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Changing verbose_name on model field in django admin

I have this sample model working with admin

class Author(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(_('Text in here'), max_length=100)

with verbose_name set to ugettext_lazy "Text here" but sometimes, depending on site_id, I want to present a different verbose name, so I changed init this way

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    super(Author, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    #some logic in here
    self._meta.get_field('name').verbose_name = _('Other text')

It works by showing "Other text" instead of "Text here" ... except that the author / append is used the first time.

Is it correct? ¿How can I fix the problem the first time?

Thanks in advance

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Don't change the elements of the model. Where you found all kinds of metaclass happen in model definitions that you found to break things.



Instead, define a custom form and change the field label in the method __init__

there.

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