# Complex folder estructure inside locale translated **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails I18n\ **Created:** [June 7, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772 "2010-06-07T15:03:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/1 "2010-06-07T15:03:47Z")
Hello I’ve been watching these two projects [1] and [2]. Both look good. But I see it is not possible to have a complex structure inside the locale folder. The two projects caught the .yml and displayed in a web interface for ease translate each string. But with a Base of folders a bit complex. Example: locale |-es.yml |-models |-users |-es.yml |-articles |-es.yml |-views |-users |–articles formtastic |-es.yml It is possible to translate this. Or should I put all the strings in a single file? [1] [http://github.com/newsdesk/translate](http://github.com/newsdesk/translate) [2] [http://github.com/dhh/tolk](http://github.com/dhh/tolk) ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/2 "2010-06-08T12:46:23Z")
On Jun 7, 3:02 pm, Andrés gutiérrez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > |-es.yml > > It is possible to translate this. Or should I put all the strings in a > single file? > > [1][http://github.com/newsdesk/translate](http://github.com/newsdesk/translate) > [2][http://github.com/dhh/tolk](http://github.com/dhh/tolk) Please, Does anyone else separated into folders or am I the only one? ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/3 "2010-06-08T13:13:19Z")
Hi, I don’t really know what to do. Both using many files and one single file have their advantages and disadvantages. One file can get a big mess, but many files are hard to find stuff. Sometimes I wish the scopes were all backwards: Then you would be able to group translations together based upon their functionality instead of their usage. I don’t use any of these projects yet, but I am going to use tolk in the near future, so I can’t say anything about that yet. - iain ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/4 "2010-06-08T13:27:57Z")
El 8 de junio de 2010 13:25, Andrés gutiérrez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)escribió: > > Sometimes I wish the scopes were all backwards: Then you would be able > > to group translations together based upon their functionality instead > > of their usage. > > > > I don’t use any of these projects yet, but I am going to use tolk in > > the near future, so I can’t say anything about that yet. > > Thanks Ian for the reply. I see it is a question that not only do I have > right? Sorry Iain no Ian ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/5 "2010-06-08T13:27:22Z")
2010/6/8 Iain H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > I don’t use any of these projects yet, but I am going to use tolk in > the near future, so I can’t say anything about that yet. Thanks Ian for the reply. I see it is a question that not only do I have right? ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/6 "2010-06-08T14:53:26Z")
We had this discussion at my company. Nobody really knew what to do. Does anybody else have the problem? -iain 2010/6/8 Andrés gutiérrez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/7 "2010-06-08T15:50:18Z")
Hi, At my company we made a web application that does just that. > **[Software translation and project management · WebTranslateIt](https://webtranslateit.com/)** > > WebTranslateIt is a software localization tool for developers. Includes a project management tool and a translation tool in an easy to use web-based software. It’s a commercial software. We are working with companies having projects with several hundreds of deeply nested language files, so this kind of scenario was a requirement. You can read in the documentation how it handles complex file structures. [http://docs.webtranslateit.com/file\_manager/#file\_structure](http://docs.webtranslateit.com/file_manager/#file_structure) Regards, Édouard ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/8 "2010-06-08T16:07:52Z")
2010/6/8 Edouard [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > structures. > > [http://docs.webtranslateit.com/file\_manager/#file\_structure](http://docs.webtranslateit.com/file_manager/#file_structure) > > Regards, > Édouard Thanks Édouard, looks great, but mine is a personal and no comercial project. And i would like to manage this problem localy…in this moment ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/9 "2010-06-08T16:19:00Z")
El 8 de junio de 2010 16:06, Andrés gutiérrez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)escribió: > > It’s a commercial software. We are working with companies having > > Thanks Édouard, looks great, but mine is a personal and no comercial > project. And i would like to manage this problem localy…in this moment > > > Sorry i’m reading more. And wti is more powerful 😮 [1] Thanks [1] [http://docs.webtranslateit.com/ruby\_on\_rails/](http://docs.webtranslateit.com/ruby_on_rails/) ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/10 "2010-07-17T17:19:46Z")
I also keep my English locale in several files, but I don’t really need to aggregate them to import it to Tolk. When I run tolk:sync it seems to read all my .yml files inside config/locales. ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/11 "2010-07-18T22:46:10Z")
El 17 de julio de 2010 17:18, Andrés Mejía [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) escribió: > I also keep my English locale in several files, but I don’t really need to > aggregate them to import it to Tolk. When I run tolk:sync it seems to read > all my .yml files inside config/locales. > > Thanks guys! this a recurrent problem for me. I’ll try your suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/12 "2010-08-14T21:50:35Z")
2010/7/17 Tokumine [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > Hey there - I manage my base local in nested directories, and then > aggregate into a top level en.yml that I send off to tolk for > translation. Keeping my base locale in nested directories and my > translations at the top level is working well. > > Here’s a write up with a rake task to aggregate your base locales: > [http://www.tokumine.com/2010/07/16/using-split-locale-files-with-tolk/](http://www.tokumine.com/2010/07/16/using-split-locale-files-with-tolk/) I’m trying this, this is my rake task [1] but dosn’t work What i’m doing bad? [1] [http://www.pastie.org/1092435](http://www.pastie.org/1092435) ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/13 "2010-07-17T14:33:33Z")
Hey there - I manage my base local in nested directories, and then aggregate into a top level en.yml that I send off to tolk for translation. Keeping my base locale in nested directories and my translations at the top level is working well. Here’s a write up with a rake task to aggregate your base locales: [http://www.tokumine.com/2010/07/16/using-split-locale-files-with-tolk/](http://www.tokumine.com/2010/07/16/using-split-locale-files-with-tolk/) Si ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/14 "2010-08-14T23:18:23Z")
I don’t really think you need that rake task. I split my English locale into several files, like this: [image: 20100814-899ktjfem9fqe2ia8dgjxq8hrb.png] When I run rake tolk:sync or rake tolk:import it automatically picks all my English files without doing anything else. The fr.yml locale you see in the screenshot was generated using rake tolk:dump\_all. 2010/8/14 Andrés gutiérrez [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@andresgutgon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andresgutgon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/complex-folder-estructure-inside-locale-translated/189772/15 "2010-08-15T11:28:08Z")
El 14 de agosto de 2010 23:16, Andrés Mejía [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) escribió: > I don’t really think you need that rake task. I split my English locale > into several files, like this: > > [image: 20100814-899ktjfem9fqe2ia8dgjxq8hrb.png] > > When I run rake tolk:sync or rake tolk:import it automatically picks all > my English files without doing anything else. The fr.yml locale you see in > the screenshot was generated using rake tolk:dump\_all. That is correct. I have a similar estructure, but my problem is with default rails locale files [1] I downloaded ca.yml and en.yml and bouth are in /locale/defaults When i run rake tolk:import This task don’t find this files. So i need to merge this files with the root files (ca.yml and en.yml) generated by Tolk [1] [GitHub - svenfuchs/rails-i18n: Repository for collecting Locale data for Ruby on Rails I18n as well as other interesting, Rails related I18n stuff · GitHub](http://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n)