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i18n: updated translation doc to reflect the django_language and LANGUAGE_CODE format change

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Georg Bauer 2005-10-17 19:34:12 +00:00
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@ -85,7 +85,23 @@ This way only a lazy reference is stored for the string, not the actual translat
The translation itself will be done when the string is used in a string context, like
template rendering in the admin.
There is a standard problem with translations, that is pluralization of
If you don't like the verbose name gettext_lazy, you can just alias it as _ - in the model
file you will allways use lazy translations anyway. And it's a good idea to add translations
for the field names and table names, too. This means writing explicit verbose_name and
verbose_names options in the META subclass, though::
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
class Mything(meta.Model):
name = meta.CharField(_('Name'), help_text=_('This is the help text'))
class META:
verbose_name = _('Mything')
verbose_name_plural = _('Mythings')
There is another standard problem with translations, that is pluralization of
strings. This is done by the standard helper ngettext like so::
def hello_world(request, count):
@ -199,9 +215,9 @@ setting, the middleware will look at the cookies for a django_language cookie.
If that is found, it gives the language code.
The format for the explicit django_language parameters is allways the
locale to use - for example it's pt_BR for Brazilian. If a base language
language to use - for example it's pt-br for Brazilian. If a base language
is available, but the sublanguage specified is not, the base language is used.
For example if you specify de_AT (Austrian German), but there is only a
For example if you specify de-at (Austrian German), but there is only a
language de available, that language is used.
If neither the session nor the cookie carry a language code, the middleware