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+import i18n from 'i18next';
+import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
+import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
+
+// We will import the translations as we create them
+// For now, we'll define them here and move them to JSON files in the next step
+const resources = {
+  en: {
+    translation: {
+      // Navbar
+      "Home": "Home",
+      "Listings": "Listings",
+      "Categories": "Categories",
+      "SearchPlaceholder": "Search listings...",
+      "SignIn": "Sign in",
+      "Register": "Register",
+      // Add other keys here
+    }
+  },
+  fr: {
+    translation: {
+      // Navbar
+      "Home": "Accueil",
+      "Listings": "Annonces",
+      "Categories": "Catégories",
+      "SearchPlaceholder": "Rechercher des annonces...",
+      "SignIn": "Connexion",
+      "Register": "S'inscrire",
+      // Add other keys here
+    }
+  },
+  de: {
+    translation: {
+        // Navbar
+        "Home": "Startseite",
+        "Listings": "Angebote",
+        "Categories": "Kategorien",
+        "SearchPlaceholder": "Angebote suchen...",
+        "SignIn": "Anmelden",
+        "Register": "Registrieren",
+        // Add other keys here
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+i18n
+  // Detect user language
+  .use(LanguageDetector)
+  // Pass the i18n instance to react-i18next.
+  .use(initReactI18next)
+  // Init i18next
+  .init({
+    resources,
+    fallbackLng: 'en', // Use English if the detected language is not available
+    interpolation: {
+      escapeValue: false, // React already safes from xss
+    },
+    detection: {
+      // Order and from where user language should be detected
+      order: ['localStorage', 'navigator', 'htmlTag', 'path', 'subdomain'],
+      caches: ['localStorage'],
+    }
+  });
+
+export default i18n;