added language selection into livesettings, needs more testing

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diff --git a/askbot/middleware/locale.py b/askbot/middleware/locale.py
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+"Taken from django.middleware.locale: this is the locale selecting middleware that will look at accept headers"
+
+from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers
+from django.utils import translation
+from askbot.conf import settings
+
+class LocaleMiddleware(object):
+    """
+    This is a very simple middleware that parses a request
+    and decides what translation object to install in the current
+    thread context. This allows pages to be dynamically
+    translated to the language the user desires (if the language
+    is available, of course).
+    """
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        language = settings.ASKBOT_LANGUAGE
+        translation.activate(language)
+        request.LANGUAGE_CODE = translation.get_language()
+
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Language',))
+        if 'Content-Language' not in response:
+            response['Content-Language'] = translation.get_language()
+        translation.deactivate()
+        return response