fix: JS translation missing locale directory

[shadinaif]

We removed locale symbolic link but forgot to set it manually in settings.py JS compilation for translations will not find source translation files without this fix

This is still needed until we remove all local translations at the end of the project. Otherwise, make compile_translations will empty out all JS translations in public/js/translations directory

The PR also fixes make extract_translations to use msgcat instead of tail

Related to work done in #316

References

This pull request is part of the FC-0012 project which is sparked by the Translation Infrastructure update OEP-58.

Check the links above for full information about the overall project.

Internalization is being rearchitected in Open edX Python, XBlock, Micro-frontend, and other projects. There are a number of immediately visible changes:

• Remove source and language translations from the repositories, hence no .json, .po or .mo files will be committed into the repos.
• Add standardized make extract_translations in all repositories
• Push user-facing messages strings into openedx/openedx-translations.
• Integrate root repositories with openedx/openedx-atlas to pull translations on build/deploy time

Breaking Changes

One of the primary goals of the project is to avoid breaking changes. If you noticed any suspicious code, please raise your concern. But before that, please know the strategy we're following to avoid breaking changes

For XBlocks:

• The standard translation path must be conf/locale. Therefore, we are creating a link from conf/locale to translations so Atlas can find the path without disrupting the current way of having translations locally within the XBlocks
• openedx-translations will have a related PR that adds the XBlock to the pipeline. This will not affect the current way of managing/updating translations
• At the end of the project, a clear change log will be added and all translations will be handled by Atlas. Thus, the local translation will be removed from the repo within the version bump
• A notification for the community will be published to ensure that everyone knows why translations directories are removed from all repos

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[itsjeyd]

Thanks for the contribution, @shadinaif!

Please let us know when it's ready for review.

[shadinaif]

Thank you @itsjeyd , it is ready. Just forgot to mention that 😅 . I've rebased on master a moment ago

[Agrendalath]

@shadinaif, ack. I'll review this tomorrow.

[Agrendalath]

@shadinaif, we don't need to update the version here, but please add the following section to Changelog.md:

Unreleased
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* <description of this change>

[shadinaif]

Thanks for your review @Agrendalath . Please check my replies above

[Agrendalath]

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