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
        • _parse()
        • add_fallback()
        • gettext()
        • ngettext()
        • pgettext()
        • npgettext()
        • info()
        • charset()
        • install()
    • The GNUTranslations class
      • GNUTranslations
        • gettext()
        • ngettext()
        • pgettext()
        • 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
    • DAY_1
    • DAY_2
    • DAY_3
    • DAY_4
    • DAY_5
    • DAY_6
    • DAY_7
    • ABDAY_1
    • ABDAY_2
    • ABDAY_3
    • ABDAY_4
    • ABDAY_5
    • ABDAY_6
    • ABDAY_7
    • MON_1
    • MON_2
    • MON_3
    • MON_4
    • MON_5
    • MON_6
    • MON_7
    • MON_8
    • MON_9
    • MON_10
    • MON_11
    • MON_12
    • ABMON_1
    • ABMON_2
    • ABMON_3
    • ABMON_4
    • ABMON_5
    • ABMON_6
    • ABMON_7
    • ABMON_8
    • ABMON_9
    • ABMON_10
    • ABMON_11
    • ABMON_12
    • RADIXCHAR
    • THOUSEP
    • YESEXPR
    • NOEXPR
    • CRNCYSTR
    • ERA
    • ERA_D_T_FMT
    • ERA_D_FMT
    • ERA_T_FMT
    • ALT_DIGITS
  • getdefaultlocale()
  • getlocale()
  • getpreferredencoding()
  • getencoding()
  • normalize()
  • strcoll()
  • strxfrm()
  • format_string()
  • 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()
    • bind_textdomain_codeset()