# Globalize question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-question/164072>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 27, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-question/164072 "2009-03-27T15:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cojones](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cojones)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-question/164072/1 "2009-03-27T15:15:56Z")

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Hello,

I just installed globalize2  
([GitHub - joshmh/globalize2: The second incarnation of Globalize for Rails](http://github.com/joshmh/globalize2/tree/master)) and wanted to  
translate a simple string. I googled and only found translations for  
models etc.

Does anyone know how to translate simple strings like:  
en: Hello \<%= @user.name %\>  
to  
es: Hola \<%= @user.name %\>?

All I found is that I can translate models but there’s no need for me to  
translate the name 🙂