Issues with translating the strings
Question: I am using **multiple translation** in my project

For that I have updated my **settings file** as

    
    
        LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
    
        gettext = lambda s: s
    
    
        LANGUAGES = (
    
            ('es', gettext('Spanish')),
            ('en', gettext('English')),
        )
    
    
        LOCALE_PATHS = (
            '/mnt/aviesta/pythondev/django/locale',
        )
    
        USE_I18N = True
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
    
    
    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
        "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
        "django.core.context_processors.debug",
        "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
        "django.core.context_processors.media",
        "django.core.context_processors.static",
        "django.core.context_processors.request",
    )
    

And my **template file** as:

    
    
    {% load i18n %}
    
    {% trans "Hello" %}
    
    
    <p>Already a user <a href="/login/"><b>{% trans "login here" %}</b></a></p>
    

after that I create a locale folder parallel to my app and than create the
specific language folders in it as :**django-admin.py makemessages -l es**
which creates the .po file and then update this .po file as:

    
    
    #: customer_reg/customer_register.html:14
    msgid "Hello"
    msgstr "¡Hola"
    
    #: customer_reg/customer_register.html:17
    msgid "login here"
    msgstr "ingresa aquí"
    

And finally i _compiled_ my msg **django-admin.py compilemessages**

BUt my strings "hello" and "login here" is remain in **English** , they are
not translated.I don't know why it happens ??


Answer: Everything looks great with your code. The only thing I've never seen is the
`LOCALE_PATHS` in `settings.py`

Mabye this answer, I did some time ago, could help you: [Issues with multiple
languages](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12852805/issues-with-multiple-
languages/12853503#12853503)

**Edit // Answer to comment**

    
    
    from django.utils import translation
    translation.activate('es')
    

