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Asked: 2026-06-11T11:14:39+00:00

I can switch languages in my Django application by changing LANGUAGE_CODE in the Settings.py

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I can switch languages in my Django application by changing LANGUAGE_CODE in the Settings.py file for the application.

But I’m not sure where the actual text is coming from.

In path-to-django/contrib/auth/locale/, there are directories for many languages containing the translations of the text I’m displaying. But if I move an .mo file for a particular language to a new name, I still see text for that language — even after I restart Django. So where does the text actually come from?

Also, for the ‘en’ locale, the translated text is always “” (empty string). Does ugettext_lazy just return its input string in that case? If not, where does the English text come from?

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    It turns out there was a system-wide Django installation that was being used, rather than my local installation.

    By creating a locale directory within my app, I’m able to override the strings used in the system-wide installation. I just modify the .po file there, and compile it.

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