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# Internationalisation
REST framework ships with translatable error messages. You can make these appear in your language enabling [Django's standard translation mechanisms](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation) and by translating the messages into your language.
## How to translate REST Framework errors
This guide assumes you are already familiar with how to translate a Django app. If you're not, start by reading [Django's translation docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation).
#### To translate REST framework error messages:
1. Pick an app where you want the translations to be, for example `myapp`
2. Add a symlink from that app to the installed `rest_framework`
```
ln -s /home/user/.virtualenvs/myproject/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rest_framework/ rest_framework
```
To find out where `rest_framework` is installed, run
```
python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())"
```
3. Run Django's `makemessages` command in the normal way, but add the `--symlink` option. For example, if you want to translate into Brazilian Portuguese you would run
```
manage.py makemessages --symlink -l pt_BR
```
4. Translate the `django.po` file which is created as normal. This will be in the folder `myapp/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES`.
5. Run `manage.py compilemessages` as normal
6. Restart your server
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