Translate German country names to French

Question

I got a YAML file with the following structure containing country names in German:

countries:
      country_1:  "Schweiz"
      country_2:  "Deutschland"
      country_3:  "Italien"
      country_4:  "Frankreich"
      country_6:  "Afghanistan"

I can import the file to Ruby and save it as a Hash.

require 'yaml'
yml = YAML.load_file('countries.yml')
countries = yml['countries']

I want to translate them into French. I thought that this should be a fairly simple task using I18nCountryTranslations, but I'm stuck. Is there a way to do this with built-in Ruby tools? Or do I need the whole Rails framework for this? Or an external API?

What do you mean, "stuck"? – Sergio Tulentsev Apr 13 '16 at 12:03 — Sergio Tulentsev, Apr 13 '16 at 12:03
Another word for - "I don't know what to do next" ;) – Bergrebell Apr 13 '16 at 12:06 — Bergrebell, Apr 13 '16 at 12:06

Abdoo Dev · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-13T12:19:39.093

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You can use countries gem to get the translation

Just install the gem and add require 'countries' to your ruby file. You can follow the documentation here

c = ISO3166::Country.find_country_by_name('united states')
c.translations['fr'] #=> "États-Unis"

edited Apr 13 '16 at 12:19

answered Apr 13 '16 at 12:07

Abdoo Dev

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the problem is that I don't have the translation ... I want to translate them so that instead of "Schweiz" it says "Suisse" – Bergrebell Apr 13 '16 at 12:12
i think `countries` gem can help you – Abdoo Dev Apr 13 '16 at 12:20
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See the second link in my answer. You can find all the translations. – Uzbekjon Apr 13 '16 at 12:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 12:07

The country names are already translated and available in almost any format. Just Google it. Here is an example in CVS, XML and YAML formats.

If this file is required for some of your projects, I would simply have those country's in the original yaml file like so:

de:
   countries:
      country_1:  "Schweiz"
      country_2:  "Deutschland"
      country_3:  "Italien"
      country_4:  "Frankreich"
      country_6:  "Afghanistan"
fr:
   countries:
      country_1:  "Schweiz in French"
      country_2:  "Deutschland in French"

Translate German country names to French

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