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+require 'i18n'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
+require 'spree/i18n/base'
+
+module Spree
+  extend ActionView::Helpers::TranslationHelper
+
+  class << self
+    # Add spree namespace and delegate to Rails TranslationHelper for some nice
+    # extra functionality. e.g return reasonable strings for missing translations
+    def translate(*args)
+      @virtual_path = virtual_path
+
+      options = args.extract_options!
+      options[:scope] = [*options[:scope]].unshift(:spree)
+      args << options
+      super(*args)
+    end
+
+    alias_method :t, :translate
+
+    def context
+      Spree::ViewContext.context
+    end
+
+    def virtual_path
+      if context
+        path = context.instance_variable_get("@virtual_path")
+
+        if path
+          path.gsub(/spree/, '')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end