Rails - Dec 2004 - very simple translation example

I think we could use the accept-language request header sent by the 
browser, after it is sanitized, which could be overriden by a 
user-preference.

Victor

Roeland Moors wrote:
> I made a very simple translation example.
> 
> The translations are just stored in a languages table with one
> column per language.
> 
> Then I created this controller:
> ------------------
> class Language < ActiveRecord::Base
> end
> 
> orig_lang = ''english''
> new_lang = ''dutch''
> 
> class String
>     def i18n
>         need_trans = self.chomp.strip
>         translated = Language.find_all(
>                        
"#{orig_lang}=''#{need_trans}''", nil, 1)
>         result = translated.first[new_lang] if !translated.empty?
>         result = need_trans if result == nil
>         result
>     end 
> end
> -------------------
> The ''new_lang'' var should be placed somewhere else
ofcourse.
> 
> Now I can just translate a string by appending ''.i18n''.
> Example: 
> <%= link_to ''Show''.i18n, :action =>
''show'', :id => todo.id %>
> 
> Ofcourse it would be better if .i18n is placed inside the helper, 
> but it''s just an example.
> 
> I know this is a very simplistic example, but isn''t this a good
start?
> 
> Comments are appreciated,
> 
> Roeland
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I made a very simple translation example.

The translations are just stored in a languages table with one
column per language.

Then I created this controller:
------------------
class Language < ActiveRecord::Base
end

orig_lang = ''english''
new_lang = ''dutch''

class String
    def i18n
        need_trans = self.chomp.strip
        translated = Language.find_all(
                       
"#{orig_lang}=''#{need_trans}''", nil, 1)
        result = translated.first[new_lang] if !translated.empty?
        result = need_trans if result == nil
        result
    end 
end
-------------------
The ''new_lang'' var should be placed somewhere else ofcourse.

Now I can just translate a string by appending ''.i18n''.
Example: 
<%= link_to ''Show''.i18n, :action =>
''show'', :id => todo.id %>

Ofcourse it would be better if .i18n is placed inside the helper, 
but it''s just an example.

I know this is a very simplistic example, but isn''t this a good start?

Comments are appreciated,

Roeland