# T alias doesn't work

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/t-alias-doesnt-work/188905>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 20, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/t-alias-doesnt-work/188905 "2010-05-20T09:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/t-alias-doesnt-work/188905/1 "2010-05-20T09:53:07Z")

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I18n.t works but t alias doesn’t. This is rails 2.3.5.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/t-alias-doesnt-work/188905/2 "2010-05-20T12:56:55Z")

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On May 20, 8:51 am, badnaam [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I18n.t works but t alias doesn’t. This is rails 2.3.5.

In what context ? t is only supposed to work in views/controllers/  
helpers - in models you 'll have to write I18n.t

Fred