Best way to internationalize content from database

Rails
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Hello all.

It’s ok to internationalize thing at app using rails, but how to deal
with content from database ?

What’s the best aproach ? I don’t wanna do things like:

<% if english %>
<%= obj.name_english%>
<% else %>
<%= obj.name_japanese%>
<% end %>

The best way is to do all at controller ? model ?

How do you thing is the better approach ?

Thanks

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Anderson L. wrote:

Hello all.

It’s ok to internationalize thing at app using rails, but how to deal
with content from database ?

I think that may not be a good approach. I think it’s better to keep
translated strings in PO files – that way, you can hand them off to
translators.

Take a look at fast_gettext for this. It’s nicer than Rails’ own I18N.

What’s the best aproach ? I don’t wanna do things like:

<% if english %>
<%= obj.name_english%>
<% else %>
<%= obj.name_japanese%>
<% end %>

The best way is to do all at controller ? model ?

How do you thing is the better approach ?

Thanks

3

Hello Marnen

"keep translated strings in PO files "

but think about a content management system that users put information
about a new protuct in english and portuguese.

It’s easy to use i18n for labels…but…what about the product
description ??

I can’t put product description into a PO file…it has to come from a
database…

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Anderson L. wrote:

Hello Marnen

"keep translated strings in PO files "

but think about a content management system that users put information
about a new protuct in english and portuguese.

It’s easy to use i18n for labels…but…what about the product
description ??

I can’t put product description into a PO file…it has to come from a
database…

Quite true. At that point, it makes sense to have a table with
product_id, language_id, and description fields.

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Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
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Have you considered this GitHub - joshmh/globalize2: The second incarnation of Globalize for Rails ?