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'''
Created on Jan 25, 2014
@author: Chris
Provides Internationalization for all text within the program.
'''
import io
import os
import json
__all__ = ['load', '_']
_DICTIONARY = None
def load(language_dir, filename):
''' Open and return the supplied json file '''
global _DICTIONARY
try:
json_file = filename + '.json'
with io.open(os.path.join(language_dir, json_file), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
_DICTIONARY = json.load(f)
except IOError:
raise IOError('{0} Language file not found at location {1}. '
'Make sure that your translation file is in the '
'listed language directory'.format(filename.title(), language_dir))
def translate(key):
return _DICTIONARY.get(key, key)
def _(key):
return translate(key)