silvio-galli

In the YAML file is it better to use key names related to the translation or referencing to the role they have in the resulting HTML page?

Should I write <h1><%= t '.title' %></h1>

Writing .yml files with key names related to the translation has the advantage to rely on rails ability to manage key names when the translation is missing, e.i. new_product becomes "New Product" in the views. This can be useful because allow to forget about the english version and focus on the other language translation.

# config/locales/it.yml
# key names reference to translation

silvio-galli

[49] pry(main)> post = Post.first
  Post Load (0.3ms)  SELECT  "posts".* FROM "posts"  ORDER BY "posts"."id" ASC LIMIT 1
=> #<Post:0x007f031686f5e0
 id: 1,
 title: "First Post",
 body: "This is the first post in our system",
 created_at: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:29:24 UTC +00:00,
 updated_at: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:29:24 UTC +00:00>
[50] pry(main)> cd post
[51] pry(#<Post>):1> self.methods.sort