TitusD

I searched the Internat in vain for examples of using the Ruby i18n library outside of Rails apps.

Below is a minimal example: the aim is (as usual) to produce a greeting - this time in English and Italian.

Installation

$ sudo gem install i18n

Translations

Create files with the translations:

en.yml

en:
  hello world: Hello World!

it.yml

it:
  hello world: Ciao Mondo!

Program

Create a file in the same directory and call it salutation.rb (or s8n.rb if you prefer):

require 'rubygems' if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
require 'i18n'

I18n.load_path = ['en.yml', 'it.yml']

puts 'In English...'
I18n.locale = :en
puts I18n.t('hello world')

puts 'In Italian...'
I18n.locale = :it
puts I18n.t('hello world')

Output

$ ruby salutation.rb
In English...
Hello World!
In Italian...
Ciao Mondo!

I hope this will show up in someone else's search for the same thing.