How to use i18n For Nuxt 2.17/ Vue 2.7 with Composition API?

[KyleBrown-804]

I am wondering how or if it is possible to use @nuxtjs/i18n within Nuxt 2.17 & Vue 2.7 with the @nuxt/composition-api, specifically in <script> tags as using either setup syntax or defineComponent makes it not possible to simply call this.$t('translation');.

Furthermore I have found no way so far to use "useI18n" which is the way to do it in Vue/Nuxt ^3. This is in an effort to migrate slowly from 2 to 3 on an existing project. I am aware of the vue-i18n bridge but am not sure if you can use that in tandem with nuxt/i18n or not?

I am able currently to still acces $t() in <template> just not scripts with comp API.

Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated.