From 5eb60f06f5d3ef547712906ab56a3d367fad5cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Eschler <eschler@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:30:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed occasional "This field is required" error for the
 original field. Resolves issue 5.

---
 modeltranslation/admin.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modeltranslation/admin.py b/modeltranslation/admin.py
index d966e7b..3f7e75c 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/admin.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/admin.py
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class TranslationAdminBase(object):
             # translation field required instead.
             if db_field.language == settings.LANGUAGES[0][0] and orig_formfield.required:
                 orig_formfield.required = False
+                orig_formfield.blank = True
                 field.required = True
+                field.blank = False
                                             
             field.widget = deepcopy(orig_formfield.widget)