Do you add multilingual support (Angular)?
Updated by Gilles Pothieu [SSW] 1 day ago. See history
How to implement multilingual support in an Angular project?
There are several ways of implementing multilingual support in an Angular project, the following libraries are popular:
Internationalization (i18n): the standard Angular built-in module to help the application dealing with multilingual. It creates multiple language versions of your application.
ngx-translate: a library enhanced the Angular built-in feature, it supports not only template translations but can also be used in the code by APIs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNTN-nsbV7M
Video: Introduction to Internationalization in Angular (13mn)
The following table shows the pros and cons of the 2 libraries:
| Pros (+) | Cons (-) | |
| Internationalization (i18n) | <ul class="p3"><li>Better support of displaying dates,</li><li>Better support for handling plural forms of words, and alternative text. </li><li>Runtime language switching support (since Angular 9+)</li></ul> | <ul class="ul1"><li class="li2">More complex setup initially</li><li class="li2">You can see the language in the URL.</li></ul> |
| ngx-translate | <ul><li>It provides more powerful API support</li><li>It supports JSON files by default to store the translation resources</li><li>Simple runtime language switching</li></ul> | <ul class="ul1"><li class="li2">It doesn't provide good support for plural forms and dates.</li><li class="li2">Third-party dependency that may not keep up with Angular updates.</li></ul> |
Ngx-translate provides the APIs which you can use to translate the resources in the code:
Angular's built-in i18n has significantly improved since Angular 9 with runtime language switching capabilities. Both solutions are viable, with Angular i18n being the recommended approach for new projects due to its official support and comprehensive features, while ngx-translate remains a good option for projects requiring simpler setup or existing implementations.
Categories
Acknowledgements
Related rules
Need help?
SSW Consulting has over 30 years of experience developing awesome software solutions.