如何让你的Python程序支持多语言
本文介绍如何通过Python标准库gettext帮助你的程序支持多语言。
代码例子
import random
guessesTaken = 0
print(_("Hello! What's your name?"))
myName = input()
number = random.randint(1, 20)
print("Well, {}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.".format(myName))
while guessesTaken < 6:
print("Take a guess.")
guess = input()
try:
guess = int(guess)
except ValueError:
print("You should give me a number.")
continue
if guess < number:
print("Your guess is too low.")
if guess > number:
print("You guess is too high.")
if guess == number:
break
if guess == number:
print("Good job, {}! You guessed my number in {} guesses!".format(
myName, guessesTaken))
if guess != number:
print("Nope. The number I was thinking of was {}.".format(number))
这是我们一个简单的猜数字游戏，我们执行看看过程。
$ python3 guess.py
Hello! What's your name?
Aidan
Well, Aidan, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.
Take a guess.
13
You guess is too high.
Take a guess.
2
Your guess is too low.
Take a guess.
12
You guess is too high.
Take a guess.
1
Your guess is too low.
Take a guess.
10
You guess is too high.
Take a guess.
9
Good job, Aidan! You guessed my number in 6 guesses!
程序是很漂亮了，可是老板突然要求你改成中文的，那么我们通常可能选择将字符串全部修改为相应中文，但是老板要让你自己针对不同用户不同语言就麻烦了。那有啥办法呢？Python标准库gettext可以帮助我们。
改造
我们首先用_()，然改造我们的字符串。你可以把_()想象成类似如下函数
def _(s):
spanishStrings = {'Hello world!': 'Hola Mundo!'}
frenchStrings = {'Hello world!': 'Bonjour le monde!'}
germanStrings = {'Hello world!': 'Hallo Welt!'}
if LANGUAGE == 'English':
return s
if LANGUAGE == 'Spanish':
return spanishStrings[s]
if LANGUAGE == 'French':
return frenchStrings[s]
if LANGUAGE == 'German':
return germanStrings[s]
不过，当我查看他类型时，我发现他应该是某种继承了list的扩展类型。
>>> type(_)
<class 'list'>
改造后我们的代码如下
import random
guessesTaken = 0
print(_("Hello! What's your name?"))
myName = input()
number = random.randint(1, 20)
print(_("Well, {}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.").format(myName))
while guessesTaken < 6:
guessesTaken += 1
print(_("Take a guess."))
guess = input()
try:
guess = int(guess)
except ValueError:
print(_("You should give me a number."))
continue
if guess < number:
print(_("Your guess is too low."))
if guess > number:
print(_("You guess is too high."))
if guess == number:
break
if guess == number:
print(_("Good job, {}! You guessed my number in {} guesses!").format(
myName, guessesTaken))
if guess != number:
print(_("Nope. The number I was thinking of was {}.").format(number))
提取字符串
Python 自带一个工具我们提取使用_()包裹的字符串
pygettext3 -d guess guess.py
它生成了如下文件：
$ cat guess.pot
# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
# Copyright (C) YEAR ORGANIZATION
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION
"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-12-24 15:35+CST
"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE
"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>
"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>
"
"MIME-Version: 1.0
"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
"
"Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5
"
#: guess.py:5
msgid "Hello! What's your name?"
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:9
msgid "Well, {}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20."
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:12
msgid "Take a guess."
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:17
msgid "You should give me a number."
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:21
msgid "Your guess is too low."
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:24
msgid "You guess is too high."
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:30
msgid "Good job, {}! You guessed my number in {} guesses!"
msgstr ""
#: guess.py:34
msgid "Nope. The number I was thinking of was {}."
msgstr ""
翻译工作
我们通过使用poedit这个非常好用的工具对其翻译成我们想要的目标文件，该工具还带有翻译词典，跨平台。地址：http://poedit.net/
翻译后的结果
翻译后生成
guess.po
# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
# Copyright (C) YEAR ORGANIZATION
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version:
"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-12-24 15:35+CST
"
"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-12-24 16:23+0800
"
"Last-Translator:
"
"Language-Team:
"
"MIME-Version: 1.0
"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
"
"Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5
"
"X-Generator: Poedit 1.7.1
"
"Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;
"
"Language: zh
"
#: guess.py:5
msgid "Hello! What's your name?"
msgstr "你好！你叫什么名字？"
#: guess.py:9
msgid "Well, {}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20."
msgstr "好的，{}，我心里想了个1到20之间的数。"
#: guess.py:12
msgid "Take a guess."
msgstr "猜猜看。"
#: guess.py:17
msgid "You should give me a number."
msgstr "你应该给我个数字。"
#: guess.py:21
msgid "Your guess is too low."
msgstr "你猜低了。"
#: guess.py:24
msgid "You guess is too high."
msgstr "你猜高了。"
#: guess.py:30
msgid "Good job, {}! You guessed my number in {} guesses!"
msgstr "漂亮，{}！你用了{}次猜中了我的数字。"
#: guess.py:34
msgid "Nope. The number I was thinking of was {}."
msgstr "不对。我想的数字是{}。"
还有一个mo扩展的文件，MO 文件是面向计算机的、由 PO 文件通过 gettext 软件包编译而成的二进制文件。
我们如下放置这两个文件
├── guess.py
├── locale
│ └── zh_CN
│ └── LC_MESSAGES
│ ├── guess.mo
│ └── guess.po
武装gettext
然后我们在代码加入
import gettext
es = gettext.translation('guess', localedir='locale', languages=['zh_CN'])
es.install()
终极版本
import random
import gettext
es = gettext.translation('guess', localedir='locale', languages=['zh_CN'])
es.install()
guessesTaken = 0
print(_("Hello! What's your name?"))
myName = input()
number = random.randint(1, 20)
print(_("Well, {}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.").format(myName))
while guessesTaken < 6:
guessesTaken += 1
print(_("Take a guess."))
guess = input()
try:
guess = int(guess)
except ValueError:
print(_("You should give me a number."))
continue
if guess < number:
print(_("Your guess is too low."))
if guess > number:
print(_("You guess is too high."))
if guess == number:
break
if guess == number:
print(_("Good job, {}! You guessed my number in {} guesses!").format(
myName, guessesTaken))
if guess != number:
print(_("Nope. The number I was thinking of was {}.").format(number))
惊人结果
$ python3 guess.py
你好！你叫什么名字？
大熊
好的，大熊，我心里想了个1到20之间的数。
猜猜看。
10
你猜高了。
猜猜看。
8
你猜高了。
猜猜看。
6
你猜高了。
猜猜看。
4
漂亮，大熊！你用了4次猜中了我的数字。
结论
Python 在国际化操作方面很简单，你是否有更好的方案？