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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-language-dependent-rhtml-templates/89337 "2007-03-19T17:41:26Z")\
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**Author:**  [@helzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/helzer)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-language-dependent-rhtml-templates/89337/1 "2007-03-19T17:41:26Z")
I want to localize my website, and do so with minimal server load
increase. Most of the texts comes from .rhtml templates, so I figure,
if the application rendered .rhtml pages per language, it would be
more efficient than going through a database / gettext calls for every
sentence.
Any idea on how I can do that on a global site basis?
Of course, dynamically generated text will have to go through gettext
or other string replacement system.
Thanks,
Amir
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**Author:**  [@helzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/helzer)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-language-dependent-rhtml-templates/89337/2 "2007-03-19T17:56:01Z")
helzer wrote:
> I want to localize my website, and do so with minimal server load
> increase. Most of the texts comes from .rhtml templates, so I figure,
> if the application rendered .rhtml pages per language, it would be
> more efficient than going through a database / gettext calls for every
> sentence.
>
> Any idea on how I can do that on a global site basis?
>
> Of course, dynamically generated text will have to go through gettext
> or other string replacement system.
>
> Thanks,
> Amir
ilans-mac:~ ilan$ gem list -r | grep localization
localization\_generator (1.0.8, 1.0.7, 1.0.6, 1.0.5, 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2,
1.0.1, 1.0.0)
Ruby application internationalization and localization library
ilans-mac:~ ilan$
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**Author:**  [@helzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/helzer)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-language-dependent-rhtml-templates/89337/3 "2007-03-19T20:58:35Z")
On 3/19/07, helzer [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> I want to localize my website, and do so with minimal server load
> increase. Most of the texts comes from .rhtml templates, so I figure,
> if the application rendered .rhtml pages per language, it would be
> more efficient than going through a database / gettext calls for every
> sentence.
See
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html#Localized+templates+for+Views%2FActionMailer](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html#Localized+templates+for+Views%2FActionMailer).
Isak
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**Author:**  [@helzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/helzer)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-render-language-dependent-rhtml-templates/89337/4 "2007-03-19T22:34:29Z")
Hi Isak,
That’s called hitting the nail on the head! Exactly what I was looking
for.
Thanks,
Amir