Imagine a single web application seamlessly adapting its content to speak the language and resonate with the unique preferences of every user. Craft immersive experiences that resonate with every user, regardless of their language. sample-django-multi-lang offers multilanguage support for English, German and Italian. This is done using Django's internalization and localization feature.
test4 serves as an identifier that will be used to supply the content of the page in different languages.
From your terminal, run the command below
$ django-admin makemessages -a
This command will create a new message file for each of the languages specified in core/settings.py. Message files can be found in locale/<LANGUAGE_SHORTCODE>/LC_MESSAGES/django.po. For example, English will be found in locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po and German in locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po.
If you intend to create the message file for a specific language, use the command
# locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
#: templates/pages/i18n.html:32
msgid "test4"
msgstr "grazie per aver seguito"
msgid: This is the original translation string as it appears in the source. Keep it unchanged.
msgstr: Your language-specific translation goes here. Initially, it's empty, and it's up to you to fill it in. Remember to maintain the quotes around your translated text for accuracy.
As a convenience, each message includes, in the form of a comment line prefixed with # and located above the msgid line, the filename and line number from which the translation string was gleaned.
After you create your message file – and each time you make changes to it – you’ll need to compile it to allow Django to use the translations in your website. Run the command below to compile the message files
$ django-admin compilemessages
This tool runs over all available .po files and creates .mo files, which are binary files optimized for use by gettext.
Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/i18n/ and use the language option at the bottom of the sidebar to change the language and see the translations for each language option.
This is for English
This is for Japanese
This is for German
Conclusion
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Multilanguage
Imagine a single web application seamlessly adapting its content to speak the language and resonate with the unique preferences of every user. Craft immersive experiences that resonate with every user, regardless of their language. sample-django-multi-lang offers multilanguage support for English, German and Italian. This is done using Django's internalization and localization feature.
sample-django-multi-lang
This feature is currently supported in the
i18n.html
page, which is accessible via http://localhost:8000/i18n/The languages that are supported are defined in
core/settings.py
. Only languages listed in theLANGUAGES
setting can be selected.Load
i18n
on the page you want to add the translation option. For this documentation, we will be usingtemplates/pages/i18n.html
Wrap the translatable content with
{% trans CONTENT_NAME %}
test4
serves as an identifier that will be used to supply the content of the page in different languages.From your terminal, run the command below
This command will create a new message file for each of the languages specified in
core/settings.py
. Message files can be found inlocale/<LANGUAGE_SHORTCODE>/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
. For example, English will be found inlocale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
and German inlocale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
.If you intend to create the message file for a specific language, use the command
To add the content for
test4
, open the message files for each language and search fortest4
. Make the following changes to themsgstr
.msgid
: This is the original translation string as it appears in the source. Keep it unchanged.msgstr
: Your language-specific translation goes here. Initially, it's empty, and it's up to you to fill it in. Remember to maintain the quotes around your translated text for accuracy.As a convenience, each message includes, in the form of a comment line prefixed with
#
and located above the msgid line, the filename and line number from which the translation string was gleaned.This tool runs over all available
.po
files and creates.mo
files, which are binary files optimized for use bygettext
.This is for English
This is for Japanese
This is for German
Conclusion
Ready to unlock the power of multilingual web experiences? Unlock the power of internationalization and localization to transform your web application into a global storyteller! With Rocket Django PRO's seamless localization, you're not just translating words, you're building bridges to an entire world of users.
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