Forum: Ruby on Rails errors.add translation namespace

I read this in the api:

    # Adds +message+ to the error messages on +attribute+. More than
one error can be added to the same
    # +attribute+.
    # If no +message+ is supplied, <tt>:invalid</tt> is assumed.
    #
    # If +message+ is a symbol, it will be translated using the
appropriate scope (see +translate_error+).
    # If +message+ is a proc, it will be called, allowing for things
like <tt>Time.now</tt> to be used within an error.
    def add(attribute, message = nil, options = {})
      message = normalize_message(attribute, message, options)
      if options[:strict]
        raise ActiveModel::StrictValidationFailed,
full_message(attribute, message)
      end

      self[attribute] << message
    end


Now, other than the fact that I cannot seem to locate any method in
Rails called translate_error this bit of code does this to the symbol
that I pass it:

 errors.add( :base, :dbms_constraint_violation_unique )
->
translation missing:
en.activerecord.errors.models.currency.attributes.base.dbms_constraint_violation_unique


Is there a way to turn off name spacing for this automatic
translation?  This bit of code is likely to be used in more than one
model and I do not relish creating a nested nightmare of duplicated
error message translations for each.


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