-// Note: use of 'inline' here can cause this symbol not to be found when compiled with gcc
-//const wxChar *wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz);
-#define wxGetTranslation(sz) (sz)
+// NB: we use a template here in order to avoid using
+// wxLocale::GetUntranslatedString() above, which would be required if
+// we returned const wxString&; this way, the compiler should be able to
+// optimize wxGetTranslation() away
+
+template<typename TString>
+inline TString wxGetTranslation(TString str)
+ { return str; }
+
+template<typename TString, typename TDomain>
+inline TString wxGetTranslation(TString str, TDomain WXUNUSED(domain))
+ { return str; }
+
+template<typename TString, typename TDomain>
+inline TString wxGetTranslation(TString str1, TString str2, size_t n)
+ { return n == 1 ? str1 : str2; }
+
+template<typename TString, typename TDomain>
+inline TString wxGetTranslation(TString str1, TString str2, size_t n,
+ TDomain WXUNUSED(domain))
+ { return n == 1 ? str1 : str2; }