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# FormEncode Internationalization (gettext)

author: | Gregor Horvath <gh at gregor-horvath dot com> 2006

There are different translation options available:

## Domain “FormEncode”

for standalone use of FormEncode. The language to use is determined out of the local system (see gettext documentation http://docs.python.org/lib/node733.html). Optionally you can also set the language or the domain explicitly with the function.

example: formencode.api.set_stdtranslation(domain=”FormEncode”, languages=[“de”])

The mo files are located in the i18n subdirectory of the formencode installation.

## state._

A custom _ gettext function provided as attribute of the state object.

## __builtins__._

A custom _ gettext function provided in the builtin namespace. This function is only used when:

Validator.use_builtin_gettext == True (True is default)

## Without translation

If no translation mechanism is found a fallback returns the plain string.

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