A simple approach to content translation for [RefineryCMS](refinerycms.org).

Features:

• Mark string or block as translatable in you view, key-value * locale.

• Let the end-user translate from Refinery backend

• On the first request that need translation, locale for every language is created

• You can define translated string to be edited with text_field or WYMeditor in the backend.

• Translation are cached

• When the content change, the translation is marked as out-dated to ease site maintenance.

Install the plugin

Add this line to your Gemfile:

For the latest version use

gem 'refinerycms-translations', :git => '[email protected]:seasonlabs/refinerycms-translations.git'

For stable version

gem 'refinerycms-translations', '~> 0.3'

Install the gem

bundle install

Copy the migration file

rails generate refinerycms_translations

Run the migration

rake db:migrate

Make sure you have correctly set the following setting in Refinery: ‘i18n_frontend_translation_locales’, ‘i18n_translation_default_frontend_locale’

Given the following code in you view:

<h1><%= RefinerySetting.site_name %></h1>;

You can do:

<h1><%= Translation.for_string('site name', RefinerySetting.site_name) %></h1>;

Or for more complex text:

<div id='footer'>
<p>Please give us a call! 1-877-555-1234</p>
<p>Copyright 2010 - Your Company Name</p>;
</div>

Using a block:

<div id='footer'>
<% Translate.for_block('footer') do %>
<p>Please give us a call! 1-877-555-1234</p>
<p>Copyright 2010 - Your Company Name</p>
<% end %>
</div>

Note: for_string and for_block both take the option “wym” argument to edit the translation with the WYM editor. for_block default to true, for_string default to false.

Based on code from github.com/unixcharles