How to make a Rails app multi-language

Rails
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I need to have a Rails application into at least two languages (French &
English), but I hesistate to hardcode it.

I’ve read a bit about the GNU gettext library.

Does anybody know about a clear tutorial on the topic?
I’m reading through the official doc, but it is not exactly for
beginners.

Thanks

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I need to have a Rails application into at least two languages
(French &
English), but I hesistate to hardcode it.

I’ve read a bit about the GNU gettext library.

Does anybody know about a clear tutorial on the topic?
I’m reading through the official doc, but it is not exactly for
beginners.

Lots to choose from… not sure which is the best, but this is a good
place to start.

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/category/8

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Thanks Philip, I’ll have a look.

Philip H. wrote:

I need to have a Rails application into at least two languages
(French &
English), but I hesistate to hardcode it.

I’ve read a bit about the GNU gettext library.

Does anybody know about a clear tutorial on the topic?
I’m reading through the official doc, but it is not exactly for
beginners.

Lots to choose from… not sure which is the best, but this is a good
place to start.

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/category/8

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Hi Julian,

give a try to Globalite Plugin @ http://code.google.com/p/globalite/

Have a nice day.

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On 25 Jun 2008, at 23:09, julian wrote:

This is one chalenge I am facing at the momement as well. I am trying
to move forwared from a java environmen, but i need to be sure of
this and a few other thinks before makeing the leap.

Other than GNU gettext. what options are there? What would be
considered the “Rails Way”

There are a few options you might consider depending on your needs.

We use simple_localization (http://simple-localization.arkanis.de/)
and are very happy with it, works perfectly in Rails 2.1.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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Dear All,

This is one chalenge I am facing at the momement as well. I am trying
to move forwared from a java environmen, but i need to be sure of
this and a few other thinks before makeing the leap.

Other than GNU gettext. what options are there? What would be
considered the “Rails Way”

many thanks for your thoughts

Julian

On Jun 25, 10:59 pm, Sébastien Clément <rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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You can even translate your URLs and use them to set the user language: http://github.com/raul/translate_routes/tree/master

–
Raul M. - Freelance Web D.
http://raul.murciano.net

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I’ve used Gibberish. Ya Talkin' Gibberish — err.the_blog
It works pretty well.

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+1 for Globalite: it’s very easy to translate both rails
and your application, with yml files and a clean way to
embed the strings in your views (translation_key.l).

Marko
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Once more:

maybe useful for you later.

Reinhart