Django translate_url not working with optional parameters

I am using django 1.11. My url is: url(r'^apply(?:/(?P[\d-]+)/(?P[\w-]+))?.html$', applyview, name= 'applyview'), Line to tranlate url: translate_url('/nl/job/apply.html', "fr") Django internal function: def translate_url(url, lang_code): """ Given a URL (absolute or relative), try t

Django translate_url not working with optional parameters

I am using django 1.11. My url is: url(r'^apply(?:/(?P[\d-]+)/(?P[\w-]+))?.html$', applyview, name= 'applyview'), Line to tranlate url: translate_url('/nl/job/apply.html', "fr") Django internal function: def translate_url(url, lang_code): """ Given a URL (absolute or relative), try t