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1839 | 1839 | A collection of template tags that can be useful while designing a website, |
1840 | 1840 | such as a generator of Lorem Ipsum text. See :ref:`ref-contrib-webdesign`. |
| 1841 | |
| 1842 | i18n |
| 1843 | ~~~~ |
| 1844 | |
| 1845 | Provides a couple of templatetags that allow specifying translatable text in |
| 1846 | Django templates. It is slightly different from the libraries described |
| 1847 | above because you don't need to add any application to the ``INSTALLED_APPS`` |
| 1848 | setting but rather set :setting:`USE_I18N` to True, then loading it with |
| 1849 | ``{% load i18n %}``. See :ref:`specifying-translation-strings-in-template-code`. |
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325 | 325 | input is a proper string, then add support for lazy translation objects at the |
326 | 326 | end. |
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| 328 | .. _specifying-translation-strings-in-template-code: |
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328 | 330 | Specifying translation strings: In template code |
329 | 331 | ================================================ |
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334 | 336 | tags and a slightly different syntax than in Python code. To give your template |
335 | 337 | access to these tags, put ``{% load i18n %}`` toward the top of your template. |
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| 339 | ``trans`` template tag |
| 340 | ---------------------- |
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337 | 342 | The ``{% trans %}`` template tag translates either a constant string |
338 | 343 | (enclosed in single or double quotes) or variable content:: |
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349 | 354 | Internally, inline translations use an ``ugettext`` call. |
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| 356 | In the translation of a template var case (``myvar`` above), at run-time the tag |
| 357 | first resolves such variable to a string and then looks up that string in the |
| 358 | message catalogs. |
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351 | 360 | It's not possible to mix a template variable inside a string within ``{% trans |
352 | 361 | %}``. If your translations require strings with variables (placeholders), use |
353 | | ``{% blocktrans %}``:: |
| 362 | ``{% blocktrans %}`` instead. |
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| 364 | ``blocktrans`` template tag |
| 365 | --------------------------- |
| 366 | |
| 367 | Contrarily to the ``trans`` tag, ``blocktrans`` allows to mark as translatable |
| 368 | complex sentences with mixed literal and variable content at template |
| 369 | creation-time by making use of placeholders:: |
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355 | 371 | {% blocktrans %}This string will have {{ value }} inside.{% endblocktrans %} |
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357 | | To translate a template expression -- say, using template filters -- you need |
358 | | to bind the expression to a local variable for use within the translation |
359 | | block:: |
| 373 | To translate a template expression -- say, accessing object attributes or using |
| 374 | template filters -- you need to bind the expression to a local variable for use |
| 375 | within the translation block. Examples:: |
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| 377 | {% blocktrans with article.price as amount %} |
| 378 | That will cost $ {{ amount }}. |
| 379 | {% endblocktrans %} |
360 | 380 | |
361 | 381 | {% blocktrans with value|filter as myvar %} |
362 | 382 | This will have {{ myvar }} inside. |
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369 | 389 | This is {{ book_t }} by {{ author_t }} |
370 | 390 | {% endblocktrans %} |
371 | 391 | |
372 | | To pluralize, specify both the singular and plural forms with the |
373 | | ``{% plural %}`` tag, which appears within ``{% blocktrans %}`` and |
374 | | ``{% endblocktrans %}``. Example:: |
| 392 | This tag is also in charge of handling another functionality: Pluralization. To |
| 393 | make use of it you should: |
| 394 | |
| 395 | * Designate and bind a counter value by using ``count``, such value will be |
| 396 | the one used to select the right plural form. |
| 397 | |
| 398 | * Specify both the singular and plural forms separating them with the |
| 399 | ``{% plural %}`` tag, which appears within ``{% blocktrans %}`` and |
| 400 | ``{% endblocktrans %}``. |
| 401 | |
| 402 | An example:: |
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376 | 404 | {% blocktrans count list|length as counter %} |
377 | 405 | There is only one {{ name }} object. |
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379 | 407 | There are {{ counter }} {{ name }} objects. |
380 | 408 | {% endblocktrans %} |
381 | 409 | |
382 | | When you use the pluralization feature and bind additional values to local |
383 | | variables apart from the counter value that selects the translated literal to be |
384 | | used, have in mind that the ``blocktrans`` construct is internally converted |
385 | | to an ``ungettext`` call. This means the same :ref:`notes regarding ungettext |
386 | | variables <pluralization-var-notes>` apply. |
| 410 | A more complex example:: |
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| 412 | {% blocktrans with article.price as amount count i.length as years %} |
| 413 | That will cost $ {{ amount }} per year. |
| 414 | {% plural %} |
| 415 | That will cost $ {{ amount }} per {{ years }} years. |
| 416 | {% endblocktrans %} |
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| 418 | When you both use the pluralization feature and bind values to local variables |
| 419 | in addition to the counter value, have in mind that the ``blocktrans`` construct |
| 420 | is internally converted to an ``ungettext`` call. This means the same |
| 421 | :ref:`notes regarding ungettext variables <pluralization-var-notes>` apply. |
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| 423 | Other tags |
| 424 | ---------- |
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388 | 426 | Each ``RequestContext`` has access to three translation-specific variables: |
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398 | 436 | right-to-left language, e.g.: Hebrew, Arabic. If False it's a |
399 | 437 | left-to-right language, e.g.: English, French, German etc. |
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402 | 439 | If you don't use the ``RequestContext`` extension, you can get those values with |
403 | 440 | three tags:: |
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