Translation function

[Dreamtale]

Ok, so I have a translation in my game, and now I want some function that takes phrase on one language and return it's translation. Something like this:

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def translate(str):
    return renpy.translation.translate_string(str) # this exact function doesn't do what I want

For example, I have something like this in my translation file:

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# game/scenario.rpy:2315
translate english day2_main1_641d577e:

    # "А теперь марш умываться!"
    "Now go wash yourself!"

And I want to call translate("А теперь марш умываться!") and receive "Now go wash yourself!" or vice versa call translate("Now go wash yourself!") and receive "А теперь марш умываться!"

Is there any way to do so?

[PyTom]

You want the __ (two underscores) function. It doesn't work with the code block translations, only with the translate strings blocks.

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translate english strings:
    old "А теперь марш умываться!"
    new "Now go wash yourself!"

$ s = __("А теперь марш умываться!")

Offhand, why? It'll usually possible to keep a string in the original language until Text translates it.

[Dreamtale]

PyTom, thanks, but it's not exactly what I wanted. To put it simple, I have text history from here: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/coo ... xt_History in my project, and when I switch languages during the game and then open text log, phrases displayed in previously selected language. So, I thought that, maybe, I can 'convert' those phrases using some function.

[PyTom]

The problem with that would be the opposite switch - when you switch from English to Russian, transitions will not occur, since there isn't an English -> Russian translation table.

How common is it to switch languages during the game, anyway?