id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
12385	Fields type descriptions aren't translatable after r11833	Ramiro Morales	Karen Tracey	"Noted this after updating a translation, found all the previosuly translated description for builtin model fields commented out like this

{{{
#~ msgid ""Boolean (Either True, False or None)""
#~ msgstr ""Booleano (Verdadero, Falso o Nulo)""
}}}

at the end of `django.po`.

This is because `xgettext` can't examine Python docstrings in search of marked-for-translation strings.

At some point during #7977 life, using a class attribute had been [http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/7977#comment:15 considered] but the docstring approach was chosen in the end.
"		closed	Internationalization	dev		fixed			Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0