[Django]-A simpler i18n for Python/Django

While you could do this fairly simply, I would question why.

As is:

1. Django’s i18n is based around gettext, which has never given me any performance problems.
2. You don’t have to create the message file, Django will do it for you.
3. The messages files Django creates can be sent as a text file to just about anyone for translation.
   • I spent about 5 minutes explaining to someone how to use them, and a day later got back a fantastic translation of my entire site.
4. Marking the strings in your code is very simple.
   • _("My String") is normal for .py files by using from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _.
   • {% trans "My String" %} in your templates. Again, quite simple.
   • Writing out bundle.getString("My String") seems like it would get old, quick.
5. You can easily incorporate Django’s i18n into your JavaScript, if needed.
6. There are web-based editors for the message files.
7. You don’t have to define a string more than once, it conglomerates all instances into one token across your entire app.
   • How many times do you have to define “Save” in your Java properties files?
8. Still in a nice, version-tracking friendly, text file.
9. If you hack together a .properties-like way to define your strings, you’d still want to compile them so that you don’t have to parse the text file at execution time.

Example of empty .po file:

#: templates/inquiries/settings/new_field.html:12
#: templates/inquiries/settings/new_form.html:4
msgid "Save"
msgstr ""

Personally, I don’t see a reason to bother hacking together a replacement for a solution which already exists and works well.