[New-bugs-announce] [issue34053] Support localization of unicode descriptions

[Pander]

New submission from Pander <pander at users.sourceforge.net>:

Please, support localization for Unicode block description and character description.

Translations are available from https://github.com/unicode-table/unicode-table-data/tree/master/loc If possible, use a gettext approach similar to https://pypi.org/project/pycountry/

Implementing this feature will allow users to read Unicode descriptions in their own language, other than English.

For example, now is possible only in English:

    from unicodedata import name
    print(name('ß'))
    LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S

So unicodedata could provide a way to translate LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S to e.g. German with:

    from unicodedata import name, LOCALED_DIR
    from gettext import translation
    german = translation('UnicodeData' LOCALED_DIR, languages=['de'])
    german.install()
    print(_(name('ß')))
    LATEINISCHER KLEINBUCHSTABE SCHARFES S

and something similar for unicodedata.category

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components: Unicode
messages: 321095
nosy: PanderMusubi, ezio.melotti, vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Support localization of unicode descriptions
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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