[Python-Dev] The "i" string-prefix: I18n'ed strings

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 00:45 +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

> *Never* try to do i18n that way. Don't combine fragments through
> concatenation. Instead, always use placeholders.

Martin is of course absolutely right!

> If you have many fragments, the translator gets the challenge of
> translating "dollars". Now, this might need to be translated differently
> in different contexts (and perhaps even depending on the value of
> balance); the translator must always get the complete message
> as a single piece.

Plus, if you have multiple placeholders, the order may change in some
translations.

-Barry

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