# I18n **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807 "2007-05-10T15:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/1 "2007-05-10T15:18:14Z")
Maybe there already had a discussion on the matter? If so please point me to the right place. How could I translate Radiant without touching the code base? Is this possible as an extension? Thanks, Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/2 "2007-05-14T17:04:36Z")
Jonathan Métillon wrote: > Maybe there already had a discussion on the matter? If so please point me to > the right place. [http://tinyurl.com/2arp2q](http://tinyurl.com/2arp2q) or [http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=AH%3Aleft%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fradiantcms.org%3B&domains=lists.radiantcms.org&q=translate&btnG=Search&sitesearch=lists.radiantcms.org](http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=AH%3Aleft%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fradiantcms.org%3B&domains=lists.radiantcms.org&q=translate&btnG=Search&sitesearch=lists.radiantcms.org) > How could I translate Radiant without touching the code base? Is this > possible as an extension? You could do it as an extension, but you would need to replace all of the views with your translated versions. I am warming up to the idea of adding localization support pre 1.0. My main worry about adding it now is that it would make the release cycle longer, but _not_ supporting it seems a bit of language racism. But the interface really hasn’t changed that much, so perhaps this is a case of premature optimization. I believe there have already been several attempts to localize Radiant through a series of patches on Trac. What is the status of these? – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/3 "2007-05-14T19:06:35Z")
I am only aware of one attempt to internationalize Radiant, it was rather a long time ago and for version 0.5.2. I have one site using it, and it is nice. I am currently updating that site, and faced with the prospect of not translating it… I think it is actually a lot less work than you realize. Once the various strings are in place, it is pretty easy to update things. I really think this is something that should be addressed before the 1.0 release and I also believe that it won’t get too much in the way of updating the interface. The only real problems are the few buttons with text. These would of course have to be replaced with something a bit more flexible, but even that would be possible using text and perhaps background images. Just an aside, one thing that would make translating a site a bit tough would be the error messages. These are found throughout the various controllers and helpers and would be hard to address with an extension. Keith B. Tel: +49-7731-79838380 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://keithbingman.com](http://keithbingman.com) ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/4 "2007-05-14T19:08:36Z")
Thank you John. I will skip the “rewrite all views” option 🙂 I am not technical enough to help adding localization support, but I’d be glad to create the French language file when it will be up! Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/5 "2007-05-15T01:36:35Z")
Keith B. wrote: > Just an aside, one thing that would make translating a site a bit > tough would be the error messages. These are found throughout the > various controllers and helpers and would be hard to address with an > extension. I believe Gibberish would solve this problem: [http://errtheblog.com/post/4396](http://errtheblog.com/post/4396) The first one to create a patch gets 12 bonus points and a gold star. 🙂 – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/6 "2007-05-15T01:57:37Z")
John… Thursday night hacking session? Sean ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/7 "2007-05-15T01:51:37Z")
Why reinvent the wheel? Isn’t this why Gettext was created in the first place? See [Peak Obsession](http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/105) ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/8 "2007-05-15T09:07:19Z")
I’m ready to traduce the first lang file. ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/9 "2007-05-15T03:26:42Z")
Sean C. wrote: > John… Thursday night hacking session? That sounds like fun. Anyone else with a desire to see Radiant localized planning to be there? – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonathan2000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan2000)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i18n/103807/10 "2007-05-15T21:52:44Z")
Wow, thats the way to go! I’ll be happy to translate to the second language (Dutch). ``` Erik. ``` Sean C. wrote: > John… Thursday night hacking session? – Erik van Oosten [http://2007.rubyenrails.nl/](http://2007.rubyenrails.nl/) > **[Day to day stuff](http://day-to-day-stuff.blogspot.com/)** > > Experiences from a hard core JVM programmer. Likes to keep things simple.