Message 187268 - Python tracker (original) (raw)
+1 for internationalizing IDLE. Any decent GUI app is internationalized these days, even developer tools.
Re: gettext, its semantics and API are a bit of a PITA, but it's basically the standard for internationalization of FLOSS projects. There are all kind of tools to help edit gettext localization files.
Re: how to organize translation work, Olivier Berger already answered on idle-dev, I believe.