add note about fixing Python locale error (#151)

* add note about Python locale error * update README Co-authored-by: Ruth Fuchss <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Ruth Fuchss <[email protected]>
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 The ``run`` target is therefore very convenient when preparing to submit a
 change to the documentation.
 
+.. note:: 
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+   If you encounter the error ``locale.Error: unsupported locale setting`` when activating the Python virtual environment, include the environment variable in the command and try again: ``LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 make run``
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 Local checks
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