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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 23, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-in-error-messages/174260 "2009-08-23T22:35:42Z")\
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**Author:**  [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-in-error-messages/174260/1 "2009-08-23T22:35:42Z")
Hey All,
Rails escapes HTML in error message. Does anyone know a way to print an
error message without it being escaped? Consider:
errors.add\_to\_base ‘Sorry, we were unable to parse the feed you
provided.
Please double check the URL you have provided. Email the webmaster for more information.’
Thanks in advance,
Jim
[http://www.thepeoplesfeed.com/contribute](http://www.thepeoplesfeed.com/contribute)
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**Author:**  [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-in-error-messages/174260/2 "2009-08-24T20:04:48Z")
Off the top of my head a solution to this is using a translation file,
it doesn’t get escaped AFAIK:
> **[Rails Internationalization (I18n) API — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html)**
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> Rails Internationalization (I18n) APIThe Ruby I18n (shorthand for internationalization) gem which is shipped with Ruby on Rails (starting from Rails 2.2) provides an easy-to-use and extensible framework for translating your application to a single...
HTH,
Nicholas