# I can't make i18n work on rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails I18n\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065 "2010-01-22T07:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/1 "2010-01-22T07:28:37Z")
Hi, I’m following this guide [Rails Internationalization (I18n) API — Ruby on Rails Guides](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html) but I can’t make it works. it says: “Rails adds all .rb and .yml files from the config/locales directory to your translations load path, automatically. The default en.yml locale in this directory contains a sample pair of translation strings” firstly when I create a rails app using the rails command it doesn’t not create nether a config/locales directory nor en.yml file. secondly I want to change default language, I added this line to enviroment.rb as the guide says config.i18n.default\_locale = :en but it gives me an error: undefined method `i18n’ for #Rails::Configuration:0xb78ac64c Please I need a hand with this. ---
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/2 "2010-01-22T07:40:20Z")
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 01:19, Omar R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > firstly when I create a rails app using the rails command it doesn’t > not create nether a config/locales directory nor en.yml file. I just tried generating a new Rails app with Rails 2.3.5. I got a config/locales/en.yml file. > secondly I want to change default language, I added this line to > enviroment.rb as the guide says > > config.i18n.default\_locale = :en > > but it gives me an error: undefined method `i18n’ for > #Rails::Configuration:0xb78ac64c Works fine for me. What Rails version are you using? Does the top if yopur environment.rb file say # Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.3.5’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION ? ---
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/3 "2010-01-30T23:01:42Z")
mine says: RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.1.0’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION this should be the problem, aparrently rails command used without version argument uses 2.1.0 as default. Thanks a lot Henrik! ---
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/4 "2010-02-01T04:09:07Z")
You need to run gem update to get a later version of rails Justin ---
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/5 "2010-02-01T16:32:31Z")
I still have problems, I did gem update, then gem list looks like this: $ gem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* … rails (2.3.5, 2.3.4) … Despite it, when a do rails project-name, the config/enviroment.rb has RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.1.0’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION. I have netbeans6.8 installed, I don’t know if it has its own version of rails and in somehow is replacing 2.3.5 … Thanks ---
**Author:** ![wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wisemaster](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wisemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-cant-make-i18n-work-on-rails/182065/6 "2010-02-01T16:38:58Z")
Your top enviroment.rb says this: RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.1.0’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION. Should say this: RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘2.3.5’ unless defined? RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION. Change it. 2010/2/1 Omar R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > … > On Jan 31, 11:08 pm, Justin MacCarthy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > this should be the problem, aparrently rails command used without > > > > > > > I just tried generating a new Rails app with Rails 2.3.5. I got a > > > > Works fine for me. What Rails version are you using? Does the top if > > > > Groups “rails-i18n” group. > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G. > > > > “rails-i18n” group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rails-i18n?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rails-i18n?hl=en). – Experiencia es lo que obtienes, cuando no obtienes lo que quieres.