A custom "makemessages" Django 1.11 command to exclude environment code (meant for who uses the environment inside the project).

locale_message_making.py

from django.core.management.commands import makemessages


class Command(makemessages.Command):
    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        options['ignore_patterns'] += ['env', 'venv']
        super(Command, self).handle(*args, **options)