[Answered ]-Language file doesn't load automatically in Django

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I have a similar working setup, the main difference seems to be that I’m using ugettext_lazy. That’s because I need to translate these strings in my models or settings when they were accessed, rather than when they were called (which would happen only once: they would only be evaluated on server startup and would not recognize any further changes; e.g. switching the Django admin language).

Reference: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/i18n/translation/#lazy-translation

That’s what I use (in this special case, german is the default language and I’m translating into english):

project/urls.py

from django.conf.urls.i18n import i18n_patterns
urlpatterns = i18n_patterns(
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
)

project/settings.py

from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'de-de'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True

LANGUAGES = [
  ('de', _('German')),
  ('en', _('English')),
]

LOCALE_PATHS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale'),
]

app/models.py

from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

class Kindergarten(models.Model):
    stadt = models.CharField(verbose_name=_(Stadt))

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = _('Kindergarten')
        verbose_name_plural = _('Kindergärten')

Workflow

$ python manage.py makemessages --locale en
... edit project/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po ...
$ python manage.py compilemessages

Now I can access my translate Django admin (interface + models) via:

Notes

  • Pyhton 3.5.2
  • Django 1.10.2
👤tombreit

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