django did not use his localization file

Question

Have this code in my settings.py file:

LANGUAGES = (
  ('ru', 'Russian'),
)
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 0
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'ru-RU'

but error:

raise forms.ValidationError(_("Please enter a correct username and password. Note that both fields are case-sensitive."))

return message in english language, although that django has translation in django /usr/local/lib/python-2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

Why ?

Here is MIDDLWARE:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    # 'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
    # 'cms.middleware.multilingual.MultilingualURLMiddleware',
    # 'django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'cms.middleware.page.CurrentPageMiddleware',
    'cms.middleware.user.CurrentUserMiddleware',
    'cms.middleware.toolbar.ToolbarMiddleware',
    'pagination.middleware.PaginationMiddleware',
    'banner_middleware.Banner',
)

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.auth',
    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
    'django.core.context_processors.media',
    'django.core.context_processors.static',
    'cms.context_processors.media',
    'sekizai.context_processors.sekizai',
)

okm okm · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-18T16:44:56

ensure USE_I18N = True in settings
use same code, 'ru', for LANGUAGE_CODE and the key of the first item in LANGUAGES
ensure the Accept-Language in your request header take 'ru' with higher priority.
As mega.venik's suggestion, ensure there is translation for the string in po and mo files in findable locale directory.

django did not use his localization file

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