Localizing timeAgoInWords in CakePHP

cakephp, cakephp-2.0, internationalization, localization, timeago

Solution

Cake's messages are extracted into a different domain, in this case, the `cake` domain. This means that cake messages will not be extracted into your `default.pot` file, but will go into `cake.pot` file.

Curiously, cake.pot doesn't seem to be included in the download, nor does the i18n shell allow you to pass a param to include the cake core during extraction. However, it is still easily done (my comments start with a `#`):

$:/var/www/path/app$ cake i18n extract

# if will ask you here if you want to extract from your app folder
# simply press enter to confirm
What is the path you would like to extract?
[Q]uit [D]one  
[/var/www/path/app/]

# now it will ask you again, in this case enter the cake path
What is the path you would like to extract?
[Q]uit [D]one  
[D] > /var/www/path/lib/Cake

# third time, just press enter
What is the path you would like to extract?
[Q]uit [D]one  
[D] > 

# press enter to accept the app/Locale
What is the path you would like to output?
[Q]uit  
[/var/www/path/app//Locale] > 

# press enter to keep translation domains deparate
Would you like to merge all domains strings into the default.pot file? (y/n) 
[n] >

Now wait for the extraction to finish and enjoy the pain of translating ;)

Problem

In my CakePHP application, By using cake.bat i created POT files and by using PoEdit I created PO files. So by writing __('myword') i can see localized word in my application successfully. But now I need to localize "timeAgoInWords". When i run cake i18n extract, script didn't get the _dn() words in CakeTime http://api20.cakephp.org/view_source/cake-time#line-522 So i created a dummy.ctp file and copy-pasted contents from cake-time file to dummy file. I run cake script and POEdit again. And it created instances like below, into the file app/Locale/tur/LC_MESSAGES/default.po ``` #: View\App\dummy.ctp:30;33 msgid "%d minute" msgid_plural "%d minutes" msgstr[0] "%d dakika" msgstr[1] "%d dakika" ``` In core.php i already set default language to Turkish: ``` Configure::write('Config.language', 'tur'); ``` But when i check my application, results of timeAgoInWords came in English. How can i fix this

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