From this page
http://dabodev.com/wiki/Internationalization
it sounds like Internationalization is not yet working. Does anyone
know for sure?
The methodology seems kind of combersome. Another approach is to have
Python phrase file for each language. A phrase file contains a Python
dictionary of translations. (I put all phrase files in a subdirectory
called languages.) For instance, a French phrase file might look like this:
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
phrases={
"File" : "Dossier",
"Edit" : "Éditez",
"Tools" : "Outils",
"Navigation" : "Dossier",
"Help" : "Aide",
"About" : u"Au sujet de"
}
To make the phrases accessible, start with a Python class which defines
preferences. Each field on the class is a preference, such as language.
A small function to activate translation:
def translate(phrase):
lang = prefs.locale
if lang == 'us_en':
return phrase
try:
exec 'from languages.' + lang + ' import phrases'
xln = phrases.get(phrase,phrase)
return xln
except:
return phrase
Preferences and the translation function can be made readily accessible
by including at the top of the application:
setattr(__builtins__, 'prefs', Preferences())
setattr(__builtins__, '_', translate)
For instance, prefs.lang could be 'us_en' or 'fr' or 'sp' or whatever.
By changing prefs.lang, all phrases in the application which are
encapsulated _("some phrase or another") are automatically translated.
And, if the exact phrase doesn't exist in the phrase file, the
original phrase is used.
Brian
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