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?

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