This simple module implements simple unicode-like object, which can contain multiple language mutation of one string. Actually it's subclass of unicode type (for python 2k) / string type (for py3k) with few helping methods, that allow you to translate your string to another languages.
Here, I'll show you some usage examples:
from locale import setlocale, LC_ALL
from mls import mls
setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8") # Our system locale will be US english
empty = mls() # same as unicode, but
print(empty.language) # with .language attribute containing "en"
s = mls("Hello, world!")
t = s.translate_to("ru_RU", u"Здравствуй, мир!") # generate new ru-mutation
print(t.language) # => "ru"
print(t) # => "Здравствуй, мир!"
x = mls("Ahoj", language="cs") # czech mutation of "Hi"
x <<= "Nazdar" # Change translation to another
print(repr(x)) # => "cs'Nazdar'"
a = mls({"en": "Bye", "ru": u"Пока", "cs": u"Čau"})
print(a) # => "Bye"
b = a.translate_to("ru")
print(b) # => "Пока"
c = a >> "cs"
print(c) # => "Čau"
v = mls(en="Vodka", pl=u"Wódka", ru=u"Водка")
print(repr(v >> "pl")) # => "pl'W\xf3dka'"
print(repr(v >> "fr")) # => "fr'Vodka'" (no translation to french)
# Also you can use any unicode/str methods
print("world" in s) # => True
print(s[:5]) # => "Hello"