R18n¶ ↑

R18n is an i18n tool to translate your Ruby application into several languages. It contains a core gem and out-of-box wrapper plugins for frameworks or environments (Rails, Sinatra, Merb, desktop).

For more feature descriptions and a tutorial see the r18n-core directory. For special How To see the plugins directory for your environment.

Merb R18n plugin is maintained by teamon: github.com/teamon/merb-i18n.

R18n Features¶ ↑

• Nice Ruby-style syntax.

• Filters.

• Flexible locales.

• Custom translation loaders.

• Translation support for any class.

• Time and number localization.

• Several user languages support.

Small Example¶ ↑

i18n/en.yml:

user:
  edit: Edit user
  name: User name is %1
  count: !!pl
    1: There is 1 user
    n: There are %1 users

example.rb:

t.user.edit         #=> "Edit user"
t.user.name('John') #=> "User name is John"
t.user.count(5)     #=> "There are 5 users"

t.not.exists | 'default' #=> "default"
t.not.exists.translated? #=> false

l Time.now         #=> "03/01/2010 18:54"
l Time.now, :human #=> "now"
l Time.now, :full  #=> "3rd of January, 2010 18:54"