[Zope3-Users] Translations with variables embedded in HTML attributes

[Asheesh Laroia]

We have some translation keys with variables embedded in HTML attributes. 
I can't find a syntax that would let me use those keys as well as replace 
the variables.

Here's an example problem translation message:

 	a msgid: <a href="/?lang=${lang}">home</a>

I've been experimenting with Zope 3's i18n:translate="" attribute, and it 
works great for translating raw HTML.  So this key works:

 	a msgid: <a href="/somewhere/">la-la land</a>

The way to insert variables into an i18n:translate="" string is using some 
container object that gets tal:replace'd with some variable, and that 
specifies with i18n:name what variable name it replaces.  And indeed, that 
works.  But what about the case where a variable is embedded in the query 
string, which is inside an attribute, as I mentioned above?  The closest 
I've come to expressing that is this:

 	<a href="<span i18n:name='lang' tal:content='view/target_lang' />">home</a>

That's pretty awful, and Zope retaliates by thinking I want to ask the 
i18n system for this:

 	 <a href="&lt;span i18n:name='lang' tal:content='view/target_lang' /&gt;">home</a>

So, how do I get what I actually wanted? (-:

This would be easier if you could specify variable expansions in the same 
tag as you do i18n:translate="", like the "tal:interpolate" suggestion at 
http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/ZPTInternationalizationSupport.

Let me apologize for this question.  It's an ugly position we're in, but 
it is a real one, so I still think it's worth asking.  Thanks!

-- Asheesh.

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