Glossary¶
The terms you might see in the documentation:
- supported language¶
A supported language is a language which is included in the
LANGUAGESsetting.- default language¶
The default language is a language which is set by the
LANGUAGE_CODEsetting.- translation language¶
A translation language is a language which is in the collection of supported languages excluding the default language.
- active language¶
The active language is a language which is automatically activated in each request. It is usually determined by the
Accept-Languageheader received in each HTTP request (from the browser or another client). You can access it in Django using theget_language()function.
