How can I overwrite a getter method in an ActiveRecord model?

Question

I\'m trying to overwrite a getter method for an ActiveRecord model. I have an attribute called name in the model Category, and I\'d like to be able

Answer 1

I would like to add another option for overwriting getter method, which is simply ：super.

def name
  name_trans || super
end

this works not just on attributes getter method, but also associations getter methods， too。