# module ActionView::Helpers::TranslationHelper

### Public Instance Methods

l(*args)
Alias for: localize
localize(*args) click to toggle source

Delegates to `I18n.localize` with no additional functionality.

    # File lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb, line 68
    def localize(*args)
      I18n.localize(*args)
    end

Also aliased as: l
t(key, options = {})
Alias for: translate
translate(key, options = {}) click to toggle source

Delegates to `I18n#translate` but also performs three additional functions.

First, it will ensure that any thrown `MissingTranslation` messages will be turned into inline spans that:

    * have a "translation-missing" class set,
    * contain the missing key as a title attribute and
    * a titleized version of the last key segment as a text.

E.g. the value returned for a missing translation key :“blog.post.title” will be <span class=“translation_missing” title=“translation missing: en.blog.post.title”>Title</span>. This way your views will display rather reasonable strings but it will still be easy to spot missing translations.

Second, it’ll scope the key by the current partial if the key starts with a period. So if you call `translate(".foo")` from the `people/index.html.erb` template, you’ll actually be calling `I18n.translate("people.index.foo")`. This makes it less repetitive to translate many keys within the same partials and gives you a simple framework for scoping them consistently. If you don’t prepend the key with a period, nothing is converted.

Third, it’ll mark the translation as safe HTML if the key has the suffix “_html” or the last element of the key is the word “html”. For example, calling translate(“footer_html”) or translate(“footer.html”) will return a safe HTML string that won’t be escaped by other HTML helper methods. This naming convention helps to identify translations that include HTML tags so that you know what kind of output to expect when you call translate in a template.

    # File lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb, line 36
    def translate(key, options = {})
      # If the user has specified rescue_format then pass it all through, otherwise use
      # raise and do the work ourselves
      if options.key?(:raise) || options.key?(:rescue_format)
        raise_error = options[:raise] || options[:rescue_format]
      else
        raise_error = false
        options[:raise] = true
      end

      if html_safe_translation_key?(key)
        html_safe_options = options.dup
        options.except(*I18n::RESERVED_KEYS).each do |name, value|
          unless name == :count && value.is_a?(Numeric)
            html_safe_options[name] = ERB::Util.html_escape(value.to_s)
          end
        end
        translation = I18n.translate(scope_key_by_partial(key), html_safe_options)

        translation.respond_to?(:html_safe) ? translation.html_safe : translation
      else
        I18n.translate(scope_key_by_partial(key), options)
      end
    rescue I18n::MissingTranslationData => e
      raise e if raise_error

      keys = I18n.normalize_keys(e.locale, e.key, e.options[:scope])
      content_tag('span', keys.last.to_s.titleize, :class => 'translation_missing', :title => "translation missing: #{keys.join('.')}")
    end

Also aliased as: t