Use gettext

[m_librarian.git] / m_librarian / translations.py

diff --git a/m_librarian/translations.py b/m_librarian/translations.py
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+
+import gettext
+import locale
+import os
+
+language = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
+mo_filename = os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(__file__), 'translations', language + '.mo')
+if os.path.exists(mo_filename):
+    mo_file = open(mo_filename, 'rb')
+    translation = gettext.GNUTranslations(mo_file)
+    mo_file.close()
+else:
+    translation = gettext.NullTranslations()
+translation.install(unicode=True)