# Localization optimizing issue

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localization-optimizing-issue/127342>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localization-optimizing-issue/127342 "2008-01-28T13:53:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![myst\_tt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@myst\_tt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/myst_tt)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/localization-optimizing-issue/127342/1 "2008-01-28T13:53:37Z")

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Hello, there:  
My website would like to offer both Chinese and English version,  
and “Localization” plug-in is utilized. However, by the site growing  
up, I am more and more realizing that the translation file is a mess  
inside.  
The reason:

1. for each word or phrase which needs to translate between, we have  
to modify the string, e.g. from “hello” to “\_(hello)” both on  
controllers and views, other non-technical guys are hard to help me,  
because they have to look into the source code.

2. All translations are stored in to several .rb files under LANG  
directory, this is also hard to revise and scale later.

Br,  
MyST