Am I too old for all these dynamic stuff?..s

wtf.py

import gettext

lang = gettext.translation("wtf")
_ = lang.gettext

print(_("Program started")) # prints translated message

def work_hard():
  print(_("Working hard")) # raises UnboundLocalError: local variable '_' referenced before assignment
  #
  # two
  #
  # screens
  #
  # of
  #
  # code
  #
  if some_condition():
    # yep, this is an assignment into variable _
    useful, _ = get_two_values()
  else:
    # ...