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Asked: 2026-06-13T12:09:35+00:00

I’m setting up a very small and simple django project which will include basically

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I’m setting up a very small and simple django project which will include basically an overview of clients/projects of a translator. So the site obviously should feature the languages the translator translates to or from. Which means there won’t be new languages to add in the future. Should I just define everything within one class, something like this: 

class project(models.Model):
    project = models.ForeignKey(client)
    title_eng = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    title_pt = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    #...
    body_eng = models.CharField(max_length=250)
    body_pt = models.CharField(max_length=250)
    #...
    time_stamp= models.DateField()

Do I better use transmeta, which basically does the same? Advantages, disadvantages? A short note of advice is very much appreciated!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to store your website content in the database you have obviously to store also translations. Basically duplicate text fields in various languages (as you did).
    Django-transmeta does the same thing for you, and its main advantage is that you can add for example a new language for all your models (or add support for a new field) modifing one line of code (that is actually abstraction layer from the same you did), and syncronizing database. I think it’s a good choice.

    For the rest I use the Django i18n features, take a look at this, it’s a good choice for hard-coded content of your website.

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