captjay98/i18n Patterns

i18n Patterns

LivestockAI supports multiple languages using i18next.

Configuration

The i18n config is in app/lib/i18n/:

import i18n from 'i18next'
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next'

i18n.use(initReactI18next).init({
  lng: 'en',
  fallbackLng: 'en',
  interpolation: {
    escapeValue: false,
  },
})

Using Translations

import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'

function MyComponent() {
  const { t } = useTranslation()

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>{t('dashboard.title')}</h1>
      <p>{t('dashboard.welcome', { name: user.name })}</p>
    </div>
  )
}

Supported Languages

| Code | Language | Status | | ---- | ---------- | ----------- | | en | English | Complete | | fr | French | Complete | | es | Spanish | Complete | | pt | Portuguese | Complete | | sw | Swahili | Complete | | ha | Hausa | In progress | | ar | Arabic | Planned |

Translation Files

Translations are in app/lib/i18n/locales/:

locales/
├── en.json
├── fr.json
├── es.json
├── pt.json
├── sw.json
└── ha.json

Key Namespaces

{
  "common": {
    "save": "Save",
    "cancel": "Cancel",
    "delete": "Delete"
  },
  "dashboard": {
    "title": "Dashboard",
    "welcome": "Welcome, {{name}}"
  },
  "batches": {
    "title": "Batches",
    "create": "Create Batch"
  }
}

Pluralization

// Translation file
{
  "birds": "{{count}} bird",
  "birds_plural": "{{count}} birds"
}

// Usage
t('birds', { count: 1 })  // "1 bird"
t('birds', { count: 5 })  // "5 birds"

Date/Number Formatting

Use user settings for locale-aware formatting:

import { useFormatDate, useFormatNumber } from '~/features/settings'

function MyComponent() {
  const formatDate = useFormatDate()
  const formatNumber = useFormatNumber()

  return (
    <div>
      <span>{formatDate(new Date())}</span>
      <span>{formatNumber(1234.56)}</span>
    </div>
  )
}

Related Skills

• multi-currency - Currency formatting
• rugged-utility - UI design principles