Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > gettext

\"The GNU gettext package provides a set of tools and documentation forproducing multi-lingual messages in programs. Tools include a set ofconventions about how programs should be written to support messagecatalogs, a directory and file naming organization for the messagecatalogs, a runtime library which supports the retrieval of translatedmessages, and stand-alone programs for handling the translatable andthe already translated strings.\"