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Implementing Internationalization (i18n) in a Large React Application (2025 Guide)

Tutorial May 04, 2025

import ICU from 'i18next-icu';

i18n
  .use(ICU) // Enables datetime and currency formatting
  .use(LanguageDetector)
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    ...
    interpolation: {
      format: (value, format, lng) => {
        if (format === 'datetime') {
          return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(lng).format(value);
        }
        if (format === 'currency') {
          return new Intl.NumberFormat(lng, {
            style: 'currency',
            currency: lng === 'fr' ? 'EUR' : 'USD',
          }).format(value);
        }
        return value;
      },
    }
  });

In large apps, structure your translation files modularly: