Learn how to localize React apps for an international audience with the internationalization framework, i18next.

Building an application that meets the needs of a local market is paramount for developers who want to improve user satisfaction and reach business goals by increasing conversion rates.

With React applications, there are many internationalization options available to target this type of audience. In this guide, we’ll review one of the most popular solutions out there: i18next.

This framework seamlessly adapts an application to specific local markets and cultures thanks to the localization process, also known as l10n.

Localization goes beyond translating words from one language to another. In addition to translation, it helps us consider cultural differences like currency, unit placement, number and date formatting, pluralization, and even the local appearance.

This is what a localized application looks like:

In this tutorial, we build this app together. You can interact with the final project here.

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