---
title: "Adding Internationalization to Astro"
author: Astro Learner
description: "A guide to implementing i18n in your Astro website"
image:
  url: "https://docs.astro.build/assets/full-logo-light.png"
  alt: "Astro logo"
pubDate: 2024-08-19
tags: ["astro", "i18n", "localization", "web-development"]
---

Making your website accessible to a global audience is important. Here's how to implement internationalization in Astro.

## Implementation Steps

1. **Setup**: Installing necessary i18n packages
2. **Content Structure**: Organizing content for multiple languages
3. **Language Switching**: Adding a language toggle
4. **URL Management**: Handling language-specific routes

## Best Practices

- Keep translations in separate files
- Use ISO language codes
- Implement fallback languages
- Consider right-to-left languages
