Rails translations issue with i18n-js

Question

I'm using http://github.com/fnando/i18n-js gem for JavaScript translation. Here is my translation yml:

en:
  js:
    test: "<strong>%{name}</strong> created this board."

In my JS, I run with "name" param is "$&".

console.log(I18n.t('js.test', {name: "$&"}))

Unfortunately, it will show message like this: %{name} created this board, while I expect that message should be: $& created this board. Is there any problem with special character like "&" with this gem? And how to solve this?

K M Rakibul Islam · Answer 1 · 2015-08-16T20:47:07.747

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The problem in your code is, your interpolation is not working as you used %{name} in your translation file. You have to use: {{name}} instead to make the interpolation work.

So, change:

test: "<strong>%{name}</strong> created this board."

to this:

test: "<strong>{{name}}</strong> created this board."

and it should work!

edited Aug 16 '15 at 20:47

answered Aug 16 '15 at 20:41

K M Rakibul Islam

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well, unfortunately, I use your solution and now it will show message like this: {{name}} created this board. Could you check this again? Thanks. – Snow Fox Aug 16 '15 at 20:47
Try without the double quotes `""` and ``, see if that works first: `test: {{name}} created this board.` – K M Rakibul Islam Aug 16 '15 at 20:52
Well, now it throws translation error: did not find expected key while parsing a block mapping. – Snow Fox Aug 16 '15 at 20:56
How about: `test: "{{name}} created this board."` and pass something simple in name like `John` – K M Rakibul Islam Aug 16 '15 at 21:04
Actually, something simple like this always works very well. But in my case, it's a word with special character "$&" and it doesn't work. – Snow Fox Aug 16 '15 at 21:06
try with escape character like this: `\$\&` – K M Rakibul Islam Aug 16 '15 at 21:09
Try: `console.log(I18n.t('js.test', {name: "\$\&"}))` – K M Rakibul Islam Aug 16 '15 at 21:10
well, it doesn't still work :(. Moreover, "$&" is the name that is got from database. – Snow Fox Aug 16 '15 at 21:11

Rails translations issue with i18n-js

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