Getting started with Localization

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Localization library allows you to localize the text content of the Syncfusion React UI Components. This is useful if you want to display the UI in a language other than English.

Loading translations

To load a translation object in your application, you can use the load function from the @syncfusion/ej2-base module. This function takes an object that contains the translations for various languages, with the keys being the language codes and the values being the translation objects.

index.ts
index.html
import { L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { Grid, Group, Page } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group, Page);

L10n.load({
    'de-DE': {
        'grid': {
            'EmptyRecord': 'Keine Aufzeichnungen angezeigt',
            'GroupDropArea': 'Ziehen Sie einen Spaltenkopf hier, um die Gruppe ihre Spalte',
            'UnGroup': 'Klicken Sie hier, um die Gruppierung aufheben',
            'EmptyDataSourceError': 'DataSource darf bei der Erstauslastung nicht leer sein, da Spalten aus der dataSource im AutoGenerate Spaltenraster',
            'Item': 'Artikel',
            'Items': 'Artikel'
        },
        'pager': {
            'currentPageInfo': '{0} von {1} Seiten',
            'totalItemsInfo': '({0} Beiträge)',
            'firstPageTooltip': 'Zur ersten Seite',
            'lastPageTooltip': 'Zur letzten Seite',
            'nextPageTooltip': 'Zur nächsten Seite',
            'previousPageTooltip': 'Zurück zur letzten Seit',
            'nextPagerTooltip': 'Zum nächsten Pager',
            'previousPagerTooltip': 'Zum vorherigen Pager'
        }
    }
});

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    locale: 'de-DE',
    allowGrouping: true,
    allowPaging: true,
    pageSettings: { pageSize: 6 },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 210
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />    
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" /> 
    
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Changing current locale

The current locale can be changed for all the Syncfusion React UI Components in your application by invoking setCulture function with your desired culture name.

import {L10n, setCulture} from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
L10n.load({
    'fr-BE': {
       'Button': {
             'id': 'Numéro de commande',
             'date':'Date de commande'
         }
     }
});
setCulture('fr-BE');

Note: Before changing a culture globally, you need to ensure that locale text for the concerned culture is loaded through L10n.load function.