# lang file #flowerhour.libs.lang.lang_US lang_dict = { 'hello' : 'hello', 'welcome' : 'welcome', } # views.py file lang_file = __import__(lang_file) print lang_file.lang_dict['hello'] >>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'lang_dict' # From the command line >>> lang_file = __import__('flowerhour.libs.lang.lang_US') >>> lang_file >>> lang_dict Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? NameError: name 'lang_dict' is not defined >>> lang_file.lang_dict Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'lang_dict'