Guide: Admin

This module provides an in depth knowledge of the Translations admin.

Make admin translatable

To make an admin translatable:

1. Make sure the admin model is translatable.

2. Inherit the admin from the TranslatableAdmin.

   from translations.admin import TranslatableAdmin, TranslationInline
   

   class ContinentAdmin(TranslatableAdmin):
       inlines = [TranslationInline]
   

3. Add TranslationInline as its inline.

   from translations.admin import TranslatableAdmin, TranslationInline
   

   class ContinentAdmin(TranslatableAdmin):
       inlines = [TranslationInline]
   

The TranslatableAdmin should represent the values for the default language, and the TranslationInline should represent the values for the translation languages.

Note

An admin may contain an inline which itself needs to be translatable. Since translations appear as inlines to the admins, then the inlines themselves should have translation inlines in order to be translatable, and since Django does not support nested inlines there may be a need to use an external library. In that case check out How to: Integrate with custom admins.