#338 Globalize3

Apr 04, 2012 | 5 minutes | Active Record, Plugins, Models

Rails has great internationalization (I18n) support making it easy to translate static text into other languages, but how do we translate database content? Learn how using Globalize 3 in this episode.

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          Gemfile
        
gem 'globalize3'

          terminal
        
rails g migration create_article_translations
rake db:migrate
rails c

          rails console
        
I18n.locale
Article.first.name
I18n.locale = :wk
Article.first.update_attribute(:name, "Ahhyya")
I18n.locale = :en

          db/migrate/create_article_translations.rb
        
class CreateArticleTranslations < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def up
    Article.create_translation_table!({
      name: :string,
      content: :text
    }, {
      migrate_data: true
    })
  end

  def down
    Article.drop_translation_table! migrate_data: true
  end
end

          models/article.rb
        
translates :name, :content

          config/application.rb
        
config.i18n.fallbacks = true