Hi, from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
My guess is that if you import ugettext, then you should supply a Unicode string as an argument: def index(request): teststring = _(u"Lösung") [...] (notice the 'u' before the string). That works here, at least using an utf-8 source file (# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- at the start). Bye, -- Emanuele --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---