What is the coorect way to make i18n translations for labels? about bootstrap_form

[lcreid]

Thanks for your interest in using bootstrap_form!

I haven't done a lot of work with bootstrap_form and internationalization. What I remember is that internationalization is hard.

What's mentioned here is basicallly that, if you don't need to specify your own label text, then bootstrap_form will act just like regular Rails forms, as covered in the Rails guides. If I recall correctly, even that can be a bit tricky. Rails doesn't come out of the box with translations, so you need to find a gem (rails-i18n) that provides translations for the standard Rails error messages.

If you want to provide your own translated labels, then you need to use the label option, but providing a string from Rails' translations, typically by saying something like: label: I18n.t("key.to.translation") in the parameters of the bootstrap_form method you're calling. That means you've set up the locale files with translations, and that you have the right language selected.

You could take a look at the views in this gem for some ideas. The same gem has a Spanish test app that might help.

Let me know if this helps, or if you have other questions.

[hww]

You are right, everything works as you said. To translate the lablel and help -- I use this text

ru:
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      user:
        email: "Адрес электронной почты"
    help:
      user:
        email: "Должен использоваться уникальный электронный адрес"