deschler/django-modeltranslation

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1479 stars · 270 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Django application that translates dynamic content of existing Django models into an arbitrary number of languages using a registration approach, without modifying original model classes. Translation fields are stored in the same database table and it integrates fully with the Django admin.

Use cases

• translate django model fields into multiple languages
• add multilingual content to an existing django project
• manage translated content in django admin
• avoid schema changes when adding translations to django models
• support fallback languages for translated fields

When to choose

• you need per-field translations of django models stored in the same table
• you want django admin integration for editing translations
• you cannot modify existing model classes to add translation support

When to avoid

• you use a non-Django framework
• you need to translate static template strings rather than model data (use Django's i18n instead)
• you prefer separate translation tables or external translation services

Facets

library · maturity stable

internationalization orm web-development backend python django model-translation multilingual i18n registration-approach localization

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