Added the foundation for making the frontend multilingual. Now only need to import useTranslation and use t('key') for all user-facing text for all pages (+add key:value pairs in src/locales for each language ofc)

- package.json -> Imported packages i18next & react-i18next for multilingual functionality.
- src/App.jsx -> Imported LanguageSwitcher from ./components/LanguageSwitcher and added <LanguageSwitcher /> component at the beginning of layout so it's always visible.
- src/components/LanguageSwitcher.jsx -> LanguageSwitcher component, consists of a dropdown menu that always appears at top right corner for choosing language.
- src/i18n.js -> Initialize and configure i18next for app-wide multilingual support.
- src/locales/en.json + src/locales/fr.json -> Empty json files that will soon contain translation key:value pairs for each page.
- src/main.jsx -> Imported src/i18n.js for multilingual functionality.

Frontend/package.json

@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^2.6.0",
     "@tailwindcss/vite": "^4.0.9",
     "axios": "^1.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^25.2.1",
     "lucide-react": "^0.476.0",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
     "react-hot-toast": "^2.5.2",
+    "react-i18next": "^15.5.3",
     "react-icons": "^5.5.0",
     "react-redux": "^9.2.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^7.2.0"

Frontend/src/App.jsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "./App.css";
 import { BrowserRouter as Router, Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";
+import LanguageSwitcher from './components/LanguageSwitcher'; // Language switcher dropdown menu
 import Login from "./pages/Authentication/Login";
 import SignUp from "./pages/Authentication/SignUp";
 import DrivethruLandingPage from "./pages/UserPages/DrivethruLandingPage";
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import NotFoundPage from "./pages/UserPages/NotFoundPage";
 function App() {
   return (
     <Router>
+      <LanguageSwitcher />
       <Routes>
         <Route path="/" element={<DrivethruLandingPage />} />
         <Route path="/login" element={<Login />} />

Frontend/src/components/LanguageSwitcher.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
+const languages = [
+  { code: 'en', label: 'English' },
+  { code: 'fr', label: 'Français' },
+  // Add more languages as needed
+];
+
+function LanguageSwitcher() {
+  const { i18n } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      style={{
+        position: 'absolute',
+        top: '1rem',
+        right: '1rem',
+        zIndex: 1000,
+        background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.95)',
+        borderRadius: '4px',
+        padding: '0.25em 0.5em',
+        boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.05)'
+      }}
+    >
+      <select
+        value={i18n.language}
+        onChange={e => i18n.changeLanguage(e.target.value)}
+        style={{
+          border: '1px solid #ccc',
+          borderRadius: '4px',
+          padding: '0.25em 2em 0.25em 0.5em', // More right padding for arrow
+          minWidth: '100px',
+          appearance: 'auto', // Use browser default arrow
+          background: '#fff',
+        }}
+
+        aria-label="Select language"
+      >
+        {languages.map(lang => (
+          <option key={lang.code} value={lang.code}>
+            {lang.label}
+          </option>
+        ))}
+      </select>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default LanguageSwitcher;
+

Frontend/src/i18n.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import i18n from 'i18next';
+import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
+
+import en from './locales/en.json';
+import fr from './locales/fr.json';
+// import more languages as needed
+
+const resources = {
+  en: { translation: en },
+  fr: { translation: fr },
+  // add other languages here
+};
+
+i18n
+  .use(initReactI18next)
+  .init({
+    resources,
+    lng: 'en', // default language
+    fallbackLng: 'en',
+    //interpolation: {
+    //  escapeValue: false, // not needed for React
+    //},
+  });
+
+export default i18n;
+

Frontend/src/main.jsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import './i18n'; // for multilingual functionality
+
 import { StrictMode } from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import "./index.css";