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diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/internationalization.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/internationalization.txt index ba13abd1e0..583f53e007 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/internationalization.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/internationalization.txt @@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ The strings you pass to ``_()`` or ``ugettext()`` can take placeholders, specified with Python's standard named-string interpolation syntax. Example:: def my_view(request, m, d): - output = _('Today is %(month)s, %(day)s.') % {'month': m, 'day': d} + output = _('Today is %(month)s %(day)s.') % {'month': m, 'day': d} return HttpResponse(output) This technique lets language-specific translations reorder the placeholder -text. For example, an English translation may be ``"Today is November, 26."``, +text. For example, an English translation may be ``"Today is November 26."``, while a Spanish translation may be ``"Hoy es 26 de Noviembre."`` -- with the -placeholders (the month and the day) with their positions swapped. +the month and the day placeholders swapped. For this reason, you should use named-string interpolation (e.g., ``%(day)s``) instead of positional interpolation (e.g., ``%s`` or ``%d``) whenever you |