diff --git a/.tx/config b/.tx/config
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--- a/.tx/config
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[main]
-host = https://www.transifex.com
-
-[o:open-edx:p:xblocks:r:recommender]
-file_filter = recommender/translations/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
-source_file = recommender/translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
-source_lang = en
-type        = PO
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f6f372..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# shefaa abu jabel <shefaa.aj@gmail.com>, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-08-24 12:32+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: shefaa abu jabel <shefaa.aj@gmail.com>\n"
-"Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/ar/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: ar\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=6; plural=n==0 ? 0 : n==1 ? 1 : n==2 ? 2 : n%100>=3 && n%100<=10 ? 3 : n%100>=11 && n%100<=99 ? 4 : 5;\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr "المصدر الذي تحاول تقديمه موجود بالفعل"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr "قام الموظفون برفض المصدر الذي تحاول تقديمه. السبب لذلك: "
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr "المصدر المختار غير موجود"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr "حجم الملف الذي تم رفعه يتجاوز الحد"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr "لم يتم تحديد ترتيب إعدادات pyfs بشكل صحيح"
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr "قبول المصدر بدون تصريح"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr "ليس لديك التصريح لحذف هذا المصدر"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr "يمكن للموظفين فقط استيراد المصادر"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr "الرجاء إرسال ملف JSON الذي تم الحصول عليها باستخدام زر تنزيل المصادر"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr "تمت محاولة الدخول إلى مصادر المعلمة بعلامات بدون تصريح من الموظفين"
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eccdb1..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
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@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"Last-Translator: \n"
-"Language-Team: \n"
-"Language: en\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff. "
-"Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index c5490e1..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"Last-Translator: \n"
-"Language-Team: \n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: eo\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-"Thé résöürçé ýöü äré ättémptïng tö prövïdé älréädý éxïsts Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя"
-" ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя α#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-"Thé résöürçé ýöü äré ättémptïng tö prövïdé häs ßéén dïsällöwéd ßý thé stäff."
-" Réäsön:  Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-"Thé séléçtéd résöürçé döés nöt éxïst Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, "
-"¢σηѕє¢тєтυ#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-"Sïzé öf üplöädéd fïlé éxçééds thréshöld Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, "
-"¢σηѕє¢тєтυя#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-"Thé çönfïgürätïön öf pýfs ïs nöt pröpérlý sét Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, "
-"¢σηѕє¢тєтυя #"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-"Éndörsé résöürçé wïthöüt pérmïssïön Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєт#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-"Ýöü dön't hävé thé pérmïssïön tö rémövé thïs résöürçé Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт"
-" αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя α#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr "Önlý stäff çän ïmpört résöürçés Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢т#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-"Pléäsé süßmït thé JSÖN fïlé ößtäïnéd wïth thé döwnlöäd résöürçés ßüttön "
-"Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя#"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
-"Trïéd tö äççéss fläggéd résöürçés wïthöüt stäff pérmïssïön Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм "
-"∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тєтυя α#"
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c56616..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# Lisseth Pacheco <alamofort@gmail.com>, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-08-09 20:43+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: Lisseth Pacheco <alamofort@gmail.com>\n"
-"Language-Team: Spanish (Latin America) (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/es_419/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: es_419\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b14ee4..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# bill jambon <webmaster@partouze-cagoule.fr>, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-08-09 20:43+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: bill jambon <webmaster@partouze-cagoule.fr>\n"
-"Language-Team: French (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/fr/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: fr\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index e9f279f..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# qualityalltext <quality@alltext.co.il>, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-08-21 07:51+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: qualityalltext <quality@alltext.co.il>\n"
-"Language-Team: Hebrew (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/he/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: he\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr "המקור שהינך מנסה לספק, קיים כבר"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr "המקור שהינך מנסה לספק, נפסל בידי הצוות. סיבה: "
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr "המקור שנבחר אינו קיים"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr "גודל הקובץ שהועלה חורג מדרישות הסף"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr "תצורת ה- pyfs אינה מוגדרת נכון"
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr "מקור הוסב ללא אישור"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr "אין לך אישור להסיר מקור זה."
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr "רק הצוות יכול לייבא מקורות"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr "שלח את קובץ ה-JSON שהתקבל באמצעות לחצן הורדת מקורות"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr "ניסית להיכנס למקורות מסומנים ללא אישור הצוות"
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6f174..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-06-08 14:35+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: \n"
-"Language-Team: Hindi (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/hi/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: hi\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index f5293f2..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-06-08 14:35+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: \n"
-"Language-Team: Korean (Korea) (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/ko_KR/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: ko_KR\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f5cae9..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# danielcn <deo.daniel@gmail.com>, 2016
-# Larissa Azevedo <lahazevedo07@gmail.com>, 2016
-# Renata Barboza-Murray, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-12-21 19:06+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: Renata Barboza-Murray\n"
-"Language-Team: Portuguese (Brazil) (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/pt_BR/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: pt_BR\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr "O recurso que você está tentando fornecer já existe"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr "O recurso que você está tentando fornecer foi proibido pela equipe. Razão:"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr "O recurso selecionado não existe"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr "O tamanho do arquivo carregado excede o limite estabelecido"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr "A configuração de pyfs não está feita corretamente"
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr "Recomendar recurso sem permissão"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr "Você não tem permissão para remover este recurso"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr "Apenas a equipe pode importar recursos"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr "Envie o arquivo JSON que você obteve ao baixar os recursos"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr "Tentou acessar recursos marcados sem a permissão da equipe"
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ca0c17..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-06-08 14:35+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: \n"
-"Language-Team: Russian (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/ru/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: ru\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=4; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<12 || n%100>14) ? 1 : n%10==0 || (n%10>=5 && n%10<=9) || (n%100>=11 && n%100<=14)? 2 : 3);\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/conf/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/text.po b/recommender/conf/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 255ca65..0000000
--- a/recommender/conf/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/text.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Translators:
-# Iris Zeng <yz3535@nyu.edu>, 2016
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: XBlocks\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-05-27 11:04+0500\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-08-16 15:20+0000\n"
-"Last-Translator: Natalia Berdnikov <nberdnikov@edx.org>\n"
-"Language-Team: Chinese (China) (http://www.transifex.com/open-edx/xblocks/language/zh_CN/)\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Language: zh_CN\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0;\n"
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The resource you are attempting to provide already exists"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"The resource you are attempting to provide has been disallowed by the staff."
-" Reason: "
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The selected resource does not exist"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Size of uploaded file exceeds threshold"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "The configuration of pyfs is not properly set"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py:729
-msgid "Endorse resource without permission"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "You don't have the permission to remove this resource"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Only staff can import resources"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid ""
-"Please submit the JSON file obtained with the download resources button"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: recommender.py
-msgid "Tried to access flagged resources without staff permission"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/recommender/recommender.py b/recommender/recommender.py
index f4ce74c..38f9157 100644
--- a/recommender/recommender.py
+++ b/recommender/recommender.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import bleach
 from webob.response import Response
-from django.utils import translation
 
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from xblock.exceptions import JsonHandlerError
@@ -278,6 +277,8 @@ class RecommenderXBlock(HelperXBlock):
         'url', 'title', 'description', 'descriptionText'
     ]
 
+    i18n_js_namespace = 'RecommenderXBlockI18N'
+
     def _get_onetime_url(self, filename):
         """
         Return one time url for uploaded screenshot
@@ -948,19 +949,13 @@ def _construct_view_resource(self, resource):
 
         return result
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_statici18n_js_url():  # pragma: no cover
-        """
-        Returns the Javascript translation file for the currently selected language, if any found by `pkg_resources`
-        """
-        lang_code = translation.get_language()
-        if not lang_code:
-            return None
-        text_js = 'public/js/translations/{lang_code}/text.js'
-        country_code = lang_code.split('-')[0]
-        for code in (translation.to_locale(lang_code), lang_code, country_code):
-            if pkg_resources.resource_exists(resource_loader.module_name, text_js.format(lang_code=code)):
-                return text_js.format(lang_code=code)
+    def _get_statici18n_js_url(self):
+        """Return the JavaScript translation file provided by the XBlockI18NService."""
+        if i18n_service := self.runtime.service(self, 'i18n'):
+            if url_getter_func := getattr(i18n_service, 'get_javascript_i18n_catalog_url', None):
+                if javascript_url := url_getter_func(self):
+                    return javascript_url
+
         return None
 
     def student_view(self, _context=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -1009,9 +1004,8 @@ def student_view(self, _context=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         frag.add_css(self.resource_string("static/css/recommender.css"))
         frag.add_css(self.resource_string("static/css/introjs.css"))
         frag.add_javascript(self.resource_string("static/js/src/jquery.tooltipster.min.js"))
-        statici18n_js_url = self._get_statici18n_js_url()
-        if statici18n_js_url:
-            frag.add_javascript(self.resource_string(statici18n_js_url))
+        if statici18n_js_url := self._get_statici18n_js_url():
+            frag.add_javascript(statici18n_js_url)
         frag.add_javascript(self.resource_string("static/js/src/cats.js"))
         frag.add_javascript(self.resource_string("static/js/src/recommender.js"))
         frag.initialize_js('RecommenderXBlock', self.get_client_configuration())
@@ -1029,9 +1023,8 @@ def studio_view(self, _context=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         ))
         frag.add_css(load("static/css/recommenderstudio.css"))
         frag.add_javascript_url("//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js")
-        statici18n_js_url = self._get_statici18n_js_url()
-        if statici18n_js_url:
-            frag.add_javascript(self.resource_string(statici18n_js_url))
+        if statici18n_js_url := self._get_statici18n_js_url():
+            frag.add_javascript(statici18n_js_url)
         frag.add_javascript(load("static/js/src/recommenderstudio.js"))
         frag.initialize_js('RecommenderXBlock')
         return frag
diff --git a/translation_settings.py b/translation_settings.py
index acc9d54..1a37f71 100644
--- a/translation_settings.py
+++ b/translation_settings.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     ('zh_CN', 'Chinese (China)'),
 ]
 
-LOCALE_PATHS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "locale")]
+LOCALE_PATHS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "recommender", "conf", "locale")]
 
 STATICI18N_DOMAIN = 'text'
 STATICI18N_NAMESPACE = 'RecommenderXBlockI18N'