# Translating products' description in my database

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-products-description-in-my-database/203244>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [February 16, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-products-description-in-my-database/203244 "2011-02-16T06:31:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-products-description-in-my-database/203244/1 "2011-02-16T06:31:57Z")

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Hi !

I translated all the texts of my front end of my e-commerce website  
using i18n.

Now I’d like to translate the products’ description located in my  
database. Which method do you recommend ?

Regards

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**Author:** ![lune9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@lune9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lune9)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-products-description-in-my-database/203244/2 "2011-02-16T12:16:54Z")

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Best is to use the globalize2 gem with a Rails 2 app or the globalize3  
gem with a Rails 3 app. The Globalize gem is very easy to use.

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**Author:** ![lune9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@lune9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lune9)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-products-description-in-my-database/203244/3 "2011-02-18T07:47:32Z")

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I like translatable\_columns:

> **[GitHub - henrik/translatable\_columns: Provides proxies for localized columns,...](https://github.com/henrik/translatable_columns)**
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> Provides proxies for localized columns, depending on the locale set by I18n - GitHub - henrik/translatable\_columns: Provides proxies for localized columns, depending on the locale set by I18n