Django: variable translation

aecordoba · Apr-09-2026, 03:44 PM

I'm using Django to develop a project. I can internationalize the templates easily.

But I have to translate a field in a template to represent the gender of people. This gender is in a database so I show in a template as {{person.gender}}.

How can I translate the value of the gender in the template,so, if I get 'male' from the database, the template display 'Hombre' for Spanish browsers?

Pedroski55 · Apr-10-2026, 03:16 AM

I don't have django, never used it, prefer PHP, but the principle would be like this:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader

html = '/home/peterr/temp/html/template.html'

def testing(request, language):
  template = loader.get_template(html)
  context = {
    'firstname': 'Linus',
    'gender': 'male',
     }
  if language == 'castellano':
      context['gender'] == 'macho'
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

# define context without the function for demonstration purposes
context = {'firstname': 'Linus', 'gender': 'male'}
# get the required language from somewhere
language = 'castellano' # from ip analysis?? or user request??
if context['gender'] == 'male' and language== 'castellano':
      context['gender'] = 'macho'

with open(html) as t:
    webpage = t.read()
    webpage = webpage.replace('firstname',  context['firstname']).replace('gender', context['gender' ])
print(webpage)

Gives:

Output:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>Hello {{ Linus }}, how are you?</h1>


<h1>Eres un verdadero {{ macho }} ¿verdad?</h1>

</body>
</html>

aecordoba · (This post was last modified: Apr-10-2026, 02:54 PM by aecordoba.)

(Apr-10-2026, 03:16 AM)Pedroski55 Wrote: I don't have django, never used it, prefer PHP, but the principle would be like this:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader

html = '/home/peterr/temp/html/template.html'

def testing(request, language):
  template = loader.get_template(html)
  context = {
    'firstname': 'Linus',
    'gender': 'male',
     }
  if language == 'castellano':
      context['gender'] == 'macho'
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

# define context without the function for demonstration purposes
context = {'firstname': 'Linus', 'gender': 'male'}
# get the required language from somewhere
language = 'castellano' # from ip analysis?? or user request??
if context['gender'] == 'male' and language== 'castellano':
      context['gender'] = 'macho'

with open(html) as t:
    webpage = t.read()
    webpage = webpage.replace('firstname',  context['firstname']).replace('gender', context['gender' ])
print(webpage)

Gives:

Output:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>Hello {{ Linus }}, how are you?</h1>


<h1>Eres un verdadero {{ macho }} ¿verdad?</h1>

</body>
</html>

Pedroski55:
The gender is coming from a database. I think there must be a much simpler logic.
Thanks anyway.

logansummers · Apr-11-2026, 04:42 AM

Nice question threads like this are exactly why forums like Python Forum are so helpful for learning and troubleshooting real-world coding issues.

From what I can tell, this looks like a common situation where breaking the logic into smaller steps and testing each part individually can really help identify the issue faster. Adding print/debug statements or checking variable values step-by-step usually makes things much clearer.

noisefloor · Apr-11-2026, 01:49 PM

Hello,

an answer can be found here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5810...anslations.

In case this doesn't work for you, please provides more context and real-world examples showing the actual translation problem.

Regards, noisefloor

aecordoba · Apr-19-2026, 06:08 PM

(Apr-11-2026, 01:49 PM)noisefloor Wrote: Hello,

an answer can be found here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5810...anslations.

In case this doesn't work for you, please provides more context and real-world examples showing the actual translation problem.

Regards, noisefloor

In that case, the gender is hard-coded in script.
In my case, the value of gender is in database.
Thank you, anyway.

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