Introduction
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Learn how General Translation's full-stack localization platform fits together and choose a quickstart.
General Translation connects your application code, content sources, translation infrastructure, and review workflows in one platform.
Quickstarts
New to localization? Start with Key concepts for the vocabulary used throughout these docs.
What is General Translation?
General Translation connects your code, content, and translations. We combine the full localization stack in one product:
- Open-source i18n libraries. Internationalize your codebase and load translations at runtime.
- An AI-native translation platform. Generate and store translations, and guide output so product names, key terms, and style stay consistent across every language.
- Locadex, the AI agent. Automate the full process with our purpose-built agent, which internationalizes your code and translates your content continuously. Just merge a pull request.
GT reads your whole codebase and product context, so translations read like they were written by a native speaker — and ship as fast as you do.
General Translation is trusted by the world's best developer teams, including at Cursor, Ramp, Profound, Cognition, Mintlify, and ClickHouse.
FAQs
What is the difference between internationalization, localization, and translation? Internationalization prepares your codebase to support multiple languages, translation converts content from one language into another, and localization is the whole process of adapting a product for a locale. See Key concepts.
Do I have to use the platform to use the libraries? No. The General Translation i18n libraries are free, open-source, and can be configured to load translations from any source. See React quickstart.
Which library should I use? Use gt-react for React apps and gt-next for Next.js. Use the Node or Python libraries for backend services, and the Core library for lower-level control in any JavaScript runtime.
How do AI agents fit in? Locadex automates localization for you, and you can also give your own AI coding tools access to the docs. See For coding agents.
What is a locale? A locale is a language or dialect, identified by a locale code such as en-US. See Key concepts and the Supported locales list.
