django-db-translate

django-db-translate is an app with utilites to assist in project-wide translation.

With django-db-translate, you can:

1. Select fields from the database to include in .po files using makemessages
2. Edit translations directly in the admin site

Note

This app is a work in progress and may break unexpectedly.

Quick start (Database Translations)

1. Add "django_db_translate" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...,
       "django_db_translate",
   ]
   

2. Add your project's locale directory to your LOCALE_PATHS setting like this:

   LOCALE_PATHS = [
       BASE_DIR / 'locale'
   ]
   

3. Run python manage.py migrate to create the models.

4. Add a translatable_fields class attribute to any model with fields you want to be translatable:

   class MyModel(models.Model):
       translatable_fields = ('txt_field',)
       txt_field = models.CharField()
   

5. Run python manage.py makemessages --all --include-db-strings to generate the .po files

Quick start (Admin Translation Editing)

1. Follow steps 1-3 from Quick start (Database Translations)

2. Include the custom admin site inplace of the standard admin site in your project's URLconf:

   from django_db_translate import admin
   urlpatterns = [
       ..., # Your other URLs here
       path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
   ]
   

3. Add "django_db_translate.middleware.DBTranslateAdminMiddleware" to your MIDDLEWARE setting after any other Locale manipulating middlewares:

   MIDDLEWARE = [
       ...,
       'django_db_translate.middleware.DBTranslateAdminMiddleware'
   ]
   

4. Give the Dbtranslate | db translate permissions | Manage translations permission to any user that requires translation editing permissions