I18n.enforce_available_locales = true I18n.available_locales = APP_CONFIG[:available_locales] I18n.default_locale = APP_CONFIG[:default_locale] I18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('config', 'locales', 'en', '*.yml')] # enable using the cascade option # see svenfuchs.com/2011/2/11/organizing-translations-with-i18n-cascade-and-i18n-missingtranslations I18n::Backend::Simple.send(:include, I18n::Backend::Cascade)