diff -ur turbogears.old/i18n/tg_gettext.py turbogears/i18n/tg_gettext.py
--- turbogears.old/i18n/tg_gettext.py	2007-04-22 10:04:40.000000000 -0400
+++ turbogears/i18n/tg_gettext.py	2007-04-22 09:34:30.000000000 -0400
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return self.eval() == other

+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        return self
+
 def lazify(func):
 
     def newfunc(*args, **kw):