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diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 424f7d5795..738ae32cdb 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1290,11 +1290,22 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE Default: ``'en-us'`` -A string representing the language code for this installation. This should be -in standard :term:`language format<language code>`. For example, U.S. English +A string representing the language code for this installation. This should be in +standard :term:`language ID format <language code>`. For example, U.S. English is ``"en-us"``. See also the `list of language identifiers`_ and :doc:`/topics/i18n/index`. +:setting:`USE_I18N` must be active to this setting to have any effect. + +it serves two purposes: + +* If the locale middleware isn't in use, it decides which translation is served + to all users. +* If the locale middleware is active, it provides the fallback translation when + no translation exist for a given literal to the user preferred language. + +See :ref:`how-django-discovers-language-preference` for more details. + .. _list of language identifiers: http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html .. setting:: LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME |