django - how to make translation work?

Question

I\'m trying to render a template in a different language using i18n. I did everything I could read about, from setting the language code, creating and compiling translation

Answer 1

I may be wrong - as the only time I used translation stuff was on a test project many moons ago - but I think you don't want this:

$ django-admin.py makemessages -l he-il -e html

But rather this:

$ django-admin.py makemessages -l he_il -e html

Notice the underscore in he_il.

I was having issues with pt-BR too, until I made the messages file with pt_br instead. Then things started working...

Yeah, it is not obvious and I couldn't find documentation about it anywhere.

Hope that helps.