How to translate model in Ruby class/module namespace?

Question

I have a model Products::Car. How can I translate its attributes?

I have already tried this:

activerecord: 
  models:
    products:
      car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products:
      car:
        owner: "Владелец"

And this:

activerecord: 
  models:
    products_car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products_car:
      owner: "Владелец"

But if I try to use Products::Car.model_name.human it still says "Car". My other translations work well, and the language is set to :ru.

Refer to this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2521383/activerecord-validates-custom-field-name/2522186#2522186 — Harish Shetty, Oct 07 '11 at 21:52
@HarishShetty that answer does not help the namespace issue here at all! — lulalala, Sep 12 '13 at 06:56

score 134 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 05 '18 at 17:38

134

I have checked 'model_name.human' source code and found 'i18n_key' method. I have tried this:

irb(main):006:0> Products::Car.model_name.i18n_key
=> :"products/car"

Then I changed my yml file to this:

activerecord:    
  models:
    products/car: "Автомобиль"   
  attributes:
    products/car:
      owner: "Владелец"

and it works!

EDIT:

and it is simply based on

MyClass.name.underscore

edited Jun 05 '18 at 17:38

kluka

answered Oct 08 '11 at 14:56

Alex

Thanks for sharing your method for finding this. It's the singular model name after a namespace that tripped me. – Thilo Feb 22 '13 at 09:13
Ten years and three Rails versions later and this yml syntax still works. Activemodel 6.1.3.1. here. – Jake Apr 02 '21 at 08:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 10:17

0

As of rails 3.2.12 it seems to be converted back to this:

activerecord: 
  models:
    products:
      car: "Автомобиль"
  attributes:
    products:
      car:
        owner: "Владелец"

And products/car: "Автомобиль" is not working anymore

answered Feb 25 '13 at 10:17

bonyiii

2 Answers2