How to use `gettext` to translate `Ecto.Enum.values`?

Questions & Help Questions
1

When I use Ecto.Enum.values in a select/4 function, how to translate the values inside the ecto schema?

e.g.

field :animal, Ecto.Enum, values: [:cat: 1, :elephant: 2]
2

Hi! I found this article that helped me to achive it Phoenix and Ecto Enum translations – Ricardo Marinovic Two first methods get the job done

@doc """
  Translates an enum value using gettext.
  """
  def translate_enum(value) when is_atom(value) do
    value =
      value
      |> Atom.to_string()

    Gettext.dgettext(ExampleWeb.Gettext, "enums", value)
  end

  @doc """
  Returns all translated enum values for the select options.
  """
  def translated_select_enums(module, field) do
    module
    |> Ecto.Enum.values(field)
    |> Enum.map(fn value -> {translate_enum(value), value} end)
  end

You can create your own module with this and you’re right on