Python 'different_locale' bad locale conversion

Question

conditions = []
for i in range(1, 13):
    with different_locale('lt_LT'):
        conditions.append(calendar.month_name[i])

Trying to get all months in my native "Lithuanian" language. Result of the code:

['sausis', 'vasaris', 'kovas', 'balandis', 'geguþë', 'birþelis', 'liepa', 'rugpjûtis', 'rugsëjis', 'spalis', 'lapkritis', 'gruodis']

expected result:

['sausis', 'vasaris', 'kovas', 'balandis', 'gegužė', 'birželis', 'liepa', 'rugpjūtis', 'rugsėjis', 'spalis', 'lapkritis', 'gruodis']

Also tried "lt_LT.UTF-8" but got these results: 'gegužÄ\x97', 'birželis'

Any ideas why?

Answer 1

I would recommend using django's translation.override context manager. Here is a docs example .

I've tried the following script locally and it returned the desired result.

import calendar
from django.utils import translation
from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
conditions = []
    for i in range(1, 13):
        with translation.override('lt_LT'):
            conditions.append(_(calendar.month_name[i]))

Output:

['sausis', 'vasaris', 'kovas', 'balandis', 'gegu\xc5\xbe\xc4\x97', 'bir\xc5\xbeelis', 'liepa', 'rugpj\xc5\xabtis', 'rugs\xc4\x97jis', 'spalis', 'lapkritis', 'gruodis']

If you print them it yields:

sausis
vasaris
kovas
balandis
gegužė
birželis
liepa
rugpjūtis
rugsėjis
spalis
lapkritis
gruodis