How do I specify shared attributes translations between models in I18n locale file?

Question

I tried the following:

es:
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      name: Nombre

And it did not work.

But the following do work:

es:
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      person:
        name: Nombre

Which is the correct way to define default attributes across models?

Also I'm using Formtastic and Active Admin.

Halil Özgür · Answer 1 · 2017-03-24T12:13:21.220

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Move the common attributes up one level:

es:
  attributes:
    name: Nombre
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      user:
        birthday: Etc

Example

edited Mar 24 '17 at 12:13

answered Jun 10 '15 at 15:07

Halil Özgür

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This should be the selected answer. – Artur Haddad Dec 18 '17 at 20:52

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '13 at 00:05

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this is how im doing. Not perfect but will do the job.

activerecord:
  attributes:
    attribute_commons: &commons
      name: Nome
      description: Descrição
    user:
      <<: *commons
    role:
      <<: *commons
      level: Nível
    product:
      <<: *commons
      size: Tamanho

answered Jan 27 '13 at 00:05

Warley Noleto

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This approach is useful though if it is applicable to some but not all models. – matthew.tuck May 09 '17 at 07:42
Please check out Halil Özgür answer, which is the correct one. – Papipo Nov 10 '20 at 14:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '11 at 07:26

If you are using yaml to store your tranlation, you should look for aliases and anchors in the yaml references : http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html

but it is not perfect at all. eg :

bill-to:  &id001
    street: |
            123 Tornado Alley
            Suite 16
    city:   East Centerville
    state:  KS

ship-to:  *id001

How do I specify shared attributes translations between models in I18n locale file?

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