diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index fe498e828a..6c09b4b320 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
#include
#include
#include
+#include
#include
#include
#include
@@ -331,6 +332,11 @@ Application::Application(std::map &mConfig)
Py_INCREF(pConsoleModule);
PyModule_AddObject(pAppModule, "Console", pConsoleModule);
+ // Translate module
+ PyObject* pTranslateModule = (new Base::Translate)->module().ptr();
+ Py_INCREF(pTranslateModule);
+ PyModule_AddObject(pAppModule, "Qt", pTranslateModule);
+
//insert Units module
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
static struct PyModuleDef UnitsModuleDef = {
diff --git a/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
index 76e1b4c95c..0b1a0dfb68 100644
--- a/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ SET(FreeCADBase_CPP_SRCS
TimeInfo.cpp
Tools.cpp
Tools2D.cpp
+ Translate.cpp
Type.cpp
Uuid.cpp
Vector3D.cpp
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ SET(FreeCADBase_HPP_SRCS
TimeInfo.h
Tools.h
Tools2D.h
+ Translate.h
Type.h
Uuid.h
Vector3D.h
diff --git a/src/Base/Translate.cpp b/src/Base/Translate.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5aec1da677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Base/Translate.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Werner Mayer *
+ * *
+ * This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system. *
+ * *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or *
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public *
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either *
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. *
+ * *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *
+ * GNU Library General Public License for more details. *
+ * *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public *
+ * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, *
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, *
+ * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA *
+ * *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+
+#include "Translate.h"
+#include
+
+using namespace Base;
+
+
+Translate::Translate()
+ : Py::ExtensionModule("__Translate__")
+{
+ add_varargs_method("translate",
+ &Translate::translate,
+ "translate(context, sourcetext, disambiguation = None, n=-1)\n"
+ "-- Returns the translation text for sourceText, by querying\n"
+ "the installed translation files. The translation files are\n"
+ "searched from the most recently installed file back to the\n"
+ "first installed file.");
+ add_varargs_method("QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP",
+ &Translate::translateNoop,
+ "QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP(context, sourcetext)\n"
+ "Marks the UTF-8 encoded string literal sourcetext for delayed translation in the given context.\n"
+ "The context is typically a class name and also needs to be specified as a string literal.");
+ add_varargs_method("QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP3",
+ &Translate::translateNoop3,
+ "QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP3(context, sourcetext, disambiguation)\n"
+ "Marks the UTF-8 encoded string literal sourceText for delayed translation in the given context\n"
+ "with the given disambiguation. The context is typically a class and also needs to be specified\n"
+ "as a string literal. The string literal disambiguation should be a short semantic tag to tell\n"
+ "apart otherwise identical strings.");
+ add_varargs_method("QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP_UTF8",
+ &Translate::translateNoop,
+ "QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP_UTF8(context, sourcetext)\n"
+ "Same as QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP");
+ add_varargs_method("QT_TR_NOOP",
+ &Translate::trNoop,
+ "QT_TR_NOOP(sourcetext)\n"
+ "Marks the UTF-8 encoded string literal sourcetext for delayed translation in the current context");
+ add_varargs_method("QT_TR_NOOP_UTF8",
+ &Translate::trNoop,
+ "QT_TR_NOOP_UTF8(sourcetext)\n"
+ "Same as QT_TR_NOOP");
+ initialize("This module is the Translate module"); // register with Python
+}
+
+Translate::~Translate()
+{
+
+}
+
+Py::Object Translate::translate(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+ char *context;
+ char *source;
+ char *disambiguation = nullptr;
+ int n=-1;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "ss|si", &context, &source, &disambiguation, &n))
+ throw Py::Exception();
+
+#if (QT_VERSION >= 0x050000)
+ QString str = QCoreApplication::translate(context, source, disambiguation, n);
+#else
+ QString str = QCoreApplication::translate(context, source, disambiguation,
+ QCoreApplication::UnicodeUTF8, n);
+#endif
+ return Py::asObject(PyUnicode_FromString(str.toUtf8()));
+}
+
+Py::Object Translate::translateNoop(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+ PyObject* arg1;
+ PyObject* arg2;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "OO", &arg1, &arg2))
+ throw Py::Exception();
+ return Py::Object(arg2);
+}
+
+Py::Object Translate::translateNoop3(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+ PyObject* arg1;
+ PyObject* arg2;
+ PyObject* arg3;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "OOO", &arg1, &arg2, &arg3))
+ throw Py::Exception();
+ return Py::Object(arg2);
+}
+
+Py::Object Translate::trNoop(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+ PyObject* arg1;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "O", &arg1))
+ throw Py::Exception();
+ return Py::Object(arg1);
+}
diff --git a/src/Base/Translate.h b/src/Base/Translate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08959c14ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Base/Translate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Werner Mayer *
+ * *
+ * This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system. *
+ * *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or *
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public *
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either *
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. *
+ * *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the *
+ * GNU Library General Public License for more details. *
+ * *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public *
+ * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, *
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, *
+ * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA *
+ * *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#ifndef BASE_TRANSLATE_H
+#define BASE_TRANSLATE_H
+
+#include
+#include
+
+namespace Base {
+
+class BaseExport Translate : public Py::ExtensionModule
+{
+public:
+ Translate();
+ virtual ~Translate();
+
+private:
+ Py::Object translate(const Py::Tuple& args);
+ Py::Object translateNoop(const Py::Tuple& args);
+ Py::Object translateNoop3(const Py::Tuple& args);
+ Py::Object trNoop(const Py::Tuple& args);
+};
+
+} // namespace Base
+
+#endif // BASE_TRANSLATE_H