The forthcoming Rails 1.2 addresses the multi-byte text part of the
i18n problem, but not the translation part. I''ve been looking for a
nice simple way to do things, but haven''t found anything which feels
quite right so far.
Inspired by Thomas Fuchs'' minimalist translation script ( http://
mir.aculo.us/2005/10/03/ruby-on-rails-i18n-revisited ), I''ve created
yet another translation system.
This differs from the gettext _() approach:
* Unobtrusive format in templates: ``To translate'''' rather
than <%= _
(''To translate'') %>
* The string lookup is done once per template at compile time for a
more efficient system: no repeated lookups on every request.
* The translated bits can contain code, like ``To translate with a <%
= number %> of items'''' so order of the inserts can be
modified.
* You can refer to text by a symbol so translations aren''t lost when
you make minor changes to the text. ``:symbol The text to
translate''''
More details, the code, and a sample app, here:
http://www.fluffy.co.uk/rails-translation/
I would appreciate comments on this approach before I start using it
in my app!
Thanks,
Ben
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Dear Ben, My name is Jan and I am CEO of Beluga Linguistics, a Web 2.0 language service provider. We have been involved in the management of dynamic website content for about 3 years now (clients e.g. www.last.fm, www.xing.com). Essential for regular multilingual updates of database driven websites are fluent workflows between IT development and localization teams (managers, translators, proofreaders). In order to meet those needs we have recently started an open source translation tool project called FIT (Found-In-Translation) which is to be built on the Ruby framework. Our goal is to create kind of standard management and working tool which enables rapid i18n processes for webservices. Please feel free to meet the team (i18n IT developers, linguists, i18n process managers, web designers, etc.) in our group: http://groups.google.com/group/fit_project/ Here you will find more details about the project and the tools specifications. Your input is highly welcomed. Best regards, Jan Hinrichs www.belugalinguistics.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---