I18n

AWS Amplify I18n module is a lightweight internationalization solution.

Installation

import { I18n } from 'aws-amplify';

// or 
import { I18n } from '@aws-amplify/core';

Working with the API

setLanguage()

Sets the active language.

I18n.setLanguage('fr');

In browser, Amplify detects browser language automatically. For mobile may want to use other libraries to detect the language, and you can set to Amplify in your code.

putVocabularies()

You can create your custom dictionary is set is as your vocabularies in your app. Dictionary is JavaScript object that you can implement with different terms and languages.

const dict = {
    'fr': {
        'Sign In': "Se connecter",
        'Sign Up': "S'inscrire"
    },
    'es': {
        'Sign In': "Registrarse",
        'Sign Up': "Regístrate"
    }
};

I18n.putVocabularies(dict);

get()

Retrieves a phrase from the dictionary for the active language. If the phrase does not have an entry in dictionary, the original parameter value will be returned.

I18n.get('Sign In');

API Reference

For the complete API documentation for i18n module, visit our API Reference