[Python-Dev] Incomplete Internationalization in Argparse Module

[Guido van Rossum]

That string looks like it is aimed at the developer, not the user of
the program, so it makes sense not to translate it.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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>
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 at 14:05 Grady Martin <sunnycemetery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, all.  I was wondering if the following string was left untouched by
>> gettext for a purpose (from line 720 of argparse.py, in class
>> ArgumentError):
>>
>> 'argument %(argument_name)s: %(message)s'
>>
>> There may be other untranslatable strings in the argparse module, but I
>> have yet to encounter them in the wild.
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> Probably so that anyone introspecting on the error message can count on
> somewhat of a consistent format (comes into play with doctest typically).
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