i18n and GUI under Windows

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Sep 7 14:30:54 EDT 2004


Andr? Roberge wrote:
> In short: I'm looking for a *simple* example of how to write a program
> that can have its GUI in at least two languages under Windows ...
> using only Python, of course!

I think the most simple approach is using a dictionary. Make one
Python file per language, and have that file contain only a single
dictionary named "translations". For keys, you have three options:

- use the English messages as keys (e.g. "Please enter your name")
- use short identifiers as keys (e.g. "EnterName")
- use numbers as keys (e.g. 116)

Regards,
Martin



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