subiquity/subiquitycore/i18n.py

# Copyright 2017 Canonical, Ltd.
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import gettext
import os
import syslog

syslog.syslog('i18n file is ' + __file__)
localedir = '/usr/share/locale'
if __file__.startswith('/snap/'):
    localedir = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../../../../share/locale')
build_mo = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../build/mo/')
if os.path.isdir(build_mo):
    localedir = build_mo
syslog.syslog('Final localedir is ' + localedir)


def switch_language(code='en_US'):
    if code != 'en_US' and 'FAKE_TRANSLATE' in os.environ:
        def my_gettext(message):
            return "_(%s)" % message
    elif code:
        translation = gettext.translation('subiquity', localedir=localedir,
                                          languages=[code])

        def my_gettext(message):
            if not message:
                return message
            return translation.gettext(message)
    import builtins
    builtins.__dict__['_'] = my_gettext


switch_language()

__all__ = ['switch_language']