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25915	Error when using a language that Django doesn't ship translations for	Gavin Wahl	Claude Paroz	"I am trying to add translations for a new language (that Django doesn't support) to my project. Let's say it has the language code `xxx` for example.

I make the .po file with

{{{
./manage.py makemessages -l xxx
}}}

Then I translate the po file and compile it. When I set `LANGUAGE_CODE = 'xxx'` and run runserver, Django fails with:


{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""./manage.py"", line 13, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File ""django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 350, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 324, in execute
    django.setup()
  File ""django/__init__.py"", line 18, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File ""django/apps/registry.py"", line 108, in populate
    app_config.import_models(all_models)
  File ""django/apps/config.py"", line 202, in import_models
    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
  File ""it__.py"", line 109, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 2254, in _gcd_import
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 2237, in _find_and_load
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 2226, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1200, in _load_unlocked
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1129, in _exec
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1471, in exec_module
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 321, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File ""foo/models.py"", line 381, in <module>
    MinLengthValidator(22, _(""This value must be at least 22 digits."")),
  File ""django/core/validators.py"", line 297, in __init__
    if message:
  File ""django/utils/functional.py"", line 109, in __wrapper__
    res = func(*self.__args, **self.__kw)
  File ""django/utils/translation/__init__.py"", line 85, in ugettext
    return _trans.ugettext(message)
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 313, in gettext
    return do_translate(message, 'gettext')
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 296, in do_translate
    _default = _default or translation(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 203, in translation
    _translations[language] = DjangoTranslation(language)
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 112, in __init__
    self._init_translation_catalog()
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 150, in _init_translation_catalog
    translation = self._new_gnu_trans(localedir, use_null_fallback)
  File ""django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 133, in _new_gnu_trans
    fallback=use_null_fallback)
  File ""/usr/lib/python3.4/gettext.py"", line 419, in translation
    raise OSError(ENOENT, 'No translation file found for domain', domain)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No translation file found for domain: 'django'
}}}


It seems that this errors happens whenever you try to use a language that doesn't have a django.po shipped with django (in `django/conf/locale/`). Shouldn't I be able to provide the translations just in my project?"	Bug	closed	Internationalization	1.8	Release blocker	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0