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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Code released in the Public Domain. You can do whatever you want with this package.
+# Originally written by Pierre Métras <pierre@alterna.tv> for the OLPC XO laptop.
+
+
+from gettext import gettext
+
+
+# pgettext(msgctxt, msgid) from gettext is not supported in Python implementation < v2.6.
+# http://bugs.python.org/issue2504
+# Meanwhile we get official support, we have to simulate it.
+# See http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Ambiguities for
+# more information about pgettext.
+
+# The separator between message context and message id.This value is the same as
+# the one used in gettext.h, so PO files should be still valid when Python gettext
+# module will include pgettext() function.
+GETTEXT_CONTEXT_GLUE = "\004"
+
+def pgettext(msgctxt, msgid):
+    """A custom implementation of GNU pgettext().
+    """
+    if msgctxt is not None and msgctxt is not "":
+        translation = gettext(msgctxt + GETTEXT_CONTEXT_GLUE + msgid)
+        if translation.startswith(msgctxt + GETTEXT_CONTEXT_GLUE):
+            return msgid
+        else:
+            return translation
+    else:
+        return gettext(msgid)
+
+# Map our pgettext() custom function to _p()
+_p = lambda msgctxt, msgid: pgettext(msgctxt, msgid)
+
+