Internationalization

Choosing Language

Edit Hexo config file, set the value of language to the language you need. For example, English looks like this:

Hexo config file

language: en

NexT now supports following languages:

Language	Example	Code
Arabic	عربي	`ar`
Bengali	বাংলা	`bn`
Chinese (Simplified)	简体中文	`zh-CN`
Chinese (Traditional)	繁體中文	`zh-TW`
Chinese (Hong Kong)	繁體中文-香港	`zh-HK`
Dutch	Niederländisch	`nl`
English	English	`en`
French	Français	`fr`
German	Deutsch	`de`
Indonesian	Indonesia	`id`
Italian	Italiano	`it`
Japanese	日本語	`ja`
Korean	한국어	`ko`
Persian	فارسی	`fa`
Portuguese	Português	`pt`
Portuguese (Brazilian)	Português (Brazilian)	`pt-BR`
Russian	Русский	`ru`
Sinhala	සිංහල	`si`
Spanish	Español	`es`
Turkish	Türk	`tr`
Turkmen	Türkmençe	`tk`
Ukrainian	Український	`uk`
Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	`vi`

The files in the language directory are automatically generated, you do not need to modify them directly. Please submit translations via Crowdin if you would like to add or improve translation for NexT theme.

Multilingual Switcher

Set multiple languages in Hexo config file, e.g.

Hexo config file

language:
  - zh-CN
  - en

Then turn on language_switcher in NexT config file:

NexT config file

# Show multilingual switcher in footer.
language_switcher: true

Override Default Translations

If you would like to customize the default translation, you do not need to modify the translation files in the languages directory. You can override all translations using Data Files.

Create a languages.yml in source/_data.

Insert following codes: (be careful about the two-space indent)

languages.yml

# language
zh-CN:
  # items
  post:
    copyright:
      # the translation you prefer
      author: 本文博主
en:
  menu:
    schedule: Calendar

This situation is also available for off-list items. For example, Next uses Theme Inject to introduce the comments systems. You can rename the returned value in chinese as followed:

languages.yml

# language
zh-CN:
  # items
  post:
    comments:
      disqus: 评论