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> Internationalization (i18n for short) is very easy with GNOME. We
use GNU gettext. You need to initialize it with a call to
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After it a _() to all the strings that need translation.
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> You will need add your file to po/POTFILES.in. Then you can do
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Now try your program... Wow! It's speaking in Spanish/Finnish/Latin...
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> _() is a macro for the function gettext. So it won't work
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