# Rails 2.0 localization

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-localization/135866>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 25, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-localization/135866 "2008-04-25T19:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![apm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@apm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-localization/135866/1 "2008-04-25T19:31:11Z")

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Hi,

we’re starting a new development and currently studying which  
localization plugin or gem to use.  
The requirements are the following:

- REST support
- Translations of views, but also validation errors and if possible  
models
- Support for regionalization numbers, dates, currencies based on the  
current locale setting (this is very important, since otherwise it can  
be quite a pain to parse all these different formats)

I’ve been looking at:

- Globalize: seems a bit outdated. The web claims Rails 1.2 support,  
but i’ve read there is a patch for the head revision to make it work  
under Rails 2.0.2. I also don’t like much the way of translating  
strings rather than IDs, because sometimes the same word can have one  
meaning in the original language and different meanings in other  
languages… Also i rather prefer file than DB storage…

- GetText

- Simple Localization: [http://simple-localization.arkanis.de/](http://simple-localization.arkanis.de/)  
Has anyone had experience with this plugin? It seems to have all i  
need?

What is your experience? Any suggestions??

Cheers!  
Alberto.

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**Author:** ![apm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@apm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apm)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-0-localization/135866/2 "2008-05-12T00:19:33Z")

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I’m using Ruby gettext, which provides localization for strings in  
code, error messages and templates.  
[http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/105](http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/105)  
[http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto.html)

I’m running on Rails 2.0.2.

Amir