How to internationalize a a ruby gem?

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What is the best way to ship a gem with default i18n translations for strings used by it?

If it still interests you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5392425/how-do-i-add-i18n-locale-dictionaries-from-gem-to-rails-application — gshilin, Jul 16 '12 at 15:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '12 at 09:47

There are a couple of things you need to do :

include i18n as a dependency
internationalize your gem by replacing strings with I18n.t calls
create a translation YAML file and add it to I18n's load_path (e.g. I18n.load_path += 'path/to/your/en.yml' )

That's pretty much it, you can also set up a public project on Locale to crowdsource translations in other locales if you're so inclined.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '11 at 19:52

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what do you mean? Do you have a project you want to internationalize? you might want to look at the i18n gem. But it is really no big deal to roll your own, as I did here for example: notebot.

answered Nov 15 '11 at 19:52

roberto tomás

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I have a gem that I want to internationalize. – barbolo Mar 21 '12 at 21:15
strange to be voted down for an answer that is basically identical to the one above mine that was voted up – roberto tomás Nov 05 '12 at 13:57

How to internationalize a a ruby gem?

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