Tornado - Locale

tornadolocale.py

import tornado.locale
import tornado.web
import os

class ENHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
        def get(self):
                tornado.locale.set_default_locale('us_US')
                self.render("locale_template.html")

class FRHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
        def get(self):
                tornado.locale.set_default_locale('fr_FR')
                self.render("locale_template.html")


class DEHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
        def get(self):
                tornado.locale.set_default_locale('de_DE')
                self.render("locale_template.html")

application = tornado.web.Application([
        (r"/fr/", FRHandler),
        (r"/en/", ENHandler),
        (r"/de/", DEHandler),
        ],debug=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    translationsPath = os.path.join("/home/ubuntu/tornado-2.2", "translations")
    application.listen(8888)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

Hi! What does locale_template.html look like? Does this translate phrases in place, or do I have to pass strings to be translated to the template separately? Thanks!