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How to internationalize a a ruby gem?

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

Solution

  • 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.