There is a solution in trunk. Please check it:
http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=342
print T("hello") #defualt
print T("hello", language="it-it") #etc etc
On Jul 22, 4:52 am, jamarcer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have added a comment to the ticket:
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> http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=342
>
> It is an approach to the issue, based in Anthony's proposal: a class
> that stores multiple T objects.
>
> I am demetrio's companion. We develop the same application, but we
> have different roles :), so I will test this approach, and other
> possible solutions.
>
> Regards.
>
> On 21 jul, 10:16, Daniel Gonzalez Zaballos <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > i'll start with the Anthony suggestion.
> > I've opened the ticket:http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=342
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> > Thank you to everybody
>
> > 2011/7/21 Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]>
>
> > > I think for now Anthony's proposal is the way to go. Open a ticket in
> > > google code and we can think of other options.
>
> > > On Jul 20, 5:53 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I think there are a few possibilities. First, your MultiT function could
> > > > work, but you'd have to use str(T(text)) instead of T(text). The reason
> > > is
> > > > that T() returns a lazyT object, not the translated string (it isn't
> > > > translated until rendering). You can force the translation by calling
> > > > the
> > > > lazyT.__str__ method via str(T(text)).
>
> > > > Another option is to define your own T() objects for each language and
> > > force
> > > > them to use the specific language. For example:
>
> > > > In a model file:
> > > > from gluon.languages import translator
> > > > enT=translator(request)
> > > > enT.force('en-en')
> > > > esT=translator(request)
> > > > esT.force('es-es')
>
> > > > In a view:
> > > > {{=esT('House')}} / {{=enT('House')}}
>
> > > > It would probably be easy to abstract the above by defining a class that
> > > > stores multiple T objects and lets you easily add additional ones.
>
> > > > A third option might be to create a special multi-language translation
> > > file.
> > > > For example, you could create a file called es-en.py, which could
> > > > include
> > > > translations such as:
>
> > > > 'House': 'Casa / House'
>
> > > > Hope that helps.
>
> > > > Anthony
>
> > > > On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:22:23 PM UTC-4, demetrio wrote:
> > > > > Hi everyone, i don't know if "Simultaneous multi-language system" is
> > > > > the correct way to say what i need... i'll explain myself.
>
> > > > > I'm developing an application that by request of our customer, needs
> > > > > to have 2 languages at the same time. For example, if this app were in
> > > > > spanish and english, in the navigator should appear something like:
>
> > > > > Casa / House
>
> > > > > In the view we want to do something like this
>
> > > > > {{=T("House", "es-es")}} / {{=T("House", "en-en")}}
>
> > > > > But i don't know if web2py can permit to do this or something like
> > > > > that.
>
> > > > > I was thinking of writing a function like this:
>
> > > > > def MultiT(text,separator=" / "):
> > > > > T.force("es-es")
> > > > > ret_text = T(text)
> > > > > T.force("en-en")
> > > > > ret_text += separator + T(text)
> > > > > return ret_text
>
> > > > > But it does not work. Also, do not know how this affects the system
> > > > > when updating the language files with the strings to translate (now
> > > > > the files are updated automatically when pressing the "update
> > > > > languages" button in admin, and I guess that it would make it on run
> > > > > time.
>
> > > > > Any sugestions?
>
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > Daniel
