# Re: how do you support languages? \[DAMN IT!\*\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002 "2008-09-19T07:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/1 "2008-09-19T07:19:22Z")
nobody ever answer my questions!! šŸ™‚ On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Emanuele T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > ``` > welcome: *Benvenuto* sul Sito > > ``` > > ā€“ > Emanuele T. > +1 (619) 549 3230 > 4955 Narragansett Ave Apt #9 > San Diego Ca 92107-3157 > [http://mekdigital.com](http://mekdigital.com) ā€“ Emanuele T. +1 (619) 549 3230 4955 Narragansett Ave Apt #9 San Diego Ca 92107-3157 > **[MekDigital.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=mekdigital.com)** > > Join thousands of people who own a premium domain. Affordable financing available. ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/2 "2008-09-19T07:55:41Z")
Sorry, to hear no one ever answer you questionsā€¦ Maybe you asking the wrong person the questionā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/3 "2008-09-19T08:35:33Z")
LOL+ Iā€™ve been on the list forever, but my questions are often ignoredā€¦ I wonder if itā€™s because of my poor english or for the stupid questions! cheers ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/4 "2008-09-19T09:08:29Z")
2008/9/19 Emanuele T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > LOL+ > Iā€™ve been on the list forever, but my questions are often ignoredā€¦ > I wonder if itā€™s because of my poor english Understandable by me, at least; not a native english speaker. > or for the stupid questions! Thereā€™s no stupid question; just stupid people who doesnā€™t ask. But, checking in your past messages, I think you must give more information. I used to be in Rails in early 2006, and left it one day because had no time to learn. With my knowledge which is not strong at all, I can understand what are others asking, and probably I can answer some easy stuff, but that doesnā€™t happen with your questions. 1.- Be sure to put in context on what are you using: Rails version, plugins you are using and their configuration. 2.- Make sure thereā€™s nothing in the net which can answer you. Google helps a lot before asking on a list. 3.- Once you follow the instructions in Google, if you have doubts, you must mention which pages you readed. Wrong way: ā€œHello, how to translate my interface from a database?ā€ Good way: ā€œā€" Hello all. I am using Ruby on Rails 2.2 (edge). I am using internationalization as described in (1). There, in the title ā€œPopulating the translations storageā€, I found that I can use a database as a backend for my translation. But this doesnā€™t give me any example and I donā€™t have more references in Google." (1) [http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/the-ruby-on-rails-i18n-core-api](http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/the-ruby-on-rails-i18n-core-api) Do you have any ideas? Thanks in advance. ā€œā€" Although more verbose, itā€™s more understandable and shows up you did research before asking. And donā€™t forget to follow up your answers, and to publish how did you solve it (or at least a ā€œThanks, DHH, that worked!!!ā€). Next time someone needs to translate, will probably arrive to the solution you provided =\> you are helping others the same way others helped you šŸ˜‰ Best regards, ā€“ Rodrigo F. [http://www.thecodekeeper.net/](http://www.thecodekeeper.net/) ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/5 "2008-09-19T15:21:35Z")
On 19 Sep 2008, at 15:10, Ar Chron wrote: > So you waited less than 3 hours for a reply, and were upset because > > Patience grasshopperā€¦ the community is generally very helpful, you > just have to give it time to happen. Indeed, Iā€™ve rarely seen a question pass on this list that didnā€™t get answered within a day. Except maybe questions that canā€™t even be called that (e.g. ā€œI want an app that mows my lawn. Where do i get it?ā€). Thereā€™s something called timezones in this world too. If you need answers really quick, Iā€™m sure there are some nice Ruby on Rails consultants out there that will happily answer all your questions immediately as long as you pay them for their services. Best regards Peter De Berdt ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/6 "2008-09-19T18:28:31Z")
True true the repost wasā€™t really intentional and I was making fun of my questions never picked up by anyone šŸ˜ƒ :\* ---
**Author:** ![mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@mekdigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mekdigital)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-do-you-support-languages-damn-it/149002/7 "2008-09-19T15:10:09Z")
Your initial post was at: Posted by Emanuele T. (Guest) on 19.09.2008 04:30 Your second post was at: Posted by Emanuele T. (Guest) on 19.09.2008 07:19 So you waited less than 3 hours for a reply, and were upset because no-one stopped what they were doing just to answer your query? Some of us donā€™t reply because: a) having not done any internationalization, I donā€™t know the answer. b) posting an ā€œI donā€™t knowā€ doesnā€™t help anyone, and clutters the board, and would probably lead to disappointment (or more cursing on your part) when the thread was opened only to find out that I donā€™t know the answer. Patience grasshopperā€¦ the community is generally very helpful, you just have to give it time to happen.