Extract localization ressources ?

[dthouvenin]

I have begun translating the pages into french but that seems a bit silly. I'm a total newbee to RoR but there must be a way that we extract ressources or somehow implement a localization mechanism so that the app becomes multilingual.

I'm a .NET guy. In dotnet we would basically have two options : either use a I18N extension that extract ext litterals at build time into gettext dictionnaries or hack the view rendering engine so that it uses the view based on the local : index.html (generic) index.fr.html (french neutral) index.fr-CA.html (canadian french locale)

I'm pretty sure RoR has plenty of options like this. Anyone willing to address this ?

[yaf]

Rails use YAML file format to manage I18n (https://github.com/agile-france/propile/tree/master/config/locales). File name is not important for I18n process, we can use what we want for our organisation. Inside file, their indetation key, that help for context. To translate a key, just copy the context under a fr: top key. Here is an example:

en:
  date:
    formats:
      default: "%m/%d/%y"
    (... other keys ...)
fr:
  date:
    formats:
      default: "%d/%m/%y"
    (... other keys ...)

Hope it's help.

After, there is some scripts and tools that take those YAML files and do some stuff with, but I don't know lot of them.

[yaf]

But there is no tools to extract char for page. Or I don't know them. It's perhaps an idea to build. But more of the rails dev work directly with i18n keys :-)

[oelmekki]

Hello,

the basic helper for translations is #t, or #translate. If you have this translation file :

# config/locales/layouts.fr.yml
fr:
  layouts:
    main_menu:
      log_in: 'Connexion'

You can use it that way in your view :

<%= t 'layouts.main_menu.log_in %>

Additionally, there are helpers for the current view. If you're in a app/views/contacts/new.html.erb file, you can use this (note the dot at the beginning of the string) :

<%= t '.email' %>

And have this yaml file :

# config/locales/contacts/new.fr.yml
fr:
  contacts:
    new:
      email: 'Adresse mail'

The fact that rails should use contacts.new will be inferred from view file name. This is the relative notation.

[oelmekki]

There are also a few configuration you may want to change in config/application.rb for localization :

• config.time_zone = 'Paris' -> set french timezone
• config.i18n.default_locale = :fr -> set french as default locale
• config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('config', 'locales', '**', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s] -> allows subdirectories in config/locales/

All this config are already there (albeit commented for some) in config/application.rb, you just have to change their value / uncomment them.

The very last config is only needed if you want to use subdirectories inside config/locales/ to manage your translations (like config/locales/contacts/new.fr.yml in my previous example).

Edit : Also, please note something somewhat tricky at first in development environment : each time you add a new i18n file, you have to restart rails server for it to be considered (you don't have to restart server if editing existing file).

[oelmekki]

or hack the view rendering engine so that it uses the view based on the local : index.html (generic) index.fr.html (french neutral) index.fr-CA.html (canadian french locale)

Oh, btw. This also works in rails :)

You can have contacts/new.fr.html.erb and contacts/new.en.html.erb, for example.

But since this app won't support dual language (afaik), there's no point in that. I tend to prefer to remove all marketing text from codebase, using yaml files in config/locales/, rather.

[dboissier]

Hi,

With the team, we are agree to work to start I18N migration. The following are top priority:

• Session proposal creation page
• Thanks page (after submitting the above form)
• Presenters

I can help on that if needed.