How I Support More Than 100 Languages in My React app...and You Can Too!

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Does your React app serve a global audience, but is only available in English? Let's change that. In this talk, I'll show you how i18n can become an automatic part of your CI/CD workflow, enabling your team, regardless of size, to deliver your React app in over 100 different languages without any extra effort.

This talk has been presented at React Summit US 2024, check out the latest edition of this React Conference.

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Richard Kerrigan is a speaker discussing how to add multilingual support to React apps. He works at Microsoft but is not affiliated with the Azure AI team.

Azure AI Translator is highlighted, but similar solutions can be built using AWS, GCP, or any cloud service provider offering document translation services.

Content stored as JSON can be translated at runtime using an API, while HTML and Markdown files can be translated during the CICD process.

Key features include support for over 100 languages, a generous free tier of up to 2 million characters per month, Neural Machine Translation for accuracy, and custom glossaries for specific terminology.

The solution focuses on automatically translating dynamic content such as blog posts created by content creators or end users.

Multilingual support makes web apps more inclusive and convenient for users who speak different languages, enhancing user experience and reach.

Limitations include inability to handle MVX or JSX TSX files directly, horizontal text output only, and the need for manual validation of translations.

Translation can be integrated by using Azure Blob Storage for file storage, Azure Function apps for orchestration, and incorporating translations into the CICD pipeline for HTML and Markdown content.

It uses Neural Machine Translation, which considers full sentences for more contextually accurate translations, and allows the use of custom glossaries.

The main topic is about adding multilingual support to React apps, particularly focusing on automatically translating dynamic content using cloud services.

Richard Carrigan
Richard Carrigan
28 min
22 Nov, 2024

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I'm Richard Kerrigan and I'll show you how to add multilingual support to your React apps. We need a way to support other languages on our websites and web apps without affecting team productivity. We'll explore a low-cost solution using AI and automation. When my team started tackling this problem, we looked at Azure and found the Azure AI Translator service, which offers both ad-hoc text translation and document translation. Key features include language support for over 100 languages and dialects, a generous free tier, Neural Machine Translation for accuracy, and the ability to use custom glossaries. Designing workflow for translating JSON content at runtime or incorporating translation process into CICD workflow for HTML or Markdown files. Exploring how to translate HTML files within a CICD pipeline. Translation service and storage account setup. Function app building and deployment. Configuring translation to Spanish with a glossary in CSV format for file translation. Sending a request to the translator and receiving the translated file. Discussing the problem of websites not offering content in additional languages. Highlighting the benefits of Azure AI Translator and its alternatives. Showcasing different versions of the app for translating JSON, HTML, and markdown content. Checking the progress of the workflow, deployment of Azure resources and function, and translation of markdown files. Quick explanation of infrastructure as code and deployment options. Changing languages shows translated title and excerpt while maintaining original formatting.
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