i18n.md (993B)
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2 title: i18n
3 linktitle: i18n
4 description: Translates a piece of content based on your i18n configuration files.
5 date: 2017-02-01
6 publishdate: 2017-02-01
7 lastmod: 2017-02-01
8 categories: [functions]
9 menu:
10 docs:
11 parent: "functions"
12 keywords: [internationalization,i18n,multilingual]
13 signature: ["i18n KEY", "T KEY"]
14 workson: []
15 hugoversion:
16 relatedfuncs: []
17 deprecated: false
18 aliases: []
19 ---
20
21 This translates a piece of content based on your `i18n/en-US.yaml` (and similar) files. You can use the [go-i18n](https://github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n) tools to manage your translations. The translations can exist in both the theme and at the root of your repository.
22
23 ```
24 {{ i18n "translation_id" }}
25 ```
26
27 {{% note "Alias `T`" %}}
28 `T` is an alias to `i18n`. E.g. `{{ T "translation_id" }}`.
29 {{% /note %}}
30
31 For more information about string translations, see [Translation of Strings in Multilingual Mode][multistrings].
32
33 [multistrings]: /content-management/multilingual/#translation-of-strings