def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def lazy_ngettext(self, singular: str, plural: str, lang: str = None, n=1):
        if not babel_imported:
            raise RuntimeError('babel module is not imported. Check that you installed it.')
        return LazyProxy(self.ngettext, singular, plural, lang, n, enable_cache=False)