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# Init

Load and prepare localization from the `locales` folder of your resource.

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**Side:** Shared · **Category:** Locale · **API:** `LT.Locale.Init`
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Add `locales/*.{json,lua}` to your `fxmanifest.lua` `files` section so clients can load translations.
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## Example

```lua
LT.Locale.Init('en', 'json') -- Setup a JSON locale.
-- locales/en.json
```

## Parameters

| Name       | Required | Description                  |
| ---------- | -------- | ---------------------------- |
| `key`      | Yes      | Locale key (e.g. 'en', 'tr') |
| `fileType` | No       | 'json'                       |