Myujth

I have added django.template.context_processors.i18n to context_processors,
I have added django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware to middleware_classes, and I'm nearly certain this is unrelated, but just in case I also added url(r'^i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')) to urlpatterns.

I created a .po file successfully, compiled a .mo file, and the translations (where there are strings to be translated) are loading fine.

However, when I run the following code:

% extends "page.html" %
% load i18n %
% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %
% get_current_language_bidi as LANGUAGE_BIDI %
% block title %% trans "translation test" %% endblock %
% block page_main_content %
<div id="some-text">
 <ul>
 <li>The current language is <b> LANGUAGE_CODE </b></li>
 % if LANGUAGE_BIDI %
 <li>The current language is bidirectional</li>
 % else %
 <li>The current language is <b>not</b> bidirectional</li>
 % endif %
 </ul>
</div>
% endblock %

What I get is:

• The current language is he_IL


• The current language is not bidirectional

I would assume I'm importing something incorrectly or have misconfigured settings, but get_current_language is (clearly) working fine. So why is django incorrectly returning False for get_current_language_bidi?

I think there is something wrong with the source of your language preference. According to the documentation, the expected separator is a dash. So Django may think that he_IL is a unknown language, and as such flags it not bidirectional by default.

You should find out where this locale comes from, and make sure it gives he-il or he instead of he_IL.