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+# Babel usage
+Babel will scan and detect sections of code that uses `gettext` or `_` in HTML templates and python code. It takes the constant string passed into its function and makes a translation template which can then be used to build individual translations.
+
+## Usage
+If you are compiling and building a template from scratch
+```
+$ pybabel extract -F babel.cfg -o messages.pot ./
+$ pybabel update -i messages.pot -d translations
+```
+
+Make translations in the outputted file then compile the translation with
+```
+$ pybabel compile -d translations
+```
+
+Make sure the `messages.po` file is in the right language directory.  
+Example path: `translations/nb/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po`
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@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ Install the required dependencies with pip
 ```
 $ pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
-then, run the web server
+Make sure you compile the babel languages
+```
+$ pybabel compile -d translations
+```
+Lastly, run the web server
 ```
 $ python3 main.py
 ```
 
-Configuration can be edited in config.json
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+Configuration can be edited in config.json
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 Flask>=1.0.2
 Flask-WTF>=0.14.2
 flask_login>=0.4.1
+Flask-Babel>=0.12.2
 bcrypt
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