# Translating Radiant: Looking for an Update **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343 "2006-12-05T05:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/1 "2006-12-05T05:32:09Z")
Checking the archives I see that Frederic B. asked about using Globalize in Radiant. [http://lists.radiantcms.org/pipermail/radiant/2006-July/000908.html](http://lists.radiantcms.org/pipermail/radiant/2006-July/000908.html) Did you make it anywhere with Globalize Frederic? Has anyone else used Globalize with Radiant? How was translation handled on the [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) site? Thanks- Michael ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/2 "2006-12-05T13:55:05Z")
IIRC, the translation on [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org) was done by hand and uses the language-redirect behavior to direct visitors to the correct “half” of the site. Sean ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/3 "2006-12-05T15:17:16Z")
Sean C. wrote: > IIRC, the translation on [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org) was done by hand and uses the > language-redirect behavior to direct visitors to the correct “half” of > the site. And the admin section of the Ruby-Lang site is still in English. Someone created a patch at one point to integrate this into Radiant, but I haven’t done anything about it because I don’t plan to support multiple languages for the admin until after 1.0. – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/4 "2006-12-06T19:33:55Z")
John W. Long wrote: > Sean C. wrote: > > > IIRC, the translation on [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org) was done by hand and uses the > > language-redirect behavior to direct visitors to the correct “half” of > > the site. > > And the admin section of the Ruby-Lang site is still in English. > > Someone created a patch at one point to integrate this into Radiant, but > I haven’t done anything about it because I don’t plan to support > multiple languages for the admin until after 1.0. > > – > John L. > [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) I think localization is very important if you want to use Radiant for business. I’m really looking forward to translate Radiant in Dutch so I can use it for the websites of my customers. The only problem is that they need/want a Dutch admin interface. My experience with the localization plugin of Thomas F. is very good. ([mir.aculo.us JavaScript with Thomas Fuchs » Blog Archive » Ruby on Rails i18n revisited](http://mir.aculo.us/2005/10/03/ruby-on-rails-i18n-revisited)) Implementing this in Radiant wouldn’t be that much work. Besides that, the plugin is very simple and straightforward, which makes it perfect for this application. Edwin ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/5 "2007-01-19T16:30:37Z")
On Jan 11, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Ronny Hanssen wrote: > I was planning to submit a patch to the dev-masters when done. Now > I am > a bit sure if they really want it or not? I for one am very interested in seeing this in core! Localisation is an essential feature -j ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/6 "2007-01-12T02:06:20Z")
Edwin V. wrote: > John W. Long wrote: > > > —8--------------------------- > > Someone created a patch at one point to integrate this into Radiant, but > > I haven’t done anything about it because I don’t plan to support > > multiple languages for the admin until after 1.0. > > > > – > > John L. > > [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) > > I think localization is very important if you want to use Radiant for > business. I’m really looking forward to translate Radiant in Dutch so I > can use it for the websites of my customers. The only problem is that > they need/want a Dutch admin interface. > > My experience with the localization plugin of Thomas F. is very good. > ([mir.aculo.us JavaScript with Thomas Fuchs » Blog Archive » Ruby on Rails i18n revisited](http://mir.aculo.us/2005/10/03/ruby-on-rails-i18n-revisited)) > Implementing this in Radiant wouldn’t be that much work. Besides that, > the plugin is very simple and straightforward, which makes it perfect > for this application. > > Edwin I am in the middle of adding localisation support myself. “Almost” done - and didn’t find this post until now ☹ I cannot agree more, Edwin! I believe this is very important! It might hold back a bunch of users/sites/co-developers. Use the momentum while it’s there. SO many open-source projects has died due to lack of interest. Also, adding localisation early is a good practice… The localisation I have added is using Ruby-GetText ([http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html)) as an approach, and it seems to work nicely. One of the real goodies about this is the availability of tools to aid the translation. I choose it due to the simplicity and the tools “age”. I was planning to submit a patch to the dev-masters when done. Now I am a bit sure if they really want it or not? Regards, Ronny ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/7 "2007-01-19T16:30:41Z")
> The localisation I have added is using Ruby-GetText > ([http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html](http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext-howto-rails.html)) as an > approach, and it seems to work nicely. One of the real goodies about > this is the availability of tools to aid the translation. I choose it > due to the simplicity and the tools “age”. Can you write up something that gives more details about how you did this? Can we see the site you implemmented this on? Thanks- Michael ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translating-radiant-looking-for-an-update/78343/8 "2007-09-25T22:38:25Z")
I concur with the notion that localization is of utmost importance for any project’s success. I can help with translation to Spanish and Italian…just need the “platform” to do it. Of course, I need to finish helping with the Wiki as well 😕 If I could only find the time.