ugettext and ugettext_lazy
django, internationalization, python
Solution
`ugettext` is used to load a translation of a string right now. `ugettext_lazy` returns an object that can eventually be turned into a string. You need that if the `ugettext_lazy` call is evaluated before the proper locale has been set.
`ugettext_lazy` can be used where you use a Unicode object. Double-check your HTML output, it might look like this:
<django.utils.functional...>
and the browser is ignoring it all as an unrecognized tag.
You don't need a lazy translation in this case, because you are immediately using the string. If you really want to continue with ugettext_lazy for some reason, try this:
return HttpResponse(ugettext_lazy("Hello").encode('utf-8'))
See the docs for more information.
Problem
Could you explain what principal difference between `ugettext` and `ugettext_lazy`? When I'm trying to ``` return HttpResponse(ugettext_lazy("Hello")) ``` I see nothing, but ``` return HttpResponse(ugettext("Hello")) ``` is working. Why?