# Gettext or globalize?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-or-globalize/60532>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-or-globalize/60532 "2006-05-15T11:25:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@g0nzo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/g0nzo)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-or-globalize/60532/1 "2006-05-15T11:25:44Z")

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Hi!

I’m finishing my page and soon i’ll need to translate (or rather deliver  
possibility of translation for site owner) it to 3 additional languages  
(now it’s in polish): english, spanish and french.

Like on every page there’s some static text, but most of the content is  
read from the database. I need to provide translation of the whole  
content through www, so the site owner will be able to translate it by  
himself.

What are pros/cons of gettext and globalize?