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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def validate(self):
 """ Perform options validation. """

        # TODO: at the moment only required_languages is validated.
        # Maybe check other options as well?
        if self.required_languages:
            if isinstance(self.required_languages, (tuple, list)):
                self._check_languages(self.required_languages)
            else:
                self._check_languages(self.required_languages.keys(), extra=('default',))
                for fieldnames in self.required_languages.values():
                    if any(f not in self.fields for f in fieldnames):
                        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                            'Fieldname in required_languages which is not in fields option.')