add a generic tranlate view helper

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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/i18n_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/i18n_helper.rb
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+module ActionView
+  module Helpers 
+    module I18nHelper
+      def translate(*args)
+        # inserts the locale or current request locale to the argument list if no locale 
+        # has been passed or the locale has been passed as part of the options hash
+        options = args.extract_options!
+        if args.size != 2
+          locale = options.delete :locale
+          locale ||= request.locale if respond_to? :request
+          args << locale if locale
+        end
+        args << options unless options.empty?
+        I18n.translate *args
+      end
+      alias :t :translate
+    end
+  end
+end
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