However, I dont need to do this with PTS - i would be happy to know the five solution ! I'm using sx.translations + five in order to achive this programatically. In order to use i18n from five, read this:
http://codespeak.net/z3/five/i18n.html Then install sx.translations from here: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/zope/sx.translations Please note that the product self do not compile po files into mo you have to compile it either manually or apply my patch: https://secure.simplistix.co.uk/support/issue310 I did also some functions to be able to translate messages programatically. Please note that I'm using zope 2.8, so, I don't know if it will work with 2.10.x. Please also note that I'm using a request variable called 'lang' to set the source language. If this variable isn't set, then the browser language will be assumed. Best regards Josef -------->Code from zope.component import getUtility from zope.i18n.interfaces import ILanguageAvailability from zope.i18n.interfaces import INegotiator from zope.i18nmessageid.messageid import MessageID from zope.i18n import translate as _ def getSupportedLanguages(domain=None): """Gets the supported languages for a Message catalog""" options = getUtility(ILanguageAvailability, domain).getAvailableLanguages() options.sort() langCodes = [] for option in options: langCodes.append(option[0]) return langCodes DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = u'en' def getLanguage(context,domain=None,optionsDict = {}): """Gets the current language of the user browser""" context = getattr(context,'REQUEST',context) lang = optionsDict.get('lang',None) if lang not in [None,'']: context.set('lang',lang) supportedLanguages = getSupportedLanguages(domain) negotiator = getUtility(INegotiator) currentLang = negotiator.getLanguage(supportedLanguages,context) if currentLang in ['', None]: #We failed to get the browser's language, so, the default will be assumed currentLang = DEFAULT_LANGUAGE return currentLang def useTranslationService(context, msgid, domain = None, mapping = None, lang = None, default = None): """Uses the TranslationService from python""" context = getattr(context,'REQUEST',context) isMessageId = (type(msgid) == MessageID) if lang is None: if isMessageId: domain = msgid.domain lang = getLanguage(context,domain) if default is None: default = msgid if isMessageId: #A MessageId object already has everything on it: domain, mapping, and a #default value, so, we don't need to pass them here translation = _(msgid, target_language = lang, context = context) else: translation = _(msgid, domain = domain, mapping = mapping, target_language = lang, default = default, context = context) return translation