import gettext #part of standard Python, I believe def FMTxFrequency(): freq = "%.1f" % float(GetProp(FMTxPropertiesInterfaceConnect(), 'frequency') / 1000.0) freq_mhz = gettext.dgettext("osso-fm-transmitter", "fmtx_va_frequency") if freq_mhz != "fmtx_va_frequency": freq_mhz %= freq return freq_mhz return freq