Override default Django translations

Question

I have a template with this:

{% trans \"Log out\" %}

This is translated automatically by Django to Spanish as Terminar sesión. How

Answer 1

Based on Robert Lujo answer, his alternative is totally working. And IMO simpler (keep the overriden locales in a special .po file only). Here are the steps:

• Add an extra path to the LOCALE_PATHS Django settings.

  • LOCALE_PATHS = (
    # the default one, where the makemessages command will generate the files os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myproject', 'locale'),
    # our new, extended locale dir
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myproject', 'locale_extra'), )

• find the original Django (or 3rd party) string to be translated

  • ex.: "recent actions" for the Django admin 'recent actions' block
• Add the new .po file "myproject/locale_extra/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po" with the alternative translation :

  • msgid "Recent actions"
    msgstr "Last actions"

• Compile your messages as usual