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_gettext(self, text: str, lang: str = None):
        if not babel_imported:
            raise RuntimeError('babel module is not imported. Check that you installed it.')
        return LazyProxy(self.gettext, text, lang, enable_cache=False)