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Version: 2.11.10

Customize localization

Orientation​

Prefer a per-call culture or transformer first. Use a custom localiser only when an application needs process-wide behavior that Humanizer 2.11.10 does not provide.

Humanizer 2 exposes its registries through Humanizer.Configuration.Configurator. Formatter implementations live under Humanizer.Localisation.Formatters.

Example​

Register before application code resolves the formatter registry:

using System.Globalization;
using Humanizer.Configuration;
using Humanizer.Localisation.Formatters;

Configurator.Formatters.Register(
    "en-US",
    culture => new ProductFormatter(culture.Name));

var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
var formatter = Configurator.Formatters.ResolveForCulture(culture);
Console.WriteLine(formatter.DateHumanize_Now());

sealed class ProductFormatter : DefaultFormatter
{
    public ProductFormatter(string localeCode)
        : base(localeCode)
    {
    }

    public override string DateHumanize_Now() => "just now";
}

The result is just now. The Humanizer 2 DefaultFormatter constructor takes a locale-code string, and the registry factory receives a CultureInfo.

Pitfall​

The Humanizer 2.11.10 registry remains mutable after first resolution. A later Register call is permitted, but changing a process-wide component after requests begin can make concurrent work observe different behavior. Configure registries once during startup.

Custom global components affect every caller that resolves that culture. For request-specific text transformation, implement IStringTransformer or ICulturedStringTransformer and pass it to Transform instead.

If the built-in locale is wrong rather than product-specific, follow the language correction guide or open a prefilled locale issue.

Version notes​

Constructor shapes, namespaces, and available registries are version-specific public API. This example follows Humanizer 2.11.10; do not copy a Humanizer 3 or main/preview extension into this application.