# Problems width Globalize "Something %s string"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-width-globalize-something-s-string/108749>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-width-globalize-something-s-string/108749 "2007-07-06T16:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![emuen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@emuen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/emuen)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-width-globalize-something-s-string/108749/1 "2007-07-06T16:42:54Z")

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Hi there.  
Im having problems with the Globalize, my problem is that i have a  
string, called

“controller.email.email %s”.t(email) which translates to danish as  
“Email: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”. Why doesn’t it replace the %s with the email  
variable?

. Emil