# Localization
# Overview
Nova may be fully localized using Laravel's localization services (opens new window). After running the nova:install
command during installation. Your application will contain a lang/vendor/nova
translation directory.
Within this directory, you may customize the en.json
file or create a new JSON translation file for your language. In addition, the en
directory contains a few additional validation translation lines that are utilized by Nova.
# Creating New Localization Files
To quickly create a new translation file for your language, you may execute the nova:translate
Artisan command. This command will simply copy the default en.json
translation file, allowing you to begin translating the strings into your own language:
php artisan nova:translate es
# Resources
Resource names may be localized by overriding the label
and singularLabel
methods on the resource class:
/**
* Get the displayable label of the resource.
*
* @return string
*/
public static function label()
{
return __('Posts');
}
/**
* Get the displayable singular label of the resource.
*
* @return string
*/
public static function singularLabel()
{
return __('Post');
}
To customize labels for the resource's create and update buttons, you may override the createButtonLabel
and updateButtonLabel
methods on the resource:
/**
* Get the text for the create resource button.
*
* @return string|null
*/
public static function createButtonLabel()
{
return __('Publish Post');
}
/**
* Get the text for the update resource button.
*
* @return string|null
*/
public static function updateButtonLabel()
{
return __('Save Changes');
}
# Fields
Field names may be localized when you attach the field to your resource. The first argument to all fields is its display name, which you may customize. For example, you might localize the title of an email address field like so:
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\Text;
Text::make(__('Email Address'), 'email_address');
# Relationships
Relationship field names may be customized by localizing the first argument passed to their field definition. The second and third arguments to Nova relationship fields are the relationship method name and the related Nova resource, respectively:
use App\Nova\Post;
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\HasMany;
HasMany::make(__('Posts'), 'posts', Post::class);
In addition, you should also override the label
and singularLabel
methods on the related resource:
/**
* Get the displayable label of the resource.
*
* @return string
*/
public static function label()
{
return __('Posts');
}
/**
* Get the displayable singular label of the resource.
*
* @return string
*/
public static function singularLabel()
{
return __('Post');
}
# Filters
Filter names may be localized by overriding the name
method on the filter class:
/**
* Get the displayable name of the filter.
*
* @return string
*/
public function name()
{
return __('Admin Users');
}
# Lenses
Lens names may be localized by overriding the name
method on the lens class:
/**
* Get the displayable name of the lens.
*
* @return string
*/
public function name()
{
return __('Most Valuable Users');
}
# Actions
Action names may be localized by overriding the name
method on the action class:
/**
* Get the displayable name of the action.
*
* @return string
*/
public function name()
{
return __('Email Account Profile');
}
# Metrics
Metric names may be localized by overriding the name
method on the metric class:
/**
* Get the displayable name of the metric.
*
* @return string
*/
public function name()
{
return __('Total Users');
}
# Frontend
To propagate your localizations to the frontend, you should call the Nova::translations
method within your NovaServiceProvider
:
Nova::serving(function () {
Nova::translations($pathToFile);
});
You may also pass an array of key / value pairs representing each localization:
Nova::serving(function () {
Nova::translations([
'Total Users' => 'Total Users'
]);
});
As in Laravel, you may use the __
helper within your custom Vue components to access these translations. To accomplish this, add the following mixins to your Inertia page component or Vue component:
<template>
<h2>{{ __('Total Users') }}</h2>
</template>
<script>
import { Localization } from 'laravel-nova'
export default {
mixins: [Localization]
// ...
}
</script>
If your components use the Vue Composition API, you may use the useLocalization
composable to localize your component:
<template>
<h2>{{ __('Total Users') }}</h2>
</template>
<script setup>
import { useLocalization } from 'laravel-nova'
const { __ } = useLocalization()
// ...
</script>