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+++ b/client/src/i18n.js	Thu Nov 08 16:03:28 2018 +0100
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+import i18n from "i18next";
+import { reactI18nextModule } from "react-i18next";
+import detector from "i18next-browser-languagedetector";
+
+import translationFR from "./locales/fr/translation.json";
+import translationEN from "./locales/en/translation.json";
+
+// the translations
+const resources = {
+  fr: {
+    translation: translationFR
+  },
+  en: {
+    translation: translationEN
+  }
+};
+
+i18n
+  .use(detector)
+  .use(reactI18nextModule) // passes i18n down to react-i18next
+  .init({
+    resources,
+    debug: true,
+    fallbackLng: "fr",
+
+    interpolation: {
+      escapeValue: false // react already safes from xss
+    }
+  });
+
+export default i18n;