1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/bin/django-admin.py b/django/bin/django-admin.py
index 0d021ba172..e9e72a9b73 100755
--- a/django/bin/django-admin.py
+++ b/django/bin/django-admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from django.core import management
+from django.utils import translation
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import os, sys
 
+# switch to english, because django-admin creates database content
+# like permissions, and those shouldn't contain any translations
+translation.activate('*', 'en-us')
+
 ACTION_MAPPING = {
     'adminindex': management.get_admin_index,
     'createsuperuser': management.createsuperuser,
@@ -128,3 +133,4 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
+