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Localizing Django
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Various parts of Django, such as the admin site and validation error messages,
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are internationalized. This means they display differently depending on each
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user's language or country. For this, Django uses the same internationalization
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and localization infrastructure available to Django applications, described in
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the :doc:`i18n documentation </topics/i18n/index>`.
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Translations
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Translations are contributed by Django users worldwide. The translation work is
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coordinated at `Transifex`_.
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If you find an incorrect translation or want to discuss specific translations,
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go to the `translation team`_ page for that language. If you would like to help
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out with translating or add a language that isn't yet translated, here's what to
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do:
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* Join the `Django i18n mailing list`_ and introduce yourself.
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* Make sure you read the notes about :ref:`specialties-of-django-i18n`.
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* Signup at `Transifex`_ and visit the `Django project page`_.
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* On the `translation teams`_ page, choose the language team you want
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to work with, **or** -- in case the language team doesn't exist yet --
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request a new team by clicking on the "Request a new team" button
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and select the appropriate language.
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* Then, click the "Join this Team" button to become a member of this team.
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Every team has at least one coordinator who is responsible to review
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your membership request. You can of course also contact the team
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coordinator to clarify procedural problems and handle the actual
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translation process.
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* Once you are a member of a team choose the translation resource you
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want to update on the team page. For example the "core" resource refers
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to the translation catalogue that contains all non-contrib translations.
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Each of the contrib apps also have a resource (prefixed with "contrib").
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.. note::
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For more information about how to use Transifex, read the
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`Transifex User Guide`_.
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Formats
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-------
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You can also review ``conf/locale/<locale>/formats.py``. This file describes
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the date, time and numbers formatting particularities of your locale. See
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:ref:`format-localization` for details.
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The format files aren't managed by the use of Transifex. To change them, you
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must :doc:`create a patch<writing-code/submitting-patches>` against the Django source tree, as for any code change:
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* Create a diff against the current Subversion trunk.
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* Open a ticket in Django's ticket system, set its ``Component`` field to
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``Translations``, and attach the patch to it.
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.. _Transifex: http://www.transifex.net/
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.. _Django i18n mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-i18n/
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.. _Django project page: http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django/
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.. _translation team: http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django/teams/
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.. _translation teams: http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django/teams/
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.. _Transifex User Guide: http://help.transifex.net/
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