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+## How Django chooses which language to use
+REST framework will use the same preferences to select which language to display as Django does.  You can find more info in the [django docs on discovering language preferences][django-language-preference].  For reference, these are
+
+1. First, it looks for the language prefix in the requested URL
+2. Failing that, it looks for the `LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY` key in the current user’s session.
+3. Failing that, it looks for a cookie
+4. Failing that, it looks at the `Accept-Language` HTTP header.
+5. Failing that, it uses the global `LANGUAGE_CODE` setting.
+
+---
+
+**Note:** You'll need to include the `django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware` to enable any of the per-request language preferences.
+
+---
+
+
 [django-translation]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation
+[django-language-preference]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation/#how-django-discovers-language-preference