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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2001 Bizar Software Pty Ltd (http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/)
+# This module is free software, and you may redistribute it and/or modify
+# under the same terms as Python, so long as this copyright message and
+# disclaimer are retained in their original form.
+#
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL BIZAR SOFTWARE PTY LTD BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
+# DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
+# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS CODE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# BIZAR SOFTWARE PTY LTD SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
+# BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE CODE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS"
+# BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
+# SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
+# 
+# $Id: i18n.py,v 1.1 2001-11-21 22:57:29 jhermann Exp $
+
+"""
+RoundUp Internationalization (I18N)
+
+To use this module, the following code should be used:
+
+    from roundup.i18n import _
+    ...
+    print _("Some text that can be translated")
+
+Note that to enable re-ordering of inserted texts in formatting strings
+(which can easily happen if a sentence has to be re-ordered due to
+grammatical changes), translatable formats should use named format specs:
+
+    ... _('Index of %(classname)s') % {'classname': cn} ...
+
+Also, this eases the job of translators since they have some context what
+the dynamic portion of a message really means.
+
+"""
+
+# first, we try to import gettext; this probably never fails, but we make
+# sure we survive this anyway
+try:
+    import gettext
+except ImportError:
+    # fall-back to dummy on errors (returning the english text)
+    _ = lambda text: text
+else:
+    # and for now, we JUST implement the dummy in any case
+    _ = lambda text: text
+