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• Start discussing Model Translation: Locale switching and how it affects loaded models; database schemas; what else?

Priorities

1. view translations with yaml (file/dir structure)
2. basic model translations (simplest thing possible)
3. Locale + Translation classes

Meta

• We will use RSpec for testing, along with a model factory such as Object Daddy or Factorygirl.
• The top-most module will be Globalize.
• The plugin will be distributed as a gem plugin.

Component Specifications

YAML-based View Translation

Content Translation

TODO: Decide on behavior of model attributes after locale-switching; decide on data schema

Locale Class

Translation Class

Chained Backends

Fallbacks

Other Stuff

• Caching
• Helpers
• Currency formatting
• Form processing
• View template switching
• Determining locale from HTTP, etc
• Translation view generator — creates controller/view to manage translations online
• Rake tasks
  • dump, load translations
  • generate migrations
  • look for untranslated keys (possibly)