Merge pull request #6949 from stvstnfrd/gettext/empty

Remove superfluous empty string check

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/checklist.py

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def localize_checklist_text(checklist):
     # Localize checklist items
     for item in checklist.get('items'):
         item['short_description'] = ugettext(item['short_description'])
-        item['long_description'] = ugettext(item['long_description']) if item['long_description'] != '' else u''
-        item['action_text'] = ugettext(item['action_text']) if item['action_text'] != "" else u""
+        item['long_description'] = ugettext(item['long_description'])
+        item['action_text'] = ugettext(item['action_text'])
 
     return checklist