How to Internationalize Your Marketplace in Next.js

How to Internationalize Your Marketplace

Published on November 5, 2024

In this video, we'll walk through how to internationalize your marketplace using Next.js, based on Next.js's official documentation on internationalization.

Why Internationalize?

Internationalizing your marketplace makes it accessible to users across different regions by adapting content to their preferred languages and cultural formats. In Next.js, this involves handling two key areas:

• Localization - Translating content into different languages.
• Routing - Serving content based on the user's language preference.

Key Concepts in Internationalization

• Locale: Defines a user's language and regional settings, like en-US for English (United States) or nl-NL for Dutch.
• Localization: Mapping keys to translated strings in each language.
• Internationalized Routes: Setting routes based on the locale (e.g., /en-US/products or /nl/products).

All of these concepts are explained in detail in the video above, so be sure to check it out for a complete walkthrough.