django translation template {% trans “something” %}

Question

Ok I have been searching like crazy for this I think simple problem.

I use Django 1.4

The problem is that django won\'t translate a simple {% trans \"work\"

Answer 1

The position you key the command matter.

In my case, this is my project structure:

myproject/
    manage.py
    mysite/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py
    apps/
        migrations/
        __init__.py
        admin.py
        models.py
        tests.py
        views.py

If I call makemessages at mysite folder, like this:

D:\...\myproject\mysite> python ../manage.py makemessages -all

it will not get the string in HTML {% trans "str" %}.
But if I call makemessages at myproject folder, like this:

D:\...\myproject> python manage.py makemessages -all

it works! It finds all {% trans "str" %} in HTML.
So be careful about the location you are.