after some investigation and help from the list i took this approach
and have to say it works great:
from django.utils import translation
@property
def name(self):
if translation.get_language()=="en":
return self.name_en
else:
return self.name_de
good luck
wolfram
On 7/25/07, Arnold Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am implementing a multi-lingual product catalog website with Django.
> It is in English (default), Trad. Chinese and Simp. Chinese. I want to
> let user to choose the language they want, and the system display the
> corresponding product name (in the selected language).
>
> The product class is something like
>
> # ======= start class =============
> class Product(models.Model)
> name_en = mode.CharField()
> name_tw = mode.CharField()
> name_cn = mode.CharField()
>
> def get_name(self, lang="en"):
> return eval("self.name_" + lang)
>
> # ======= end class =============
>
> The language preference that user has chosen will be saved in
> request.session['django_language']
>
> Of cos, i don't know how to use the get_name() function that i've
> implemented, because i can't pass the lang from view or template. So,
> the question is how do i get the request.session['django_language']
> variable in models ? or is there any other way to achieve the desired
> result?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Arnold
>
>
> >
>
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