Internationalization functionality in Nextjs

  1. Setting up i18n in Next.js: Configure i18n settings in your next.config.js file, specifying the supported locales and the default locale.
  2. Locale Detection: Next.js automatically detects the user’s locale based on their location and browser settings. You can control this behavior by adjusting the localeDetection setting in next.config.js.
  3. Implementing Localization: Next.js supports various i18n libraries such as i18next, react-intl, and next-translate. The tutorial focuses on next-i18next for its simplicity and integration with Next.js.
  4. Installing next-i18next: Install the next-i18next library via npm.
  5. Setting Up next-i18next: Create a configuration file for next-i18next (next-i18next.config.js) to specify the default locale and supported locales.
  6. Initializing next-i18next: Create a server-side file (server.js) to initialize next-i18next and handle locale subpaths.
  7. Using Namespaces: Namespaces allow you to organize translations into multiple files for better organization.
  8. Accessing Translations: Within your Next.js pages, you can access translations using the provided hooks or functions from the selected i18n library (useTranslation in this case).

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