How to translate the application name in Django CMS Admin?

Question

How can I translate the application name in the Django CMS admin?

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Answer 1

UPDATE: For Django 3+ import gettext_lazy instead of ugettext_lazy. Like this:

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

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OK. I have found how to translate the app name without changing the database name. Example (inside apps.py of app you want to translate):

from django.apps import AppConfig
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

class MyAppConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'MyApp'
    verbose_name = _('Transalation of MyApp here')

Run makemessages -a and after altering django.po run compilemessages and you are done. Hit refresh in admin and your app name is translated.

Answer 2

It might too late to answer this question but i am sharing my experience.

Add below mention code to model.py

VERBOSE_NAME = _('Appname')

After the use this

django-admin.py makemessages -a
django-admin.py compilemessages

This will add entry to django.po.