Add i18n infrastructure and pilot Italian translation slice - #594
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…switcher Lay the groundwork for translating Metron (#593): LANGUAGES/LOCALE_PATHS settings, LocaleMiddleware, the i18n template context processor, the set_language URL, and a cookie-based language switcher in the navbar. No user-facing strings are marked up for translation yet.
Wrap user-facing strings in base.html, the navbar/footer/messages partials, and the Issue model/form/view in gettext calls, converting view messages from f-strings to %-style formatting so they stay translatable. Generate and translate the pilot Italian catalog, and wire catalog compilation into the Containerfile build and CI. This proves the translation pipeline end-to-end on a representative slice before rolling it out to the rest of the app in batches.
GitHub Actions runners and the python:3.14-slim base image don't ship GNU gettext tools by default, which compilemessages needs, causing CI to fail with "Can't find msgfmt". Install it before compiling, and remove it again after the Containerfile build step to keep the runtime image slim.
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LANGUAGES/LOCALE_PATHSsettings,LocaleMiddleware, the i18n template context processor, aset_languageURL, and a cookie-based language switcher in the navbarbase.html, the navbar/footer/messages partials, and the Issue model/form/view — and generate a translated Italian catalog to prove the pipeline end-to-endContainerfilebuild and CI, so.postays the only committed artifact and.mois always built freshThis is a deliberately scoped first slice, not a full sweep — see #593 for the phased rollout plan covering the rest of the app.