Localization

◆TL;DR

Objective — Expand to new locales without forking vendor Blade — language files, locale middleware, and payment methods per region.

Assessment 👤

• Rank markets by revenue potential, support cost, and regulatory burden.
• List UI strings scope (admin vs customer-facing) before quoting translation.

Laravel i18n 💻

• Store strings in lang/{locale}/ — never hardcode in vendor views; use @lang or __() in customizations.
• Locale switcher + session/app()->setLocale() middleware.
• Fallback locale defined; missing keys log in staging only

graph LR
  EN["lang/en/*.php"] --> FR["lang/fr/*.php"]
  FR --> UI["Blade / JSON responses"]
  UI --> SEO["hreflang + regional URLs"]

Translation workflow 🔀

• Export keys → vendor or CAT tool → import → QA in staging per locale.
• Freeze string freeze window before major releases.

Regional SEO & payments

• hreflang tags and locale-prefixed URLs or subdomain strategy (pick one).
• Local payment methods (Stripe Payment Methods API) where checkout supports them.

Customizations playbook Mark vendor view overrides when locale-specific UI is unavoidable.