Gemfile

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ gem 'will_paginate', '~> 4.0'
 # For translation, both for the site UI and for Neopets data.
 gem 'rails-i18n', '~> 7.0', '>= 7.0.7'
 gem 'http_accept_language', '~> 2.1', '>= 2.1.1'
+gem 'globalize', '~> 6.2', '>= 6.2.1'
 
 # For reading and parsing HTML from Neopets.com, like importing Closet pages.
 gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.15', '>= 1.15.3'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ GEM
     fiber-local (1.0.0)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
+    globalize (6.3.0)
+      activemodel (>= 4.2, < 7.2)
+      activerecord (>= 4.2, < 7.2)
+      request_store (~> 1.0)
     haml (6.1.1)
       temple (>= 0.8.2)
       thor
@@ -288,6 +292,8 @@ GEM
       actionview (>= 5)
     reline (0.3.9)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
+    request_store (1.5.1)
+      rack (>= 1.4)
     responders (3.1.1)
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
@@ -362,6 +368,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise-encryptable (~> 0.2.0)
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.8, >= 2.8.1)
   falcon (~> 0.42.3)
+  globalize (~> 6.2, >= 6.2.1)
   haml (~> 6.1, >= 6.1.1)
   http_accept_language (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.1)
   httparty (~> 0.21.0)

app/models/item.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
   self.inheritance_column = nil
 
   SwfAssetType = 'object'
+  
+  # Keep the reference to the deprecated `Item::Translation` record, but don't
+  # bind it directly to any attributes anymore. We have some temporary writers
+  # that hack around the API to keep the attributes synced, while no longer
+  # reading *from* them by default.
+  # TODO: Remove once we're all done with translations, both here and in 2020!
+  translates
 
   has_many :closet_hangers
   has_one :contribution, :as => :contributed, :inverse_of => :contributed
@@ -105,6 +112,24 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
       distinct
   }
 
+  # Temporary writers to keep the English translation record updated, while
+  # primarily using the attributes on the model itself.
+  #
+  # Once this app and DTI 2020 are both comfortably off the translation system,
+  # we can remove this!
+  def name=(new_name)
+    globalize.write(:en, :name, new_name)
+    write_attribute(:name, new_name)
+  end
+  def description=(new_description)
+    globalize.write(:en, :description, new_description)
+    write_attribute(:description, new_description)
+  end
+  def rarity=(new_rarity)
+    globalize.write(:en, :rarity, new_rarity)
+    write_attribute(:rarity, new_rarity)
+  end
+
   def nc_trade_value
     return nil unless nc?
     begin

db/migrate/20240221005949_drop_item_translations.rb

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-class DropItemTranslations < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
-  def change
-    drop_table "item_translations", id: :integer, charset: "latin1", collation: "latin1_swedish_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
-      t.integer "item_id"
-      t.string "locale"
-      t.string "name"
-      t.text "description"
-      t.string "rarity"
-      t.datetime "created_at", precision: nil
-      t.datetime "updated_at", precision: nil
-      t.index ["item_id", "locale"], name: "index_item_translations_on_item_id_and_locale"
-      t.index ["item_id"], name: "index_item_translations_on_item_id"
-      t.index ["locale"], name: "index_item_translations_on_locale"
-      t.index ["name"], name: "index_item_translations_name"
-    end
-  end
-end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_02_21_005949) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_02_21_004332) do
   create_table "alt_styles", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_unicode_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "species_id", null: false
     t.integer "color_id", null: false
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_02_21_005949) do
     t.index ["outfit_id", "is_worn"], name: "index_item_outfit_relationships_on_outfit_id_and_is_worn"
   end
 
+  create_table "item_translations", id: :integer, charset: "latin1", collation: "latin1_swedish_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "item_id"
+    t.string "locale"
+    t.string "name"
+    t.text "description"
+    t.string "rarity"
+    t.datetime "created_at", precision: nil
+    t.datetime "updated_at", precision: nil
+    t.index ["item_id", "locale"], name: "index_item_translations_on_item_id_and_locale"
+    t.index ["item_id"], name: "index_item_translations_on_item_id"
+    t.index ["locale"], name: "index_item_translations_on_locale"
+    t.index ["name"], name: "index_item_translations_name"
+  end
+
   create_table "items", id: :integer, charset: "utf8mb3", collation: "utf8mb3_unicode_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "zones_restrict", null: false
     t.text "thumbnail_url", size: :medium, null: false