I have a Django project where I need to localize the admin panel into two languages.

It seems like I'm following the instructions, but for some reason, my custom translation isn't working.

Below, I’ve attached the configuration files.

#settings.py

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True

LOCALE_PATHS = [BASE_DIR / "locale"]

LANGUAGE_CODE = "ru"
LANGUAGES = [
    ("ru", _("Русский")),
    ("en", _("Английский")),
]

#urls.py


urlpatterns = [
    path("i18n/", include("django.conf.urls.i18n")),
]
urlpatterns += i18n_patterns(path("admin/", admin.site.urls))

And specifically the usage

#models.py

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

class Bot(models.Model):
    session_name = models.CharField(_("Имя сессии"))

.po file

#locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

...

#: src/backend/bots/models.py:8
msgid "Имя сессии"
msgstr "Session name"

.po file compiled with the command

python manage.py compilemessages 

In the admin panel, when changing the language, everything is translated except my custom translations.

I also tried running the check through the shell.

#Django shell

from django.utils.translation import gettext as _, activate, get_language

activate("en") 

print(_("Имя сессии")) # Имя сессии

It feels like Django is ignoring my .po file

And files tree

.
├── locale
│   └── en
│       └── LC_MESSAGES
│           ├── django.mo
│           └── django.po
├── manage.py
├── src
│   ├── backend
│   │   ├── core
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── settings.py
│   │   │   ├── urls.py