diff -r b77683731f25 -r 10b1f6d8a5d2 web/lib/modeltranslation/utils.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/lib/modeltranslation/utils.py	Thu Jan 21 18:41:10 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+from django.db import models
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.utils.translation import get_language
+
+class TranslationFieldDescriptor(object):
+    """
+    A descriptor used for the original translated field.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name, initial_val=""):
+        """
+        The ``name`` is the name of the field (which is not available in the
+        descriptor by default - this is Python behaviour).
+        """
+        self.name = name        
+        self.val = initial_val
+
+    def __set__(self, instance, value):                
+        # print "Descriptor.__set__%s %s %s.%s: %s" % (id(instance), id(self), type(instance), self.name, value)
+        lang = get_language()              
+        loc_field_name = build_localized_fieldname(self.name, lang)
+        
+        # also update the translation field of the current language        
+        setattr(instance, loc_field_name, value)
+        
+        # update the original field via the __dict__ to prevent calling the
+        # descriptor
+        instance.__dict__[self.name] = value
+        
+
+    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+        # print "Descriptor.__get__%s %s %s.%s: %s" % (id(instance), id(self), type(instance), self.name, self.val)
+        if not instance:
+            raise ValueError(u"Translation field '%s' can only be "\
+                                "accessed via an instance not via "\
+                                "a class." % self.name)
+        
+        lang = get_language()                
+        loc_field_name = build_localized_fieldname(self.name, lang) 
+        if hasattr(instance, loc_field_name):            
+            return getattr(instance, loc_field_name) or instance.__dict__[self.name]
+        return instance.__dict__[self.name]             
+        
+
+#def create_model(name, fields=None, app_label='', module='', options=None, admin_opts=None):
+    #"""
+    #Create specified model.
+    #This is taken from http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DynamicModels
+    #"""
+    #class Meta:
+        ## Using type('Meta', ...) gives a dictproxy error during model creation
+        #pass
+
+    #if app_label:
+        ## app_label must be set using the Meta inner class
+        #setattr(Meta, 'app_label', app_label)
+
+    ## Update Meta with any options that were provided
+    #if options is not None:
+        #for key, value in options.iteritems():
+            #setattr(Meta, key, value)
+
+    ## Set up a dictionary to simulate declarations within a class
+    #attrs = {'__module__': module, 'Meta': Meta}
+
+    ## Add in any fields that were provided
+    #if fields:
+        #attrs.update(fields)
+
+    ## Create the class, which automatically triggers ModelBase processing
+    #model = type(name, (models.Model,), attrs)
+
+    ## Create an Admin class if admin options were provided
+    #if admin_opts is not None:
+        #class Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+            #pass
+        #for key, value in admin_opts:
+            #setattr(Admin, key, value)
+        #admin.site.register(model, Admin)
+
+    #return model
+   
+   
+def copy_field(field):
+    """Instantiate a new field, with all of the values from the old one, except the    
+    to and to_field in the case of related fields.
+    
+    This taken from http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/442/
+    """    
+    base_kw = dict([(n, getattr(field,n, '_null')) for n in models.fields.Field.__init__.im_func.func_code.co_varnames])
+    if isinstance(field, models.fields.related.RelatedField):
+        rel = base_kw.get('rel')
+        rel_kw = dict([(n, getattr(rel,n, '_null')) for n in rel.__init__.im_func.func_code.co_varnames])
+        if isinstance(field, models.fields.related.ForeignKey):
+            base_kw['to_field'] = rel_kw.pop('field_name')
+        base_kw.update(rel_kw)
+    base_kw.pop('self')    
+    return field.__class__(**base_kw)
+        
+
+def build_localized_fieldname(field_name, lang):
+    return '%s_%s' % (field_name, lang)