--- title: How to properly internationalize a React application... description: Learn how to internationalize a React application using i18next, a mature and extensible internationalization framework. i18next provides sustainable and rich... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-properly-internationalize-a-react-application-using-i18next-x9j9t01vg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to properly internationalize a React application using i18next | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to internationalize a React application using i18next, a mature and extensible internationalization framework. i18next provides sustainable and rich... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-properly-internationalize-a-react-application-using-i18next-x9j9t01vg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X9j9t01vg.png og:image:alt: How to properly internationalize a React application using i18next og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to properly internationalize a React application using i18next **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 17 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to internationalize a React application using i18next, a mature and extensible internationalization framework. i18next provides sustainable and rich features for localization in any JavaScript environment. It offers interpolation, pluralization, and formatting options with support for multiple plural forms. By using i18next-locize-backend and locize-lastused plugins, you can simplify translation management and automate machine translations. With locize, you can order professional translations, track new or removed content, and benefit from versioning and automatic caching. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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