# Localization (i18n)

Avo leverages Rails powerful I18n translations module. When you run bin/rails avo:install Rails will generate for you the avo.en.yml translation file. This file will automatically be injected into the I18n translations module.

# Localizing resources

Let's say you want to localize a resource. All you need to do is add a self.translation_key class attribute in the Resource file. This will tell Avo to use that translation key to localize this resource. This will change the labels of that resource everywhere in Avo.

# app/avo/resources/user_resource.rb
class UserResource < Avo::BaseResource
  self.title = :name
  self.translation_key = 'avo.resource_translations.user'
end
 
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# avo.es.yml
es:
  avo:
    dashboard: 'Dashboard'
    # ... other translation keys
    resource_translations:
      user:
        zero: 'usuarios'
        one: 'usuario'
        other: 'usuarios'
 
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# Localizing fields

Similarly, you can even localize fields. All you need to do is add a translation_key: option on the field declaration.

# app/avo/resources/project_resource.rb
class ProjectResource < Avo::BaseResource
  self.title = :name

  field :id, as: :id
  # ... other fields
  field :files, as: :files, translation_key: 'avo.field_translations.file'
end
 
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# avo.es.yml
es:
  avo:
    dashboard: 'Dashboard'
    # ... other translation keys
    field_translations:
      file:
        zero: 'archivos'
        one: 'archivo'
        other: 'archivos'
 
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# Setting the locale

Setting the locale for Avo is simple. Just use the config.locale = 'en-US' config attribute.

Avo.configure do |config|
  config.locale = 'en-US'
end
 
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# Re-generate the locale

When updating Avo please run bin/rails generate avo:locales to re-generate the locales file.