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Internationalization<a class="headerlink" href="#internationalization" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>The modules described in this chapter help you write software that is independent of language and locale by providing mechanisms for selecting a language to be used in program messages or by tailoring output to match local conventions.</p> <p>The list of modules described in this chapter is:</p> <div class="toctree-wrapper compound"> <ul> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="gettext.html">22.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gettext</span></tt> — Multilingual internationalization services</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettext.html#gnu-gettext-api">22.1.1. GNU <strong class="program">gettext</strong> API</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettext.html#class-based-api">22.1.2. 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