diff --git a/pylint_django/transforms/transforms/django_utils_translation.py b/pylint_django/transforms/transforms/django_utils_translation.py
index c838edef..70d7274c 100644
--- a/pylint_django/transforms/transforms/django_utils_translation.py
+++ b/pylint_django/transforms/transforms/django_utils_translation.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ugettext_lazy = lambda x: None
+ugettext_lazy = lambda x: ''