from django.utils.translation import gettext, gettext_noop def translate_value(value): if not value: return value sps = ['. ', ': '] spb = {str(sp in value): sp for sp in sps} sp = spb.get('True') if not sp: return value tpl, data = value.split(sp, 1) return gettext(tpl + sp) + data def i18n_fmt(tpl, *args): if '%' not in tpl: raise ValueError('Invalid template, should contains %') if not args: return tpl args = [str(arg) for arg in args] try: tpl % tuple(args) except TypeError: raise ValueError('Invalid template, args not match: {} {}'.format(tpl, args)) return tpl + ' % ' + ', '.join(args) def i18n_trans(s): if ' % ' not in s: return gettext(s) tpl, args = s.split(' % ', 1) args = args.split(', ') args = [gettext(arg) for arg in args] try: return gettext(tpl) % tuple(args) except TypeError: return gettext(tpl) def hello(): log = i18n_fmt(gettext_noop('Hello %s'), 'world') print(i18n_trans(log))