""" In this example you will learn how to adapt your bot to different languages Using built-in class I18N. You need to install babel package 'https://pypi.org/project/Babel/' Babel provides a command-line interface for working with message catalogs After installing babel package you have a script called 'pybabel' Too see all the commands open terminal and type 'pybabel --help' Full description for pybabel commands can be found here: 'https://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/cmdline.html' Create a directory 'locales' where our translations will be stored First we need to extract texts: pybabel extract -o locales/{domain_name}.pot --input-dirs . {domain_name}.pot - is the file where all translations are saved The name of this file should be the same as domain which you pass to I18N class In this example domain_name will be 'messages' For gettext (singular texts) we use '_' alias and it works perfect You may also you some alias for ngettext (plural texts) but you can face with a problem that your plural texts are not being extracted That is because by default 'pybabel extract' recognizes the following keywords: _, gettext, ngettext, ugettext, ungettext, dgettext, dngettext, N_ To add your own keyword you can use '-k' flag In this example for 'ngettext' i will assign double underscore alias '__' Full command with pluralization support will look so: pybabel extract -o locales/{domain_name}.pot -k __:1,2 --input-dirs . Then create directories with translations (get list of all locales: 'pybabel --list-locales'): pybabel init -i locales/{domain_name}.pot -d locales -l en pybabel init -i locales/{domain_name}.pot -d locales -l ru pybabel init -i locales/{domain_name}.pot -d locales -l uz_Latn Now you can translate the texts located in locales/{language}/LC_MESSAGES/{domain_name}.po After you translated all the texts you need to compile .po files: pybabel compile -d locales When you delete/update your texts you also need to update them in .po files: pybabel extract -o locales/{domain_name}.pot -k __:1,2 --input-dirs . pybabel update -i locales/{domain_name}.pot -d locales - translate pybabel compile -d locales If you have any exceptions check: - you have installed babel - translations are ready, so you just compiled it - in the commands above you replaced {domain_name} to messages - you are writing commands from correct path in terminal """ from telebot import TeleBot, types, custom_filters from telebot import apihelper from telebot.storage.memory_storage import StateMemoryStorage import keyboards from i18n_class import I18N apihelper.ENABLE_MIDDLEWARE = True storage = StateMemoryStorage() # IMPORTANT! This example works only if polling is non-threaded. bot = TeleBot("", state_storage=storage, threaded=False) i18n = I18N(translations_path='locales', domain_name='messages') _ = i18n.gettext # for singular translations __ = i18n.ngettext # for plural translations # These are example storages, do not use it in a production development users_lang = {} users_clicks = {} @bot.middleware_handler(update_types=['message', 'callback_query']) def set_contex_language(bot_instance, message): i18n.context_lang.language = users_lang.get(message.from_user.id, 'en') @bot.message_handler(commands=['start']) def start_handler(message: types.Message): text = _("Hello, {user_fist_name}!\n" "This is the example of multilanguage bot.\n" "Available commands:\n\n" "/lang - change your language\n" "/plural - pluralization example") # remember don't use f string for interpolation, use .format method instead text = text.format(user_fist_name=message.from_user.first_name) bot.send_message(message.from_user.id, text) @bot.message_handler(commands=['lang']) def change_language_handler(message: types.Message): bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Choose language\nВыберите язык\nTilni tanlang", reply_markup=keyboards.languages_keyboard()) @bot.callback_query_handler(func=None, text=custom_filters.TextFilter(contains=['en', 'ru', 'uz_Latn'])) def language_handler(call: types.CallbackQuery): lang = call.data users_lang[call.from_user.id] = lang # When you change user's language, pass language explicitly coz it's not changed in context bot.edit_message_text(_("Language has been changed", lang=lang), call.from_user.id, call.message.id) bot.delete_state(call.from_user.id) @bot.message_handler(commands=['plural']) def pluralization_handler(message: types.Message): if not users_clicks.get(message.from_user.id): users_clicks[message.from_user.id] = 0 clicks = users_clicks[message.from_user.id] text = __( singular="You have {number} click", plural="You have {number} clicks", n=clicks, ) text = _("This is clicker.\n\n") + text.format(number=clicks) bot.send_message(message.chat.id, text, reply_markup=keyboards.clicker_keyboard(_)) @bot.callback_query_handler(func=None, text=custom_filters.TextFilter(equals='click')) def click_handler(call: types.CallbackQuery): if not users_clicks.get(call.from_user.id): users_clicks[call.from_user.id] = 1 else: users_clicks[call.from_user.id] += 1 clicks = users_clicks[call.from_user.id] text = __( singular="You have {number} click", plural="You have {number} clicks", n=clicks ) text = _("This is clicker.\n\n") + text.format(number=clicks) bot.edit_message_text(text, call.from_user.id, call.message.message_id, reply_markup=keyboards.clicker_keyboard(_)) if __name__ == '__main__': bot.add_custom_filter(custom_filters.TextMatchFilter()) bot.infinity_polling()