feat: Add multilingual (i18n) support with Chinese translation by zengbinli · Pull Request #8 · bigearth/bitblog

zengbinli · 2026-04-21T00:18:58Z

Multilingual Support for BITBLOG

Adds internationalization (i18n) structure to BITBLOG following Jekyll's standard multilingual pattern, as suggested in issue #2.

_config.yml — Added languages list (en, zh) and default_lang setting
_i18n/zh.yml — Chinese translation strings for navigation, footer, and UI elements
_includes/language-switcher.html — Reusable language switcher component (🌐 EN | 中文)
_layouts/default.html — Updated with lang attribute on <html> tag and language switcher in header
index.zh.md — Chinese homepage at /zh/ with filtered Chinese posts
_posts/2026-04-21-multilingual-support-zh.md — Sample Chinese blog post
assets/css/language-switcher.css — Styling for the language switcher

Each post/page has a lang field in its front matter (defaults to en)
The language switcher appears in the header, linking between / (English) and /zh/ (Chinese)
Adding a new language is as simple as:
1. Add the language to languages in _config.yml
2. Create a translation file in _i18n/
3. Create an index page (e.g., index.ja.md)
4. Add posts with the corresponding lang field

Follow the same pattern — create _i18n/ja.yml, index.ja.md, and posts with lang: ja.

Closes #2

zengbinli added 7 commits April 21, 2026 08:17

feat: add i18n language configuration for multilingual support

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feat: add Chinese translation file

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feat: add language switcher component

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feat: add Chinese index page

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feat: add sample Chinese blog post for i18n demo

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feat: add language switcher styles

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feat: update layout with language switcher and lang attribute

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