How to make your React app multilingual

When you build a React application for the first time, your UI usually speaks only one language (e.g., English, French). However, as your user base grows, you might consider making your app available in the languages your users prefer. How do you handle this without rewriting or restructuring your entire code? In this tutorial, you will build a simple React application and learn how to localize and translate it without breaking or restructuring your code. Prerequisites Before you start, you will need: Node.js 18+ Understanding of JavaScript/ReactJS Building a React application In this section, you will build a simple React application with 4 pages: Home About Contact Notifications If you want to skip this part and go straight to the localization section, you can clone the starter template on GitHub . Otherwise, let’s start building! Step 1: Initialize a React project Open your command line interface (CLI) on your computer and type this command to create a ReactJS application with Vite: