[Templates] i18n with Template-Toolkit

[Ayhan Ulusoy]

I use Template-Toolkit for the web and I am quite happy with it. Now,  
I will have to come up with a way to render the template in multiple  
languages.

I've looked at several CPAN modules such as i18n and  
Locale::Maketext::Lexicon, . Both function with lexicons and both use  
PO files. i18n is a Perl source filter that wraps around the latter.  
And they seem to be very good when you deal with strings from within a  
Perl program.

But what about Template-Toolkit?

Would any of you know of a cool way of doing this just like i18n does  
for Perl? Is there a Plugin or a filter for Template-Toolkit?

I've seen a plugin Template::Multilingual, but it doesn't seem to fit  
my needs, because I would NOT like to write text in multiple languages  
in one Template file. This is not practical for transaltions and  
maintenance.

I would not like to fetch the strings from the database either,  
because this obfuscates the strings

In an ideal world, would like someting just like i18n for Template- 
Toolkit. The original text should reside in the template itslef while  
the translations would come from a PO file or something similar. There  
would be very little line noise in the Template file. Therefore a  
source filter would be good.

Would anyone know of a simple and practical solution for this? A  
Template-Toolkit filter perhaps?

Your help would be greatly appreciated here.

Cheers,

Ayhan (trinculo)
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