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6.28 <tt class="module">gettext</tt> --
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The <tt class="module">gettext</tt> module provides internationalization (I18N) and
localization (L10N) services for your Python modules and applications.
It supports both the GNU <code>gettext</code> message catalog API and a
higher level, class-based API that may be more appropriate for Python
files.  The interface described below allows you to write your
module and application messages in one natural language, and provide a
catalog of translated messages for running under different natural
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