inline const char *Arch() const {return Ver->Arch == 0?0:Owner->StrP + Ver->Arch;};
    inline PkgIterator ParentPkg() const {return PkgIterator(*Owner,Owner->PkgP + Ver->ParentPkg);};
    inline DescIterator DescriptionList() const;
+   DescIterator TranslatedDescription() const;
    inline DepIterator DependsList() const;
    inline PrvIterator ProvidesList() const;
    inline VerFileIterator FileList() const;
 
 #endif 
 
 #include <apt-pkg/pkgcache.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/indexfile.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/version.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/error.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
 
 using std::string;
 
+
 // Cache::Header::Header - Constructor                                 /*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* Simply initialize the header */
    return Res;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
+// VerIterator::TranslatedDescription - Return the a DescIter for locale/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* return a DescIter for the current locale or the default if none is 
+ * found
+ */
+pkgCache::DescIterator pkgCache::VerIterator::TranslatedDescription() const
+{
+   pkgCache::DescIterator DescDefault = DescriptionList();
+   pkgCache::DescIterator Desc = DescDefault;
+   for (; Desc.end() == false; Desc++)
+      if (pkgIndexFile::LanguageCode() == Desc.LanguageCode())
+        break;
+   if (Desc.end() == true) Desc = DescDefault;
+   return Desc;
+};
+
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
 
 
    // Show the right description
    pkgRecords Recs(*GCache);
-   pkgCache::DescIterator DescDefault = V.DescriptionList();
-   pkgCache::DescIterator Desc = DescDefault;
-   for (; Desc.end() == false; Desc++)
-      if (pkgIndexFile::LanguageCode() == Desc.LanguageCode())
-        break;
-   if (Desc.end() == true) Desc = DescDefault;
-
+   pkgCache::DescIterator Desc = V.TranslatedDescription();
    pkgRecords::Parser &P = Recs.Lookup(Desc.FileList());
    cout << "Description" << ( (strcmp(Desc.LanguageCode(),"") != 0) ? "-" : "" ) << Desc.LanguageCode() << ": " << P.LongDesc();