Formatted string not translated by gettext

[YvanM]

Hi,

I am using gettext successfully for my program, except for one string that needs formatting. Program runs properly, but the string remains untranslated (while others are). I tried different syntax but none has worked… Any idea would be very welcome!

Here is the recalcitrant string:

…
dialog.format_secondary_text(
                _("Some changes where made for {first_name} {last_name}. "
                  "Do you want to save these changes?").format(
                      first_name=self.people[self.personIndex][2],
                      last_name=self.people[self.personIndex][1]))
…

The relevant section in .po file:

msgid ""
"Some changes where made for {first_name} {last_name}. Do you want to save "
"these changes?"
msgstr ""
"Des modifications ont été faites pour {first_name} {last_name} : voulez-vous les enregistrer ?"

Regards,
Yvan

[Larz60+]

Please see the GitHub page for this package.
The author recommends http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Babel
And the author states

The idea for this project had been rather ambitious, but never lived up to what is was supposed to do

[YvanM]

Thanks Larz60+ for the suggestion, but for the time being I would really prefer to stay on GNU Gettext, as my needs are simple and my time very limited on this personal project. I am not a developer, but I would be surprised if Gettext is not able to handle this…

[Larz60+]

In your original post, you did not specify GNU, so expected you used one of the available packages.

[YvanM]

You are right, what you have written makes me think that I might be mixing different things:
- my code uses "import gettext" (from the standard library)
- I use GNU Gettext to create .pot, .po et .mo files

Hope this is more understandable.

[Larz60+]

I think you are correct, and I am wrong, I don't much use the gettext module, so immediately went to PyPi,
when I should of first looked for standard library!

[deanhystad]

Is this the only line where you use format()?

Have you tried this?

text = _("Some changes where made for {first_name} {last_name}.  Do you want to save these changes?")
dialog.format_secondary_text(
    text.format(
        first_name=self.people[self.personIndex][2],
        last_name=self.people[self.personIndex][1])

I'll be surprised if that makes any difference. The gettext function (_) should execute before the .format().

[YvanM]

I just checked, there are indeed other places where I use format(). As those are error messages, I had never seen before now that it was not translated either… I will try your suggestion as soon as possible and let you know!

[YvanM]

I just tried your suggestion but the issues seems to elsewhere…

[deanhystad]

Are the problem strings all split?