def find_pos(lang, project_apps=True, django_apps=False, third_party_apps=False):

    paths = []

    # project/locale
    parts = settings.SETTINGS_MODULE.split('.')
    project = __import__(parts[0], {}, {}, [])
    abs_project_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(project.__file__)))
    if project_apps:
        if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(project.__file__), 'locale'))):
            paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(project.__file__), 'locale')))
        if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(project.__file__), '..', 'locale'))):
            paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(project.__file__), '..', 'locale')))

    # django/locale
    if django_apps:
        django_paths = cache.get('rosetta_django_paths')
        if django_paths is None:
            django_paths = []
            for root, dirnames, filename in os.walk(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(django.__file__))):
                if 'locale' in dirnames:
                    django_paths.append(os.path.join(root, 'locale'))
                    continue
            cache.set('rosetta_django_paths', django_paths, 60 * 60)
        paths = paths + django_paths
    # settings
    for localepath in settings.LOCALE_PATHS:
        if os.path.isdir(localepath):
            paths.append(localepath)


    # project/app/locale
    has_appconfig = False
    for appname in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
        if rosetta_settings.EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS and appname in rosetta_settings.EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS:
            continue
        p = appname.rfind('.')
        if p >= 0:
            app = getattr(__import__(appname[:p], {}, {}, [str(appname[p + 1:])]), appname[p + 1:])
        else:
            app = __import__(appname, {}, {}, [])
        # For django 1.7, an imported INSTALLED_APP can be an AppConfig instead
        # of an app module. This code converts the AppConfig to its application
        # module.
        if django.VERSION[0:2] >= (1, 7):
            if inspect.isclass(app) and issubclass(app, AppConfig):
                has_appconfig = True
                continue

        app_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(app.__file__), 'locale')))

        # django apps
        if 'contrib' in app_path and 'django' in app_path and not django_apps:
            continue

        # third party external
        if not third_party_apps and abs_project_path not in app_path:
            continue

        # local apps
        if not project_apps and abs_project_path in app_path:
            continue


        if os.path.isdir(app_path):
            paths.append(app_path)

    # Handling with AppConfigs is a wee messy, but we can simply get all the
    # app paths directly from apps object
    if has_appconfig:
        for app_ in apps.get_app_configs():
            if rosetta_settings.EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS and app_.name in rosetta_settings.EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS:
                continue

            app_path = app_.path
            # django apps
            if 'contrib' in app_path and 'django' in app_path and not django_apps:
                continue

            # third party external
            if not third_party_apps and abs_project_path not in app_path:
                continue

            # local apps
            if not project_apps and abs_project_path in app_path:
                continue

            if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(app_path, 'locale'))):
                paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(app_path, 'locale')))
            if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(app_path, '..', 'locale'))):
                paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(app_path, '..', 'locale')))

    ret = set()
    langs = [lang, ]
    if u'-' in lang:
        _l, _c = map(lambda x: x.lower(), lang.split(u'-', 1))
        langs += [u'%s_%s' % (_l, _c), u'%s_%s' % (_l, _c.upper()), u'%s_%s' % (_l, _c.capitalize()),]
    elif u'_' in lang:
        _l, _c = map(lambda x: x.lower(), lang.split(u'_', 1))
        langs += [u'%s-%s' % (_l, _c), u'%s-%s' % (_l, _c.upper()), u'%s_%s' % (_l, _c.capitalize()),]

    paths = map(os.path.normpath, paths)
    paths = list(set(paths))
    for path in paths:
        # Exclude paths
        if path not in rosetta_settings.ROSETTA_EXCLUDED_PATHS:
            for lang_ in langs:
                dirname = os.path.join(path, lang_, 'LC_MESSAGES')
                for fn in rosetta_settings.POFILENAMES:
                    filename = os.path.join(dirname, fn)
                    if os.path.isfile(filename):
                        ret.add(os.path.abspath(filename))
    return list(sorted(ret))
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