# Multilingual model content **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 13, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848 "2009-05-13T08:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/1 "2009-05-13T08:56:47Z")
Hi I’m looking for some insight in a small problem I have. I allready posted this in the Rails I18n forum, but didn’t got any respond, so maybe it was just the wrong forum. I need multilingual input in my models. Lets say you have a Product model. That product contains title, description and price. The price is allways the same, but the title and description need to be inputted in diffrent languages. I have used the I18n framework build in Rails, so no external plugin and I would like to keep it that way. One idea I was playing with is the following model build: ## Product id price ## ProductI18n id product\_id language -\> I18n code like EN, BE, FR title description But how do I link those 2 together, so that I can show the product details in the current user language? Is there a way to pass a variable trough the Product association like this: has\_one :product\_language, :class\_name =\> :product\_i18n, :conditions =\> “language = users\_current\_language\_code” I know I’m on the good track, but I know I’m missing something. thank you for the insight ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/2 "2009-05-13T09:01:44Z")
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Michael R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I need multilingual input in my models. Lets say you have a Product > model. That product contains title, description and price. The price is > allways the same, but the title and description need to be inputted in > diffrent languages. I wrote a plugin to solve the same problem you have. [http://github.com/fesplugas/simplified\_translation/tree/master](http://github.com/fesplugas/simplified_translation/tree/master) Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/3 "2009-05-13T09:09:47Z")
Francesc E. wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Michael R. > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I need multilingual input in my models. Lets say you have a Product > > model. That product contains title, description and price. The price is > > allways the same, but the title and description need to be inputted in > > diffrent languages. > > I wrote a plugin to solve the same problem you have. > > [http://github.com/fesplugas/simplified\_translation/tree/master](http://github.com/fesplugas/simplified_translation/tree/master) > > Hope that helps. Hi Francesc, it looked good till I started reading further. I saw that you need to define every language that you want to support in your attributes. The thing I wanted to do is make sure that the list of supported languages is dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/4 "2009-05-13T09:25:49Z")
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Michael R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > it looked good till I started reading further. I saw that you need to > define every language that you want to support in your attributes. The > thing I wanted to do is make sure that the list of supported languages > is dynamic. In that case maybe the translate\_column plugin by Sam Lown may work for you. ``` http://www.samlown.com/en/page/RailsTranslateColumnsPluginReadme ``` ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/5 "2009-05-13T09:31:21Z")
Hi, I’m going to take a look at the RailsTranslateColumnsPlugin. Maybe I can get some ideas from there. ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/6 "2009-05-13T09:26:24Z")
Hi Michael, if you want to have dynamic language support the best choice may be: > **[GitHub - janne/model\_translations: Minimal implementation of Globalize2 style...](https://github.com/janne/model_translations/)** > > Minimal implementation of Globalize2 style model translations - GitHub - janne/model\_translations: Minimal implementation of Globalize2 style model translations or (better) > **[GitHub - joshmh/globalize2: The second incarnation of Globalize for Rails](https://github.com/joshmh/globalize2/)** > > The second incarnation of Globalize for Rails. Contribute to joshmh/globalize2 development by creating an account on GitHub. and if you want the versions for your translations: > **[GitHub - joshmh/globalize2\_versioning: Acts\_as\_versioned style versioning for...](https://github.com/joshmh/globalize2_versioning/)** > > Acts\_as\_versioned style versioning for Globalize2. Contribute to joshmh/globalize2\_versioning development by creating an account on GitHub. The only problem with these plugins is that you can’t have the control of the translation model (eg.: you cannot have an upload field on translations model, it is difficult to apply constraints on translations model, etc.), but if your goal is simply translating string fields these plugins are great ! ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/7 "2009-05-13T09:39:19Z")
Taking a look at the code, maintenance and test coverage in my opinion model\_translations it’s a better solution than translate\_columns. ``` http://github.com/janne/model_translations/tree/master ``` On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Michael R. ---
**Author:** ![roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@roa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/roa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multilingual-model-content/167848/8 "2009-05-13T09:43:30Z")
Francesc E. wrote: > Taking a look at the code, maintenance and test coverage in my opinion > model\_translations > it’s a better solution than translate\_columns. > > ``` > http://github.com/janne/model_translations/tree/master > > ``` > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Michael R. Hmm, indeed, its looks tidy and support rails i18n. Thank for the input! 🙂