diff --git a/config/initializers/locale.rb b/config/initializers/locale.rb
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+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+
+# The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
+I18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
+I18n.default_locale = :en
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