rails app gives error "can not load translations from {ru.yml path} expected it to return a hash, but does not"

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My application works fine locally, but when i'm installing it to production server, i get the following error running rails server and requesting page:

ActionView::Template::Error (can not load translations from {app}/config/locales/ru.yml, expected it to return a hash, but does not).

I have YAML translation ru.yml:

ru:
  clients:
    index: 
      title: Список клиентов

And error happens while calling, ex:

%h1=t '.title'

My development machine is running Mac OS X ML

Production server is CentOS 6 with rvm and libyaml installed.

Both servers are on Ruby 1.9.2p320 and Rails 3.2.8

What does it do when you read it by hand in rails console? `YAML.load(File.open('config/locales/ru.yml'))` — KARASZI István, Sep 25 '12 at 13:12
It gives me error on following string: `default: %d.%m.%Y %H:%M` — lich, Sep 25 '12 at 13:18
There was a problem in this line. I added quotes: `default: '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M'` and got a hash. Problem solved, thank you! — lich, Sep 25 '12 at 13:23
@lich please post your own answer (see below) so this question is closed, then it doesn't show up. Thanks! — Roger, Nov 20 '12 at 14:00

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '12 at 10:56

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Operation YAML.load(File.open('config/locales/ru.yml')) gave me error in one of lines.

I added quotes: default: '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M' and got a hash. Problem is solved.

answered Dec 11 '12 at 10:56

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 26 '13 at 12:18

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The problem is about using psych YAML engine which can not parse strings with % sign and generates SyntaxError exception.

Use syck engine instead. Add the following code to the end of your config/boot.rb file

YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'

hint: syck requires Ruby version >= 2.0.0.

edited Jul 26 '13 at 12:18

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answered Nov 22 '12 at 15:54

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rails app gives error "can not load translations from {ru.yml path} expected it to return a hash, but does not"

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