expose the entire translation object instead of just its gettext method

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/hydrilla/util/__init__.py b/src/hydrilla/util/__init__.py
index 3a13831..fadb81c 100644
--- a/src/hydrilla/util/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hydrilla/util/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # Available under the terms of Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal.
 
 from ._util import strip_json_comments, normalize_version, parse_version, \
-    version_string, validator_for, get_gettext
+    version_string, validator_for, translation
diff --git a/src/hydrilla/util/_util.py b/src/hydrilla/util/_util.py
index c7e9f47..f9fed5d 100644
--- a/src/hydrilla/util/_util.py
+++ b/src/hydrilla/util/_util.py
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ def validator_for(schema_filename: str) -> Draft7Validator:
     return Draft7Validator(resolver.resolve(schema_filename)[1],
                            resolver=resolver)
 
-def get_gettext(domain: str, lang: Optional[str]=None):
+def translation(domain: str, lang: Optional[str]=None):
     """
-    Configure translation and return its gettext() function.
+    Configure translation and return the object that represents it.
 
     If `lang` is set, look for translations for `lang`. Otherwise, try to
     determine system's default language and use that.
@@ -146,12 +146,10 @@ def get_gettext(domain: str, lang: Optional[str]=None):
     except:
         lang = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0] or 'C'
 
-    translation = gettext.translation(
+    return gettext.translation(
         domain,
         localedir=(here.parent / 'locales'),
         languages=[lang, 'en_US']
     )
 
-    return translation.gettext
-
-_ = get_gettext('hydrilla_builder')
+_ = translation('hydrilla_builder').gettext