[Fixed]-Django not searching for translation messages

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You should update the LOCALE_PATHS list to include the locale directory of your app that holds the to-be-translated models.

LOCALE_PATHS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale'),
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myapp', 'locale'),  # translation lookup directory for "myapp" app
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'another_app', 'locale'),  # translation lookup directory for "another_app" app
]

Then, you should manually create the locale structure under your app, like this:

myapp/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/

Then, run ./manage.py makemessages --all which will look under each locale dir declared inside the LOCALE_PATHS and create there the .po file. You know the rest (./manage.py compilemessages).

👤nik_m

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