On 3/22/06, francois schnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I wish to translate a Python script from English to French. I've read the > offical documentation (python.org doc) but I must admit that I'm lost now > ... > I've found some simple explanations here but I can't make it work: > http://karrigell.sourceforge.net/en/internationalization.htm > > Here's where I'm stuck: > > Let's imagine my app is: myapp.py > -- > import gettext > _ = gettext.gettext > > print _("hello friends") > print _("Bye Bye") > --- > > Here are my folders on a windows box: > > C:\myappfolder\ > -----------------------\Translations\francais\LC_MESSAGES > > My myapp.py is in myappfolder > > In this folder I've used pygettext.py to produce a messages.pot file => I > add the translation in it => I have a messages.po file. > I then used msgfmt.py to produce messages.mo file. > > I then copied messages.po and messages.mo in LC_MESSAGES folder > C:\myappfolder\ > -----------------------\Translations\francais\LC_MESSAGES > > I now come back to myapp.py and add two lines: > > --- > import gettext > _ = gettext.gettext > > t=gettext.translation("messages","c:\myappfolder\Translations","francais") > t.install() > > print _("hello friends") > print _("Bye Bye") > --- > > When I do that Python anwers: > > >>> > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\myappfolder\myapp.py", line 4, in ? > > t=gettext.translation("messages","c:\myappfolder\Translations","francais") > File "C:\Python24\lib\gettext.py", line 456, in translation > raise IOError(ENOENT, 'No translation file found for domain', domain) > IOError: [Errno 2] No translation file found for domain: 'messages' > >>> > > I'm stuck here. > I understand it doesn't find the translation file but I can't figure out > why.
I've always seen "standard directory structures" (e.g. \locales\fr, etc.) rather than custom ones as above, so I can't comment for sure ... but: try to either write r"c:\myappfolder\Translations" or "c:\\myappfolder\\Translations" to avoid possible backslash problems... Bonne chance! André > > Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong or direct me to an URL (or a Python > book) where simple internationalisation for Python is gently explained > > Thanks > francois (...from France) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
