# Rails I18n

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## [Rails 3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3/201379)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3/201379 "2011-01-06T10:08:34Z")

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Hi I am porting an applicationto rails 3 Reading about I18 in rails 3 guides I learned that there now are a default key using the . operator based on the name of the view e.g t(.stupid) in view users/show.html.erb w…

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## [Variables not replaced in yml file :S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variables-not-replaced-in-yml-file-s/201312)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variables-not-replaced-in-yml-file-s/201312 "2011-01-05T18:42:22Z")

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Hi there, I have a problem with the replacement of piece of translations set into the yml file with dynamic content. Like, I have this is my view : \<%= I18n.t :home\_welcome2, :test=\>"plop" %\> and here is my en.yml : …

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## [I18n partially working in production](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-partially-working-in-production/200429)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-partially-working-in-production/200429 "2010-12-28T20:55:38Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with i18n in production. I use for form error messages. I don’t know why but it translates but not everything. Here is what I get when I submit a not valid form. (french) Impossible d’enregistrer…

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## [Is my I18n gem tired of working late?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-my-i18n-gem-tired-of-working-late/201016)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-my-i18n-gem-tired-of-working-late/201016 "2010-12-28T20:50:51Z")

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I don’t know what could have modified the environment… I did not touch anything related to I18n… testing in the console , I can see it’s up and running , but something is wrong in loading the yml files ( I tried with…

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## [About the branch 2-2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-the-branch-2-2/200942)

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**Author:** [@nikuSESS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikuSESS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-the-branch-2-2/200942 "2010-12-25T19:44:18Z")

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One year ago I submitted a proposal to host multiple Rails versions. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rails-i18n-locales/a5gHBasXQ0U For this reason, I created a branch called 2-2. https://github.com/svenfuchs/…

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## [About the rails-i18n-locales mailing list](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-the-rails-i18n-locales-mailing-list/200943)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-the-rails-i18n-locales-mailing-list/200943 "2010-12-25T19:36:47Z")

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Hello, I just gave a look at the old rails-18n-locales mailing list. It is full of SPAM messages. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rails-i18n-locales It appears to be abandoned. I’m wondering if it is still w…

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## [Translation of model names?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translation-of-model-names/200663)

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**Author:** [@nikuSESS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nikuSESS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translation-of-model-names/200663 "2010-12-18T20:39:17Z")

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Hi there, I’ve been using I18n for a project and I’ve run into a problem where it seems rails helpers (e.g. submit buttons) are not properly translating model names, and same with validation error messages. For examp…

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## [Delocalization](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/delocalization/200563)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/delocalization/200563 "2010-12-15T20:41:20Z")

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Hi I and others have earlier discussed the need for delocalization (inverse translation) methods. Sven proposed a solution that did not work for me but for some others. As Sven said that solution was a kind of fix. I…

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## [Gettext/utils no such file to load error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-utils-no-such-file-to-load-error/200156)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
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**Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-utils-no-such-file-to-load-error/200156 "2010-12-06T10:23:17Z")

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hi, I was foolowing this: http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-api.html guide on how to use getetxt with ruby on rails. unfortunately, when running rake updatepo, it aborts with the following error message: n…

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## [Error: mail requires i18n (~\> 0.4.1, runtime)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-mail-requires-i18n-0-4-1-runtime/226103)

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**Author:** [@neven](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/neven)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-mail-requires-i18n-0-4-1-runtime/226103 "2010-11-30T04:22:23Z")

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Hi Have spent hours trying to set up ruby and rails in order to do a project for college , have uninstalled /installed etc …this error …“error: mail requires i18n (~\> 0.4.1, runtime)” …what does it mean? … Is their…

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## [Labels, I18n and accepts\_nested\_attributes\_for](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/labels-i18n-and-accepts-nested-attributes-for/199774)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
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**Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/labels-i18n-and-accepts-nested-attributes-for/199774 "2010-11-29T07:39:24Z")

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Note: I am using Rails 2.3.10. Normally, you can use Rails I18n system to generate label text. For example, suppose you have a Person class with a name attribute. And this ERB: \<%= form\_for @person do |f| %\> \<%= f.l…

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## [How do I internationalize/localize my rails plugin?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-internationalize-localize-my-rails-plugin/199505)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-internationalize-localize-my-rails-plugin/199505 "2010-11-27T13:28:19Z")

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I wrote a validates\_word\_count plugin. I would like to store the error messages in a YAML file so they can be easily translated. Full source: GitHub - paulschreiber/validates\_word\_count: rails validation plugin. valid…

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## [Upgrading from Rails 2.0.2 to Rails 3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrading-from-rails-2-0-2-to-rails-3/199575)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrading-from-rails-2-0-2-to-rails-3/199575 "2010-11-25T12:22:37Z")

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Hi guys, I used my rails site for 2 years without any upgrades. But now I want to upgrade from the first rails 2 version to the newest. I’ve used rails 2.0.2 with the last globalize version 1.0.2… but now I’ve to upgr…

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## [Hash of all translations](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-of-all-translations/199596)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-of-all-translations/199596 "2010-11-24T18:43:21Z")

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I’m trying to switch from yaml translation files to database translations. I thought I would just access \>\> I18n.backend.send(:translations) from a rake task and insert them all, but from the rails console, that is p…

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## [Extraction of activerecord backend to separate gem + tiny changes to exception handling api](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extraction-of-activerecord-backend-to-separate-gem-tiny-changes-to-exception-handling-api/198685)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extraction-of-activerecord-backend-to-separate-gem-tiny-changes-to-exception-handling-api/198685 "2010-11-05T13:50:47Z")

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Just a headsup about a few things that I’ve just pushed to the 0.5.0 branch \[1\] First, I’ve extracted the ActiveRecord backend including support classes to a separate gem \[2\]. I’m now looking for a maintainer for it!…

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## [Merging locales](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merging-locales/198662)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merging-locales/198662 "2010-11-05T09:08:43Z")

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Hi I am trying to find some rake task that supports the managing of locales. I have many unused keys, there are missing keys and there are each locale have old and new locale-files. I have found some rake tasks that …

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## [Rails3 available\_locales empty array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-available-locales-empty-array/197930)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-available-locales-empty-array/197930 "2010-11-02T19:45:40Z")

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Hi. I’m trying to get the available locales in a rails3 project using I18n.available\_locales or I18n.backend.available\_locales The result is always an empty array. The translations are loaded correctly though, I ca…

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## [Adding Translations for the Model in the Rails application](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-translations-for-the-model-in-the-rails-application/197802)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-translations-for-the-model-in-the-rails-application/197802 "2010-10-21T20:59:16Z")

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Hi , I am new to ROR . I am trying add translations to my application. I have added translations for the controllers. 1. Where to add translations for models as i am not having any /config/locales -\> models…

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## [Using translation variable inside String](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-translation-variable-inside-string/196361)

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**Author:** [@arunachandu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arunachandu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-translation-variable-inside-string/196361 "2010-10-15T22:59:07Z")

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Hi , I am new to rails… I am having a line in the mailing queue.rb file as subject =“Mail : Welcome to app” I have added translation for Welcome to app as str\_welcome: “Welcome to app” Now i am trying to replace Wel…

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## [Test if translation missings?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-if-translation-missings/196373)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Bensoussan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Bensoussan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-if-translation-missings/196373 "2010-10-14T05:20:56Z")

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Hi, We have a multilingual application using I18n, How would you test your application have no translations missings ? Would you test it view by view ? or have you a better solution ? Thanks,

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## [Receiving mails in the prefered language in rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/receiving-mails-in-the-prefered-language-in-rails/196309)

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**Author:** [@arunachandu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arunachandu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/receiving-mails-in-the-prefered-language-in-rails/196309 "2010-10-11T12:26:48Z")

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I am working in ROR. we have 2 translations one in En.yml and another for german . We will set the translation and the whole application will be seen in the selected language . We have a functionality of sending notif…

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## [Rails3 model attributes and html](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-model-attributes-and-html/196188)

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**Author:** [@Stijnster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stijnster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails3-model-attributes-and-html/196188 "2010-10-08T10:18:35Z")

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Hi all, in Rails3 you have label support for activerecord model attributes by default. Since Rails3 defaults to “no-html-safe” strings, you need to append .html to your key in order to process it as html. This howeve…

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## [Using i18n.t in Rspec2 and Rails3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-i18n-t-in-rspec2-and-rails3/196078)

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**Author:** [@Skydan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Skydan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-i18n-t-in-rspec2-and-rails3/196078 "2010-10-06T13:20:50Z")

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Hello! Can anybody help me with using i18n.t method in rspec test files? I try to test this block: describe “GET ‘home’” do it “should be successful” do get ‘home’ response.should have\_selector(“title”, :content =\>…

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## [Add wiki link to sequel backend gem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/add-wiki-link-to-sequel-backend-gem/195396)

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**Author:** [@corin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/corin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/add-wiki-link-to-sequel-backend-gem/195396 "2010-10-02T12:48:29Z")

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Hi! Could you please add a link to http://ruby-i18n.org/wiki for “I18n backend which allows to store/get the translations from a database using sequel.” Thanks, Corin

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## [I18n db backend](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-db-backend/195858)

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**Author:** [@abeansits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abeansits)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n-db-backend/195858 "2010-10-01T12:31:45Z")

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Hi! I want to use translation in my rails 2.3 project with fallbacks and I want to have some ‘translator panel’ something like tolk. Is this possible to use this two solutions together? I saw that I18n::Backends::Act…

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## [Rails 2.3.9 i18n - multiple yml files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-9-i18n-multiple-yml-files/195670)

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**Author:** [@kimptoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kimptoc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-9-i18n-multiple-yml-files/195670 "2010-09-28T10:37:32Z")

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Hi, Have been following the i18n guide ( ) Things are working in a basic way, using the simple backend, with my en.yml and pt.yml locale files. I got the core Rails Portuguese localisation from the rails-i18n proj…

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## [Rails 3 Model attributes localization](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-model-attributes-localization/195538)

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**Author:** [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-3-model-attributes-localization/195538 "2010-09-25T08:43:38Z")

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I am trying to localize in Rails 3, and I don’t understand the change w Rails 2 … I wrote the following hierarchy : en: model: user: User attributes: login: Login email: Email password: Password roles: Roles a…

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## [Localization in a structured hierarchy of .yml files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localization-in-a-structured-hierarchy-of-yml-files/195489)

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**Author:** [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localization-in-a-structured-hierarchy-of-yml-files/195489 "2010-09-23T23:20:44Z")

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\[Rails 3, Ruby 1.9.2\] I tried to split my localizations into a structured hierarchy of files : default en.yml fr.yml de.yml models users en.yml fr.yml de.yml views users en.yml fr.yml de.yml but this doe…

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## [Language files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-files/195010)

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**Author:** [@marmolin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marmolin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/language-files/195010 "2010-09-16T13:49:56Z")

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Hi Just a remark When I use on: as a key in my language file I18N cannot find that key in the yml file, but when I change it to on\_: it works I use it to translate a preposition before time as born on 1:th of apri…

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## [Undefined method 'clear'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-clear/194565)

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**Author:** [@sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sebastian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-clear/194565 "2010-09-16T12:25:33Z")

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Hi folks. I tried to get Rails I18n running with gettext, but without success. I’m using Rails 2.3.8, i18n 0.4.1 and gettext 2.1.0. I added the following lines to environment.rb: config.gem “locale” config.gem “loca…

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