override default pluralize for model-name in rails3

Question

my locale is :de and I like to get this:

Sheet.model_name.human.pluralize # => Belegs

to add me a trailing \"e\" instead of \"s\"

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Answer 1

First of all, you need to stop using .pluralize. It uses the Inflector (which is mainly used for Rails internals, e.g. guessing table names for model Sheet -> sheets).

Sheet.model_name.human # => "Beleg"
"Beleg".pluralize # => "Belegs"

What you should do is to use the :count option.

Sheet.model_name.human(:count => 2) # => "Belege"

This requires that you have modified your de.yml as such:

de:

  ...

  activerecord:

    ...

    models:
      sheet:
        one: Beleg
        other: Belege