Translator is the way to internationalize strings. It works with qilinguist.
qi.Translator¶addDomain()¶Add a new domain.
setCurrentLocale()¶Set the locale.
setDefaultDomain()¶Set the domain.
translate()¶Translate a message from a domain to a locale
Translate a message from a domain to a locale
Translate a message from a domain to a locale
Translate a message from a domain to a locale
Translate a message with a context
Simple example:
import qi
tr = qi.Translator("my_app")
tr.setDefaultDomain("my_domain")
tr.setCurrentLocale("fr_FR")
translated_mess = tr.translate("Hi, I am %s!")
print translated_mess % ("Nicolas")
# > "Salut, je m'apelle Nicolas !"
# You can change domain only for a translation
print tr.translate("Hi!", "formal")
# > "Bonjour !" (means "Good morning!")
print tr.translate("Hi!", "casual")
# > "Salut !" (means "Hi bro!")
# You can also change language
print tr.translate("Hi!", "formal", "de_DE")
# > "Guten Tag !"
print tr.translate("Hi!", "casual", "de_DE")
# > "Hallo !"