fixes #8056 - replaces . (dot) in params with - (hyphen)

(cherry picked from commit d913b2cd1cf53e6a658620dffc6a3e3f86a92e40)
refs #746 - fix string interpolation ordering

(cherry picked from commit 203d2bb58633f8c176eaa08e5178c7f3f350f2dd)
i18n - extracting new, updating rails, pulling from tx