hugo-theme-relearn/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.en.md
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title = "Multilingual and i18n"
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The Relearn theme is fully compatible with Hugo multilingual mode.
- Available languages: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese. Feel free to contribute!
- Full support for languages written right to left
- Automatic menu generation from multilingual content
- In-browser language switching
![I18n menu](i18n-menu.gif?width=18.75rem)
## Basic configuration
After learning [how Hugo handle multilingual websites](https://gohugo.io/content-management/multilingual), define your languages in your `hugo.toml` file.
For example with current English and Piratized English website.
{{% notice note %}}
Make sure your default language is defined as the first one in the `[languages]` array, as the theme needs to make assumptions on it
{{% /notice %}}
```toml
# English is the default language
defaultContentLanguage = "en"
[languages]
[languages.en]
title = "Hugo Relearn Theme"
weight = 1
languageName = "English"
[languages.pir]
title = "Cap'n Hugo Relearrrn Theme"
weight = 2
languageName = "Arrr! Pirrrates"
```
Then, for each new page, append the _id_ of the language to the file.
- Single file `my-page.md` is split in two files:
- in English: `my-page.md`
- in Piratized English: `my-page.pir.md`
- Single file `_index.md` is split in two files:
- in English: `_index.md`
- in Piratized English: `_index.pir.md`
{{% notice info %}}
Be aware that only translated pages are displayed in menu. It's not replaced with default language content.
{{% /notice %}}
{{% notice tip %}}
Use [slug](https://gohugo.io/content-management/multilingual/#translate-your-content) frontmatter parameter to translate urls too.
{{% /notice %}}
## Search
In case each page's content is written in one single language only, the above configuration will already configure the site's search functionality correctly.
{{% notice warning %}}
Although the theme supports a wide variety of supported languages, the site's search via the [Lunr](https://lunrjs.com) search library does not.
You'll see error reports in your browsers console log for each unsupported language. Currently unsupported are:
- Czech
- Indonesian
- Polish
- Swahili
{{% /notice %}}
### Search with mixed language support
In case your page's content contains text in multiple languages (e.g. you are writing a Russian documentation for your english API), you can add those languages to your `hugo.toml` to broaden search.
```toml
[params]
additionalContentLanguage = [ "en" ]
````
As this is an array, you can add multiple additional languages.
{{% notice note %}}
Keep in mind that the language code required here, is the base language code. E.g. if you have additional content in `zh-CN`, you have to add just `zh` to this parameter.
{{% /notice %}}
## Overwrite translation strings
Translations strings are used for common default values used in the theme (_Edit_ button, _Search placeholder_ and so on). Translations are available in English and Piratized English but you may use another language or want to override default values.
To override these values, create a new file in your local i18n folder `i18n/<idlanguage>.toml` and inspire yourself from the theme `themes/hugo-theme-relearn/i18n/en.toml`
## Disable language switching
Switching the language in the browser is a great feature, but for some reasons you may want to disable it.
Just set `disableLanguageSwitchingButton=true` in your `hugo.toml`
```toml
[params]
# When using multilingual website, disable the switch language button.
disableLanguageSwitchingButton = true
```