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Internationalization
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labels, buttons, headline, etc. have to be changed in the views
Before:
<h1> "Job Offers" </h1>After:<h1> <%= t("job_offers.headline") %> </h1>
- note: <%= %> has to be added in this case, since we are executing ruby logic!
- note: this syntax: t "job_offers.headline" is also possible but please use parenthesis to make it more robust against errors
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add an entry (in this case) to the config/locales/views/job_offers/en.yml + de.yml file en.yml:
en: job_offers: headline: "Job Offers"
de.yml:
de:
job_offers:
headline: "Stellenangebote"
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For each model a de.yml and en.yml file should be created in config/locales/models/MODELNAME
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the MODELNAME folder name should be singular
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the en.yml and de.yml files should contain all the model attributes with their corresponding names
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Example:
Before:
<%= label_tag :chair %>After :<%= label_tag t("activerecord.attributes.job_offer.chair") %>
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For each view a de.yml and en.yml file should be created in config/locales/views/VIEWNAME
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the VIEWNAME folder name should be plural
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the en.yml and de.yml files should contain all names for UI elements that are NOT either model attribute names or basic button names like "edit", "new", etc.. -Example(the example from above):
Before: `<h1> "Job Offers" </h1>` After: `<h1> <%= t("job_offers.headline") %> </h1>`
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In the /config/locales/defaults folder there are 2 files: en.bootstrap.yml and de.bootstrap.yml which include translations for simple element names like "edit", "new", etc..
If a date is displayed, it is possible to internationalize the format of the date by doing this:
Before: <%= job_offer.start_date %>
After : <%= l(job_offer.start_date) %>
- At the moment the default language is english
- If you want to switch to german, you have to pass the locale parameter in the url: http://localhost:3000/?locale=de