---
title: "Internationalization Module"
description: "The Jodit i18n module that translates the editor interface into many built-in languages and lets you add or override custom translations."
metadata:
  - name: keywords
    content: "jodit, internationalization, i18n, languages, localization, translation"
---
# langs


Jodit internationalization module.

In order for Jodit to show the interface in your language, you just need to enable it in the settings:

```js
Jodit.make('#editor', {
  language: 'ru'
});
```

List of available languages:

```
ar,
cs_cz,
de,
en,
es,
fa,
fi,
fr,
he,
hu,
id,
it,
ja,
ko,
mn,
nl,
no,
pl,
pt_br,
ru,
sk,
sv,
tr,
ua,
zh_cn,
zh_tw
```

If you do not find your language, then you can create a language file yourself by [copying any of the other languages](https://github.com/xdan/jodit/tree/main/src/langs)
After that just add its content like a field [Jodit.langs](../classes/jodit.Jodit.html#langs)

```js
// File './somepath/sml.js' - some language
Jodit.langs.sml = {
  'Type something': 'Scrivi qualcosa...',
  Advanced: 'Avanzato',
  'About Jodit': 'A proposito di Jodit',
  'Jodit Editor': 'Jodit Editor'
  // ...
};
```

And include this file after Jodit

```html
<script src="./node_modules/jodit/es2021/jodit.min.js"></script>
<script src="./somepath/sml.js"></script>
<script>
  Jodit.make('#editor', {
    language: 'sml'
  });
</script>
```

If you don't like how `Jodit` has translated one or another part of the app into your native language, you can either [make a Pull Request](https://github.com/xdan/jodit/edit/main/src/langs/ar.js)
Or redefine the desired string combinations and translate them in your own way:

```js
Jodit.make('#editor', {
  language: 'ru',
  i18n: {
    ru: {
      'Type something': 'Введите что-либо тут...'
    }
  }
});
```

To use internationalization in your own plugin, use the method [Jodit.i18n](../classes/jodit.Jodit.html#i18n)

```js
const editor = Jodit.make('#redactor', {
  language: 'ru'
});
console.log(editor.i18n('Type something')); //'Введите что-либо тут...'
```

## UIElement

For convenience, if in the [UIElement](../classes/ui.UIElement.html) descendant in the `render` method, return a string in the format:

```
~Some text~
```

It will be automatically passed through [Jodit.i18n](../classes/jodit.Jodit.html#i18n)

For example:

```js
class UIBox extends Jodit.modules.UIElement {
  render() {
    return `<div>
        <div class="&__some-element">~Some text~</div>
    </div>`;
  }
}

const editor = Jodit.make('#editor', {
  language: 'en',
  i18n: {
    en: {
      'Some text': 'Another text'
    }
  }
});
const box = new UIBox(editor);
console.log(box.container.outerHTML); //<div class="jodit-ui-box"><div class="jodit-ui-box__some-element">Another text</div></div>
```

It's the same as doing this:

```js
class UIBox extends Jodit.modules.UIElement {
  render() {
    return `<div>
        <div class="&__some-element">${this.jodit.i18n('Some text')}</div>
    </div>`;
  }
}
```


### exp

**exp**: [`IDictionary`](./types.html#idictionary)\<[`IDictionary`](./types.html#idictionary)\<`string`\>\> = `{}`

Defined in: [src/languages.ts:46](https://github.com/xdan/jodit/blob/main/src/languages.ts#L46)