Question

I have a few thousand strings (items) that I would like to translate. I have structured my MongoDB as follows:

@document = {:item => "hello", :translations => {:fr => {:name => "bonjour", 
:note => "easy"}, :es => {:name => "hola", :note => "facil"}}}

The :translations field can contain many more languages and properties. I would like to run queries such as retrieving all items with no translations for a specific language, or retrieving all items having ‘bonjour’ as a French translation.

I don’t see how I can do this. Is there a better way to structure my database for these purposes? I am using node.js.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I would like to run queries such as retrieving all items with no translations for a specific language,

.find({ 'translations.fr': {$exists:false} })

…or retrieving all items having ‘bonjour’ as a French translation.

.find({ 'translations.fr.name': "bonjour" })

Is there a better way to structure my database for these purposes?

I believe that you have the correct structure. You will have to become familiar with the Dot Notation.