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+# coding=utf-8
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Nick Drobchenko, nick@cnc-club.ru
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Aaron Spike, aaron@ekips.org
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+"""
+Allow extensions to translate messages.
+"""
+
+import gettext
+import os
+
+# Get gettext domain and matching locale directory for translation of extensions strings
+# (both environment variables are set by Inkscape)
+GETTEXT_DOMAIN = os.environ.get('INKEX_GETTEXT_DOMAIN')
+GETTEXT_DIRECTORY = os.environ.get('INKEX_GETTEXT_DIRECTORY')
+
+# INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR can be used to override the default locale directory Inkscape uses
+INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR = os.environ.get('INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR')
+
+def localize(domain=GETTEXT_DOMAIN, localedir=GETTEXT_DIRECTORY):
+    """Configure gettext and install _() function into builtins namespace for easy access"""
+
+    # Do not enable translation if GETTEXT_DOMAIN is unset.
+    # This is the case when translationdomain="none", but also when no catalog was found.
+    # Install a NullTranslation just to be sure (so we do not get errors about undefined '_')
+    if domain is None:
+        gettext.NullTranslations().install()
+        return
+
+    # Use the default system locale by default,
+    # but prefer LANGUAGE environment variable (which is set by Inkscape according to UI language)
+    languages = None
+
+    trans = gettext.translation(domain, localedir, languages, fallback=True)
+    trans.install()
+
+
+
+def inkex_localize():
+    """
+    Return internal Translations instance for translation of the inkex module itself
+    Those will always use the 'inkscape' domain and attempt to lookup the same catalog Inkscape uses
+    """
+
+    domain = 'inkscape'
+    localedir = INKSCAPE_LOCALEDIR
+    languages = None
+
+    return gettext.translation(domain, localedir, languages, fallback=True)
+
+inkex_gettext = inkex_localize().gettext  # pylint: disable=invalid-name