require 'i18n/backend/simple' module Globalize module Backend class Pluralizing < I18n::Backend::Simple def pluralize(locale, entry, count) return entry unless entry.is_a?(Hash) and count key = :zero if count == 0 && entry.has_key?(:zero) key ||= pluralizer(locale).call(count) raise InvalidPluralizationData.new(entry, count) unless entry.has_key?(key) translation entry[key], :plural_key => key end def add_pluralizer(locale, pluralizer) pluralizers[locale.to_sym] = pluralizer end def pluralizer(locale) pluralizers[locale.to_sym] || default_pluralizer end protected def default_pluralizer pluralizers[:en] end def pluralizers @pluralizers ||= { :en => lambda{|n| n == 1 ? :one : :other } } end # Overwrite this method to return something other than a String def translation(string, attributes) string end end end end