Same string with different translation

I have one string that can be translated in varius part of my code in two different way.

Now if Use django-admin makemessages -l it

I get in django.po this:

#: pingapi/ping.py:17 pingapi/nots.py:10
msgid "may"
msgstr "maggio"

But I would want two different translation:

#: pingapi/ping.py:17 
msgid "may"
msgstr "posso"

#: pingapi/nots.py:10
msgid "may"
msgstr "maggio"

If I run django-admin compilemessage with the translation file posted up, I get:

Error: errors happened while running msgmerge
 error 'duplicate message definition'

Any Hints? I'm using Django.

Solution

You can use gettext's context for that. Django has added support for that in 1.3 release (in code) and 1.4 (for templates), see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/translation/#contextual-markers

Update:

For example following code:

from django.utils.translation import pgettext, ugettext

month = pgettext("month name", "May")
month = pgettext("fifth month", "May")
month = ugettext("May")

Translates to:

#: foo/views.py:4
msgctxt "month name"
msgid "May"
msgstr ""

#: foo/views.py:5
msgctxt "fifth month"
msgid "May"
msgstr ""

#: foo/views.py:6
msgid "May"
msgstr ""

Each message being different and can be translated differently.