---
title: locale
---

The `locale` setting allows you to specify the language of the pattern.
It should contain a 2-letter language code that indicates what language the user wants.
The default is `en`.

This will be used to set the `xml:lang` attribute in the `svg` tag when rendering to SVG,
and by [the i18n plugin](/reference/plugins/i18n/) to translate the pattern.

```js
import Brian from "@freesewing/brian";

const pattern = new Brian({
  locale: "es"
})
```