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 9.1.8 String-Translation Functions
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 `gawk' provides facilities for internationalizing `awk' programs.
 These include the functions described in the following list.  The
 descriptions here are purposely brief.   Internationalization,
 for the full story.  Optional parameters are enclosed in square
 brackets ([ ]):
 
 `bindtextdomain(DIRECTORY [, DOMAIN])'
      Set the directory in which `gawk' will look for message
      translation files, in case they will not or cannot be placed in
      the "standard" locations (e.g., during testing).  It returns the
      directory in which DOMAIN is "bound."
 
      The default DOMAIN is the value of `TEXTDOMAIN'.  If DIRECTORY is
      the null string (`""'), then `bindtextdomain()' returns the
      current binding for the given DOMAIN.
 
 `dcgettext(STRING [, DOMAIN [, CATEGORY]])'
      Return the translation of STRING in text domain DOMAIN for locale
      category CATEGORY.  The default value for DOMAIN is the current
      value of `TEXTDOMAIN'.  The default value for CATEGORY is
      `"LC_MESSAGES"'.
 
 `dcngettext(STRING1, STRING2, NUMBER [, DOMAIN [, CATEGORY]])'
      Return the plural form used for NUMBER of the translation of
      STRING1 and STRING2 in text domain DOMAIN for locale category
      CATEGORY. STRING1 is the English singular variant of a message,
      and STRING2 the English plural variant of the same message.  The
      default value for DOMAIN is the current value of `TEXTDOMAIN'.
      The default value for CATEGORY is `"LC_MESSAGES"'.
 

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