# \[ANN\] Ruby-GetText-Package-1.90.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gettext-package-1-90-0/127956>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 3, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gettext-package-1-90-0/127956 "2008-02-03T10:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Masao\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Masao\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Masao_M)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gettext-package-1-90-0/127956/1 "2008-02-03T10:05:52Z")

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Hi,

Ruby-GetText-Package-1.90.0 is now available.

## Changes

- Support Ukrainian(ua), Hungarian(hu) (over 20 languages)
- JRuby supported. Become a pure ruby library (Remove .so extention).
  - Don’t need C compiler to install.
  - Unified to one gem package for all environments (Don’t need Win32  
package).

- Directory structures are refactored.
  - locale modules separate from lib/gettext/ to lib/locale/.

- Locale modules are refactored. System locales become read only.
- Ruby on Rails 2.0 supported. (Rails 1.2.x is not supported).
- RDoc supported.
- Fix bugs.
- Enhance to support Ruby on Rails.
  - 2.0.2 supported.
  - error\_messages\_for can accept custom error dialog messages.
  - Add GetText::Rails.available\_locales, .normalized\_locale  
and fragment\_cache\_key/expire\_fragment reimplement to use these  
methods  
to restrict cached locale files.

## Thanks to

Translators:  
Alex Rootoff, Tamás Tompa

Bug reports, suggestions and patches:  
Yaohan Chen, OZAWA Sakuro, olivier ruffin, Vít Ondruch,  
Andreas Neuhaus, boud indymedia, Hans de Graaff, Stephan, Reynard,  
Ernesto Jiménez Caballero, Paul Clegg

## Website

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/gettext/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/gettext/)

- Download  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=855&release\_id=2856](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=855&release_id=2856)

- Ruby-GetText-Package HOWTOs  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package HOWTO for Ruby on Rails  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package API Reference (RDoc)  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/gettextapi/](http://www.yotabanana.com/gettextapi/)

- FAQ for Ruby-GetText-Package  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-faq.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-faq.html)

- Ruby-GetText-Package documents for Translators  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-translate.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-translate.html)

## What’s this?

Ruby-GetText-Package is a Localization(L10n) Library and Tools which is  
modeled after GNU gettext package.

The library converts the messages to localized messages properly using  
client-side locale information. And the tools for developers support  
to create, use, and modify localized the message files(message catalogs)  
easily.

Features:

- Simple APIs(similar GNU gettext)
- Translates Controllers/Views.
- Translates Models(table names, column names)
- Singular/plural messages in each locales.
- Auto finding the client locale
- Rake task to extract strings automatically and create mofiles.
- multi-textdomain supported.  
You can bind plural textdomains to a class/module.
- Action/Fragment Caching.
- Translates Rails error messages.
- Some helper functions are localized.

## ScreenShots

Screenshots in 20 languages (Sample Rails blog) are:  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/?ruby-gettext-screenshot)

## Status of translations

- Bosnian(bs) - 1.90.0
- Catalan(ca) - 1.90.0
- Croatian(hr) - 1.90.0
- Chinese(zh\_CN) - 1.90.0
- Chinese(zh\_TW) - 1.90.0
- Czech(cs) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Dutch(nl) - 1.90.0
- English(default) - 1.90.0
- Esperanto(eo) - 1.90.0
- Estonian(et) - 1.9.0 (old, rails.po only)
- French(fr) - 1.90.0
- German(de) - 1.90.0
- Greek(el) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Hungarian(hu) - 1.90.0 (new)
- Italian(it) - 1.6.0 (old)
- Japanese(ja) - 1.90.0
- Korean(ko) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Norwegian(nb) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Portuguese(Brazil)(pt\_BR) - 1.90.0
- Russian(ru) - 1.90.0
- Spanish(es) - 1.9.0 (old)
- Swedish(sv) - 0.8.0 (too much old)
- Ukrainian(ua) - 1.90.0 (new)
- Vietnamese(vi) - 1.90.0

## Can you help us?/ Can we help you?

Join our ML if you are interested in:

- Improve Ruby-GetText-Package.
- Translators.
- Application/library owners who think to make your apps/libs L10n.  
If you send us your po-files, we’ll translate it!
# At least, a Japanese translator is available ;).

ML:  
[http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group\_id=855](http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=855)

Regards,  
Masao