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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/howto/i18n.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/docs/howto/i18n.txt b/docs/howto/i18n.txt index 6bec531177..64b33d765f 100644 --- a/docs/howto/i18n.txt +++ b/docs/howto/i18n.txt @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Using internationalization in your own projects At runtime, Django looks for translations by following this algorithm: - * First, it looks for a ``locale`` directory in the application directory - of the view that's being called. If it finds a translation for the - selected language, the translation will be installed. - * Next, it looks for a ``locale`` directory in the project directory. If it - finds a translation, the translation will be installed. + * First, it looks for a ``locale`` directory in the directory containing + your settings file. + * Second, it looks for a ``locale`` directory in the project directory. + * Third, it looks for a ``locale`` directory in each of the installed apps. + It does this in the reverse order of INSTALLED_APPS * Finally, it checks the Django-provided base translation in ``django/conf/locale``. |