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+# Apache APISIX Dashboard I18N User Guide
+
+The Apache APISIX Dashboard uses [@umijs/plugin-locale](https://umijs.org/plugins/plugin-locale) to solve the i18n issues, in order to make the i18n more clear and reasonable, we would recommend to obey the following rules
+
+## Location of locale configuration：
+
+- Please put **the global locales** under `src/locales`.
+- Please put **each page's locale file** under `src/pages/$PAGE/locales` folder.
+- Please put **the Component's locale file** under `src/components/$COMPONENT/locales` folder, and we **MUST** import them manually
+
+## How to name the key for each locale filed：
+
+the key can be like this : [basicModule].[moduleName].[elementName].[...desc]
+
+- what's the first tow levels? e.g: `app.pwa`, `page.consumer`, `component.actionBar`
+
+- The subkeys are divided into $element + $description style e.g: `app.pwa.message.offline`, `component.actionBar.button.nextStep`
+
+  - If the the text is the part of a element, we can use [elementNameProps] e.g: `page.consumer.proTableColumns.username`.
+  - If there are two or more same level part locales of a element, we can add number suffix e.g: `page.route.form.itemRulesExtraMessage1.path`, `page.route.form.itemRulesExtraMessage2.path`.
+
+- common texts, we should not repeat in other part, and the common locale key omit [elementName] would be better.
+
+  - If the text is used in two or more places inside the module, we would recommend sharing the text in the module, e.g:`page.route.parameterPosition`.
+  - If the text is used in two or more places between modules, we would recommend sharing the text globally, and add`global`as the moduleName,git e.g:`component.global.confirm`.
+
+## Global locale keys
+
+we have already defined many global keys, before you do i18n, you can refer to [those](https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard/blob/master/src/locales/zh-CN/component.ts).
+
+## Recommended subkey naming
+
+- **Form**
+
+| element   | props          | locale subKey                 |
+| --------- | -------------- | ----------------------------- |
+| Form.Item | label          | form.itemLabel                |
+| Form.Item | rules.required | form.itemRulesRequiredMessage |
+| Form.Item | rules.pattern  | form.itemRulesPatternMessage  |
+| Form.Item | extra          | form.itemExtraMessage         |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.form.itemRulesExtraMessage.parameterName': '仅支持字母和数字，且只能以字母开头',
+'page.route.form.itemLabel.apiName': 'API 名称',
+'page.route.form.itemRulesPatternMessage.apiNameRule': '最大长度100，仅支持字母、数字、- 和 _，且只能以字母开头',
+```
+
+- **Input**
+
+| element | props       | locale subKey     |
+| ------- | ----------- | ----------------- |
+| Input   | placeholder | input.placeholder |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.input.placeholder.parameterNameHttpHeader': '请求头键名，例如：HOST',
+```
+
+- **Button**
+
+| element | props | locale subKey |
+| ------- | ----- | ------------- |
+| Button  | null  | button        |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.button.returnList': '返回路由列表',
+```
+
+- **PanelSection**
+
+| element      | props | locale subKey      |
+| ------------ | ----- | ------------------ |
+| PanelSection | title | panelSection.title |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.panelSection.title.nameDescription': '名称及其描述',
+```
+
+- **Steps**
+
+| element    | props | locale subKey   |
+| ---------- | ----- | --------------- |
+| Steps.step | title | steps.stepTitle |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.steps.stepTitle.defineApiRequest': '定义 API 请求',
+```
+
+- **Select**
+
+| element       | props | locale subKey |
+| ------------- | ----- | ------------- |
+| Select.Option | null  | select.option |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.select.option.enableHttps': '启用 HTTPS',
+```
+
+- **Radio**
+
+| element | props | locale subKey |
+| ------- | ----- | ------------- |
+| Radio   | null  | radio         |
+
+**Example:**
+
+```js
+'page.route.radio.staySame': '保持原样',
+```
+
+- **ProTable**
+
+| element  | props         | locale subKey         |
+| -------- | ------------- | --------------------- |
+| ProTable | columns.title | proTable.columnsTitle |
+
+_ProTable usually appears in conjunction with forms, and columns title are same with form item label, so we recommend these title keys to be the common key in modules._