I have a string in <code>en:</code> locale which is <pre class="prettyprint"><code>display_device: to play : get player </code></pre> The colon sign is giving me error which is <blockquote> can not load translations from C:/Documents and Settings/rajg/discoveryaws/branches/internationalization/config/locales/en.yml, expected it to return a hash, but does not </blockquote> How can I make this work?

You can escape colons (and other 'important' characters) in your string if you surround it with quotes like this: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>display_device: "to play : get player" </code></pre>

colon (:) gives load error in locale YAML file

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ruby-on-rails

internationalization

I have a string in en: locale which is

display_device: to play : get player

The colon sign is giving me error which is

can not load translations from C:/Documents and Settings/rajg/discoveryaws/branches/internationalization/config/locales/en.yml, expected it to return a hash, but does not

How can I make this work?