set_language
 
 from .i18n_utils import normalize_set_language_next
 
 
 @csrf_exempt
 def set_language_normalized(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
-    """Normalize `next` before delegating to Django's set_language view."""
-    if request.method == "POST":
-        next_value = request.POST.get("next")
-        if next_value is not None:
-            post_data = request.POST.copy()
-            post_data["next"] = normalize_set_language_next(next_value)
-            request.POST = post_data
-    else:
-        next_value = request.GET.get("next")
-        if next_value is not None:
-            get_data = request.GET.copy()
-            get_data["next"] = normalize_set_language_next(next_value)
-            request.GET = get_data
+    """
+    Set language while normalizing `next` to avoid duplicated locale prefixes.
 
-    return inspect.unwrap(django_set_language)(request)
+    Mirrors Django's set_language behavior closely, but enforces `next`
+    normalization before translating redirects.
+    """
+    next_url = request.POST.get("next", request.GET.get("next"))
+    if next_url:
+        next_url = normalize_set_language_next(next_url)
+    if next_url and not url_has_allowed_host_and_scheme(
+        url=next_url,
+        allowed_hosts={request.get_host()},
+        require_https=request.is_secure(),
+    ):
+        next_url = request.META.get("HTTP_REFERER")
+    if not next_url:
+        next_url = "/"
+
+    response: HttpResponse = HttpResponseRedirect(next_url)
+
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        lang_code = request.POST.get(LANGUAGE_QUERY_PARAMETER)
+        if lang_code and check_for_language(lang_code):
+            translated = translate_url(next_url, lang_code)
+            if translated != next_url:
+                response = HttpResponseRedirect(translated)
+            response.set_cookie(
+                settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME,
+                lang_code,
+                max_age=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_AGE,
+                path=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_PATH,
+                domain=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_DOMAIN,
+                secure=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_SECURE,
+                httponly=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_HTTPONLY,
+                samesite=settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_SAMESITE,
+            )
+
+    response.headers.setdefault("Content-Language", _get_language())
+    return response
diff --git a/mandelstudio/tests/test_i18n_set_language_view.py b/mandelstudio/tests/test_i18n_set_language_view.py
index 0ecd362..076b5e2 100644
--- a/mandelstudio/tests/test_i18n_set_language_view.py
+++ b/mandelstudio/tests/test_i18n_set_language_view.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.test import RequestFactory, SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 
 from mandelstudio.i18n_utils import normalize_set_language_next
@@ -35,47 +32,40 @@ class SetLanguageNormalizationTests(SimpleTestCase):
             "/manage/checkout/paymentmethod/",
         )
 
-    @patch("mandelstudio.i18n_views.django_set_language")
-    def test_post_next_is_normalized_before_delegate(self, django_set_language):
-        django_set_language.side_effect = lambda request: HttpResponseRedirect(
-            request.POST["next"]
-        )
+    def test_post_next_is_normalized_before_delegate(self):
         request = self.factory.post(
             "/i18n/setlang/",
             data={"language": "de", "next": "/en/manage/checkout/paymentmethod/"},
         )
+        request.META["HTTP_HOST"] = "testserver"
 
         response = set_language_normalized(request)
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
         self.assertEqual(
-            django_set_language.call_args.args[0].POST["next"],
-            "/manage/checkout/paymentmethod/",
+            response["Location"],
+            "/de/manage/checkout/paymentmethod/",
         )
 
-    @patch("mandelstudio.i18n_views.django_set_language")
-    def test_get_next_is_normalized_before_delegate(self, django_set_language):
-        django_set_language.side_effect = lambda request: HttpResponseRedirect(
-            request.GET["next"]
-        )
+    def test_get_next_is_normalized_before_delegate(self):
         request = self.factory.get(
             "/i18n/setlang/",
             data={"language": "fr", "next": "/de/manage/"},
         )
+        request.META["HTTP_HOST"] = "testserver"
 
         response = set_language_normalized(request)
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
-        self.assertEqual(django_set_language.call_args.args[0].GET["next"], "/manage/")
+        self.assertEqual(response["Location"], "/manage/")
 
-    @patch("mandelstudio.i18n_views.django_set_language")
-    def test_set_language_view_is_csrf_exempt(self, django_set_language):
-        django_set_language.return_value = HttpResponseRedirect("/manage/")
+    def test_set_language_view_is_csrf_exempt(self):
         request = self.factory.post(
             "/i18n/setlang/",
             data={"language": "nl", "next": "/en/manage/"},
         )
         request.csrf_processing_done = False
+        request.META["HTTP_HOST"] = "testserver"
 
         response = set_language_normalized(request)