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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/reference/translations.rst | 27 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/reference/translations.rst b/doc/reference/translations.rst index 2acdaf48f67..23641f3b895 100644 --- a/doc/reference/translations.rst +++ b/doc/reference/translations.rst @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ In JavaScript, the wrapping function is generally :js:func:`odoo.web._t`: variables. For situations where strings are formatted, this means the format string must be marked, not the formatted string +The lazy version of `_` and `_t` is :func:`odoo._lt` in python and +:js:func:`odoo.web._lt` in javascript. The translation lookup is executed only +at rendering and can be used to declare translatable properties in class methods +of global variables. Variables ^^^^^^^^^ @@ -144,8 +148,8 @@ Read vs Run Time ERROR_MESSAGE = { # bad, evaluated at server launch with no user language - access_error: _('Access Error'), - missing_error: _('Missing Record'), + 'access_error': _('Access Error'), + 'missing_error': _('Missing Record'), } class Record(models.Model): @@ -163,10 +167,25 @@ Read vs Run Time missing_error: _t('Missing Record'), }; -**Do** evaluate dynamically the translatable content:: + +**Do** use lazy translation lookup method:: + + ERROR_MESSAGE = { + 'access_error': _lt('Access Error'), + 'missing_error': _lt('Missing Record'), + } + + class Record(models.Model): + + def _raise_error(self, code): + # translation lookup executed at error rendering + raise UserError(ERROR_MESSAGE[code]) + + +or **do** evaluate dynamically the translatable content:: # good, evaluated at run time - def _get_error_message(): + def _get_error_message(self): return { access_error: _('Access Error'), missing_error: _('Missing Record'), |