> I have a country model:

> class Country(models.Model):
>     nameKey = models.CharField(max_length=50)
>     shortNameKey = models.CharField(max_length=30)

> The properties 'nameKey' and 'shortNameKey' contain resource keys like
> '_country_af' or '_country_af_short'. I need this to show the country names
> depending on the current locale.

> The problem was/is to add the resource keys to the .po file, so I found a
> solution in a forum:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7625991/how-to-properly-add-entrie...

> For example, I added the following to a model file:

> def dummy_for_makemessages():
>     #countries
>     pgettext('forecast type', '_country_af')
>     pgettext('forecast type', '_country_af_short')

> Runing makemessages this generates the following entries in the .po file:

> msgctxt "forecast type"
> msgid "_country_af"
> msgstr "Afghanistan"

> msgctxt "forecast type"
> msgid "_country_af_short"
> msgstr "Afghanistan"

> For testing purposes I tried to iterate over all countries in my database in
> a template and to print out the translated names:

> {% for country in countries %}
>     {% trans country.nameKey %}
> {% endfor %}

> Unfortunately, it only prints out the following (the resource keys instead
> of the translated names):

> _country_af
> _country_ai
> _country_qa
> _country_ke
> _country_kg
> _country_ki
> _country_cc
> _country_co
> ...

> I found out that the 'msgctxt' part in the .po file causes the missing
> translation. I removed it for testing purposes and this time it worked fine.

> So, my question is, how can I translate resource keys that are not defined
> in the template itself but in an object property instead? Is there a way to
> generate the resource keys without the 'msgctxt' part? I tried NONE or an
> empty string but this generates a commented out resource key in the .po file
> (please see the link to the other forum above).
> Does anybody have an idea how to solve this problem?

> Thanks for your help in advance!!