Internationalization

The modules described in this chapter help you write software that is independent of language and locale by providing mechanisms for selecting a language to be used in program messages or by tailoring output to match local conventions.

The list of modules described in this chapter is:

• gettext — Multilingual internationalization services
  • GNU gettext API
    • bindtextdomain()
    • textdomain()
    • gettext()
    • dgettext()
    • ngettext()
    • dngettext()
    • pgettext()
    • dpgettext()
    • npgettext()
    • dnpgettext()
  • Class-based API
    • find()
    • translation()
    • install()
    • The NullTranslations class
      • NullTranslations
        • NullTranslations._parse()
        • NullTranslations.add_fallback()
        • NullTranslations.gettext()
        • NullTranslations.ngettext()
        • NullTranslations.pgettext()
        • NullTranslations.npgettext()
        • NullTranslations.info()
        • NullTranslations.charset()
        • NullTranslations.install()
    • The GNUTranslations class
      • GNUTranslations
        • GNUTranslations.gettext()
        • GNUTranslations.ngettext()
        • GNUTranslations.pgettext()
        • GNUTranslations.npgettext()
    • Solaris message catalog support
    • The Catalog constructor
  • Internationalizing your programs and modules
    • Localizing your module
    • Localizing your application
    • Changing languages on the fly
    • Deferred translations
  • Acknowledgements
• locale — Internationalization services
  • Error
  • setlocale()
  • localeconv()
  • nl_langinfo()
  • CODESET
  • D_T_FMT
  • D_FMT
  • T_FMT
  • T_FMT_AMPM
  • RADIXCHAR
  • THOUSEP
  • YESEXPR
  • NOEXPR
  • CRNCYSTR
  • ERA
  • ERA_D_T_FMT
  • ERA_D_FMT
  • ERA_T_FMT
  • ALT_DIGITS
  • getdefaultlocale()
  • getlocale()
  • getpreferredencoding()
  • getencoding()
  • normalize()
  • resetlocale()
  • strcoll()
  • strxfrm()
  • format_string()
  • format()
  • currency()
  • str()
  • delocalize()
  • localize()
  • atof()
  • atoi()
  • LC_CTYPE
  • LC_COLLATE
  • LC_TIME
  • LC_MONETARY
  • LC_MESSAGES
  • LC_NUMERIC
  • LC_ALL
  • CHAR_MAX
  • Background, details, hints, tips and caveats
  • For extension writers and programs that embed Python
  • Access to message catalogs
    • gettext()
    • dgettext()
    • dcgettext()
    • textdomain()
    • bindtextdomain()