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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Name:        intl.h
-// Purpose:     Internationalization and localisation for wxWindows
+// Name:        wx/intl.h
+// Purpose:     Internationalization and localisation for wxWidgets
 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
-// Modified by:
+// Modified by: Michael N. Filippov <michael@idisys.iae.nsk.su>
+//              (2003/09/30 - plural forms support)
 // Created:     29/01/98
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
-// Licence:    wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#ifndef   __INTLH__
-#define   __INTLH__
+// WARNING: Parts of this file are generated. See misc/languages/README for
+// details.
 
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-#pragma interface "intl.h"
-#endif
+#ifndef _WX_INTL_H_
+#define _WX_INTL_H_
 
 #include "wx/defs.h"
 #include "wx/string.h"
 
+// Make wxLayoutDirection enum available without need for wxUSE_INTL so wxWindow, wxApp
+// and other classes are not distrubed by wxUSE_INTL
+
+enum wxLayoutDirection
+{
+    wxLayout_Default,
+    wxLayout_LeftToRight,
+    wxLayout_RightToLeft
+};
+
+#if wxUSE_INTL
+
+#include "wx/fontenc.h"
+
 // ============================================================================
 // global decls
 // ============================================================================
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// simple types
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// # adjust if necessary
-typedef unsigned char size_t8;
-typedef unsigned long size_t32;
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // macros
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// gettext() style macro
-#define   _(str)  wxGetTranslation(str)
+// gettext() style macros (notice that xgettext should be invoked with
+// --keyword="_" --keyword="wxPLURAL:1,2" options
+// to extract the strings from the sources)
+#ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
+    #define _(s)                     wxGetTranslation((s))
+    #define wxPLURAL(sing, plur, n)  wxGetTranslation((sing), (plur), n)
+#endif
+
+// another one which just marks the strings for extraction, but doesn't
+// perform the translation (use -kwxTRANSLATE with xgettext!)
+#define wxTRANSLATE(str) str
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // forward decls
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
-extern WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxLocale *) g_pLocale;
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxLocale;
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxLanguageInfoArray;
+class wxMsgCatalog;
 
 // ============================================================================
 // locale support
 // ============================================================================
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxLanguage: defines all supported languages
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// --- --- --- generated code begins here --- --- ---
+
+// This enum is generated by misc/languages/genlang.py
+// When making changes, please put them into misc/languages/langtabl.txt
+enum wxLanguage
+{
+    // user's default/preffered language as got from OS:
+    wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT,
+    // unknown language, if wxLocale::GetSystemLanguage fails:
+    wxLANGUAGE_UNKNOWN,
+
+    wxLANGUAGE_ABKHAZIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AFAR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AFRIKAANS,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ALBANIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AMHARIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_ALGERIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_BAHRAIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_EGYPT,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_IRAQ,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_JORDAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_KUWAIT,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_LEBANON,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_LIBYA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_MOROCCO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_OMAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_QATAR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SUDAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SYRIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_TUNISIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_UAE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_YEMEN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ARMENIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ASSAMESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AYMARA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AZERI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AZERI_CYRILLIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_AZERI_LATIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BASHKIR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BASQUE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BELARUSIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BENGALI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BHUTANI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BIHARI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BISLAMA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BRETON,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BULGARIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_BURMESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CAMBODIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CATALAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_HONGKONG,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_MACAU,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_SINGAPORE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_TAIWAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CORSICAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CROATIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_CZECH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_DANISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_DUTCH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_DUTCH_BELGIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_AUSTRALIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_BELIZE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_BOTSWANA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_CANADA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_DENMARK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_EIRE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_JAMAICA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_NEW_ZEALAND,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ESPERANTO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ESTONIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FAEROESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FARSI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FIJI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FINNISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_BELGIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_CANADIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_MONACO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_SWISS,
+    wxLANGUAGE_FRISIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GALICIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GEORGIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_BELGIUM,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_SWISS,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GREEK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GREENLANDIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GUARANI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_GUJARATI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_HAUSA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_HEBREW,
+    wxLANGUAGE_HINDI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_HUNGARIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ICELANDIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_INDONESIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_INTERLINGUA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_INTERLINGUE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_INUKTITUT,
+    wxLANGUAGE_INUPIAK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_IRISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ITALIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ITALIAN_SWISS,
+    wxLANGUAGE_JAPANESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_JAVANESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KANNADA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KASHMIRI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KASHMIRI_INDIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KAZAKH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KERNEWEK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KINYARWANDA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KIRGHIZ,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KIRUNDI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KONKANI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KOREAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_KURDISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_LAOTHIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_LATIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_LATVIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_LINGALA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_LITHUANIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MACEDONIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALAGASY,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALAY,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALAYALAM,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALAY_MALAYSIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MALTESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MANIPURI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MAORI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MARATHI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MOLDAVIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_MONGOLIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_NAURU,
+    wxLANGUAGE_NEPALI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_NEPALI_INDIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL,
+    wxLANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_OCCITAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ORIYA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_OROMO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_PASHTO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_POLISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_PUNJABI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_QUECHUA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_RHAETO_ROMANCE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ROMANIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_RUSSIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_RUSSIAN_UKRAINE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SAMOAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SANGHO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SANSKRIT,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SCOTS_GAELIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SERBIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SERBIAN_LATIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SERBO_CROATIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SESOTHO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SETSWANA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SHONA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SINDHI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SINHALESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SISWATI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SLOVAK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SLOVENIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SOMALI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_ARGENTINA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_BOLIVIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_CHILE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_COLOMBIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_ECUADOR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_GUATEMALA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_HONDURAS,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_MEXICAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_MODERN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_NICARAGUA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PANAMA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PARAGUAY,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PERU,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_URUGUAY,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_US,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_VENEZUELA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SUNDANESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SWAHILI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SWEDISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_SWEDISH_FINLAND,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TAGALOG,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TAJIK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TAMIL,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TATAR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TELUGU,
+    wxLANGUAGE_THAI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TIBETAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TIGRINYA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TONGA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TSONGA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TURKISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TURKMEN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_TWI,
+    wxLANGUAGE_UIGHUR,
+    wxLANGUAGE_UKRAINIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_URDU,
+    wxLANGUAGE_URDU_INDIA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_URDU_PAKISTAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_UZBEK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_UZBEK_CYRILLIC,
+    wxLANGUAGE_UZBEK_LATIN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_VALENCIAN,
+    wxLANGUAGE_VIETNAMESE,
+    wxLANGUAGE_VOLAPUK,
+    wxLANGUAGE_WELSH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_WOLOF,
+    wxLANGUAGE_XHOSA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_YIDDISH,
+    wxLANGUAGE_YORUBA,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ZHUANG,
+    wxLANGUAGE_ZULU,
+
+    // for custom, user-defined languages:
+    wxLANGUAGE_USER_DEFINED
+};
+
+// --- --- --- generated code ends here --- --- ---
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxLanguageInfo: encapsulates wxLanguage to OS native lang.desc.
+//                 translation information
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxLanguageInfo
+{
+    int Language;                   // wxLanguage id
+    wxString CanonicalName;         // Canonical name, e.g. fr_FR
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+    wxUint32 WinLang,               // Win32 language identifiers
+             WinSublang;
+#endif // __WXMSW__
+    wxString Description;           // human-readable name of the language
+    wxLayoutDirection LayoutDirection;
+
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+    // return the LCID corresponding to this language
+    wxUint32 GetLCID() const;
+#endif // __WXMSW__
+
+    // return the locale name corresponding to this language usable with
+    // setlocale() on the current system
+    wxString GetLocaleName() const;
+};
+
+// for Unix systems GetLocaleName() is trivial so implement it inline here, for
+// MSW it's implemented in intl.cpp
+#ifndef __WXMSW__
+inline wxString wxLanguageInfo::GetLocaleName() const { return CanonicalName; }
+#endif // !__WXMSW__
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxLocaleCategory: the category of locale settings
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+enum wxLocaleCategory
+{
+    // (any) numbers
+    wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER,
+
+    // date/time
+    wxLOCALE_CAT_DATE,
+
+    // monetary value
+    wxLOCALE_CAT_MONEY,
+
+    wxLOCALE_CAT_MAX
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxLocaleInfo: the items understood by wxLocale::GetInfo()
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+enum wxLocaleInfo
+{
+    // the thounsands separator
+    wxLOCALE_THOUSANDS_SEP,
+
+    // the character used as decimal point
+    wxLOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT
+
+};
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
-//           message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (#### to do) &c
+//           message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (TODO) &c
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
+
+enum wxLocaleInitFlags
+{
+    wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT  = 0x0001,     // load wxwin.mo?
+    wxLOCALE_CONV_ENCODING = 0x0002      // convert encoding on the fly?
+};
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxLocale
 {
 public:
-  // ctor & dtor
-    // call Init() if you use this ctor
-  wxLocale();
-    // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
-  wxLocale(const char *szName,              // name (for messages)
-           const char *szShort = NULL,      // dir prefix (for msg files)
-           const char *szLocale = NULL,     // locale (for setlocale)
-           bool bLoadDefault = TRUE)        // preload wxstd.mo?
-    { Init(szName, szShort, szLocale, bLoadDefault); }
-    // the same as a function (returns TRUE on success)
-  bool Init(const char *szName,
-            const char *szShort = NULL,
-            const char *szLocale = NULL,
-            bool bLoadDefault = TRUE);
-    // restores old locale
- ~wxLocale();
-
-  // returns locale name
-  const char *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
-
-  // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory 
-  // first, system one after). It will be used for message lookup by
-  // GetString().
-  //
-  // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
-  bool AddCatalog(const char *szDomain);
-  
-  // check if the given catalog is loaded
-  bool IsLoaded(const char *szDomain) const;
-  
-  // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
-  // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
-  // searched)
-  //
-  // return original string if translation is not available
-  // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
-  //  a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
-  //
-  // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
-  // added later override those added before.
-  const char *GetString(const char *szOrigString, 
-                        const char *szDomain = NULL) const;
+    // ctor & dtor
+    // -----------
+
+        // call Init() if you use this ctor
+    wxLocale() { DoCommonInit(); }
+
+        // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
+    wxLocale(const wxString& name,                               // name (for messages)
+             const wxString& shortName = wxEmptyString,      // dir prefix (for msg files)
+             const wxString& locale = wxEmptyString,     // locale (for setlocale)
+             bool bLoadDefault = true,                           // preload wxstd.mo?
+             bool bConvertEncoding = false)                      // convert Win<->Unix if necessary?
+        {
+            DoCommonInit();
+
+            Init(name, shortName, locale, bLoadDefault, bConvertEncoding);
+        }
+
+    wxLocale(int language, // wxLanguage id or custom language
+             int flags = wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE_CONV_ENCODING)
+        {
+            DoCommonInit();
+
+            Init(language, flags);
+        }
+
+        // the same as a function (returns true on success)
+    bool Init(const wxString& name,
+              const wxString& shortName = wxEmptyString,
+              const wxString& locale = wxEmptyString,
+              bool bLoadDefault = true,
+              bool bConvertEncoding = false);
+
+        // same as second ctor (returns true on success)
+    bool Init(int language = wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT,
+              int flags = wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE_CONV_ENCODING);
+
+        // restores old locale
+    virtual ~wxLocale();
+
+    // Try to get user's (or OS's) preferred language setting.
+    // Return wxLANGUAGE_UNKNOWN if language-guessing algorithm failed
+    static int GetSystemLanguage();
+
+    // get the encoding used by default for text on this system, returns
+    // wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM if it couldn't be determined
+    static wxFontEncoding GetSystemEncoding();
+
+    // get the string describing the system encoding, return empty string if
+    // couldn't be determined
+    static wxString GetSystemEncodingName();
+
+    // get the values of the given locale-dependent datum: the current locale
+    // is used, the US default value is returned if everything else fails
+    static wxString GetInfo(wxLocaleInfo index, wxLocaleCategory cat);
+
+    // return true if the locale was set successfully
+    bool IsOk() const { return m_pszOldLocale != NULL; }
+
+    // returns locale name
+    const wxString& GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
+
+    // return current locale wxLanguage value
+    int GetLanguage() const { return m_language; }
+
+    // return locale name to be passed to setlocale()
+    wxString GetSysName() const;
+
+    // return 'canonical' name, i.e. in the form of xx[_YY], where xx is
+    // language code according to ISO 639 and YY is country name
+    // as specified by ISO 3166.
+    wxString GetCanonicalName() const { return m_strShort; }
+
+    // add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will be
+    // looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES, prefix/LC_MESSAGES and prefix
+    // (in this order).
+    //
+    // This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
+    static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
+
+    // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
+    // first, system one after), but the you may prepend additional directories to
+    // the search path with AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
+    //
+    // The loaded catalog will be used for message lookup by GetString().
+    //
+    // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
+    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain);
+    bool AddCatalog(const wxString& domain,
+                    wxLanguage msgIdLanguage, const wxString& msgIdCharset);
+
+    // check if the given locale is provided by OS and C run time
+    static bool IsAvailable(int lang);
+
+    // check if the given catalog is loaded
+    bool IsLoaded(const wxString& domain) const;
+
+    // Retrieve the language info struct for the given language
+    //
+    // Returns NULL if no info found, pointer must *not* be deleted by caller
+    static const wxLanguageInfo *GetLanguageInfo(int lang);
+
+    // Returns language name in English or empty string if the language
+    // is not in database
+    static wxString GetLanguageName(int lang);
+
+    // Find the language for the given locale string which may be either a
+    // canonical ISO 2 letter language code ("xx"), a language code followed by
+    // the country code ("xx_XX") or a Windows full language name ("Xxxxx...")
+    //
+    // Returns NULL if no info found, pointer must *not* be deleted by caller
+    static const wxLanguageInfo *FindLanguageInfo(const wxString& locale);
+
+    // Add custom language to the list of known languages.
+    // Notes: 1) wxLanguageInfo contains platform-specific data
+    //        2) must be called before Init to have effect
+    static void AddLanguage(const wxLanguageInfo& info);
+
+    // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
+    // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
+    // searched)
+    // n - additional parameter for PluralFormsParser
+    //
+    // return original string if translation is not available
+    // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
+    //  a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
+    //
+    // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
+    // added later override those added before.
+    virtual const wxString& GetString(const wxString& origString,
+                                      const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString) const;
+    // plural form version of the same:
+    virtual const wxString& GetString(const wxString& origString,
+                                      const wxString& origString2,
+                                      size_t n,
+                                      const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString) const;
+
+    // this is hack to work around a problem with wxGetTranslation() which
+    // returns const wxString& and not wxString, so when it returns untranslated
+    // string, it needs to have a copy of it somewhere
+    static const wxString& GetUntranslatedString(const wxString& str);
+
+    // Returns the current short name for the locale
+    const wxString& GetName() const { return m_strShort; }
+
+    // return the contents of .po file header
+    wxString GetHeaderValue(const wxString& header,
+                            const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString) const;
+
+    // These two methods are for internal use only. First one creates
+    // ms_languagesDB if it doesn't already exist, second one destroys
+    // it.
+    static void CreateLanguagesDB();
+    static void DestroyLanguagesDB();
 
 private:
-  // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
-  wxMsgCatalog  *FindCatalog(const char *szDomain) const;
-
-  wxString       m_strLocale,     // this locale name
-                 m_strShort;      // short name for the locale
-  
-  const char    *m_pszOldLocale;  // previous locale from setlocale()
-  wxLocale      *m_pOldLocale;    // previous wxLocale
-  
-  wxMsgCatalog  *m_pMsgCat;       // pointer to linked list of catalogs
+    // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
+    wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const wxString& domain) const;
+
+    // copy default table of languages from global static array to
+    // m_langugagesInfo, called by InitLanguagesDB
+    static void InitLanguagesDB();
+
+    // initialize the member fields to default values
+    void DoCommonInit();
+
+    wxString       m_strLocale,       // this locale name
+                   m_strShort;        // short name for the locale
+    int            m_language;        // this locale wxLanguage value
+
+    const char  *m_pszOldLocale;      // previous locale from setlocale()
+    wxLocale      *m_pOldLocale;      // previous wxLocale
+
+    wxMsgCatalog  *m_pMsgCat;         // pointer to linked list of catalogs
+
+    bool           m_bConvertEncoding;
+
+    bool           m_initialized;
+
+    static wxLanguageInfoArray *ms_languagesDB;
+
+    DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxLocale)
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // global functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
 
-// get the translation of the string in the current locale  
-inline WXDLLEXPORT const char *wxGetTranslation(const char *sz)
+// get the current locale object (note that it may be NULL!)
+extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
+
+// get the translation of the string in the current locale
+inline const wxString& wxGetTranslation(const wxString& str,
+                                        const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString)
 {
-  wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
-  return pLoc == NULL ? sz : pLoc->GetString(sz);
+    wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
+    if (pLoc)
+        return pLoc->GetString(str, domain);
+    else
+        // NB: this function returns reference to a string, so we have to keep
+        //     a copy of it somewhere
+        return wxLocale::GetUntranslatedString(str);
 }
+inline const wxString& wxGetTranslation(const wxString& str1,
+                                        const wxString& str2,
+                                        size_t n,
+                                        const wxString& domain = wxEmptyString)
+{
+    wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
+    if (pLoc)
+        return pLoc->GetString(str1, str2, n, domain);
+    else
+        // NB: this function returns reference to a string, so we have to keep
+        //     a copy of it somewhere
+        return n == 1
+               ? wxLocale::GetUntranslatedString(str1)
+               : wxLocale::GetUntranslatedString(str2);
+}
+
+#else // !wxUSE_INTL
 
+// the macros should still be defined - otherwise compilation would fail
+
+#if !defined(WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO)
+    #if !defined(_)
+        #define _(s)                 (s)
+    #endif
+    #define wxPLURAL(sing, plur, n)  ((n) == 1 ? (sing) : (plur))
 #endif
-       // _WX_INTLH__
+
+#define wxTRANSLATE(str) str
+
+// 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; }
+
+#endif // wxUSE_INTL/!wxUSE_INTL
+
+// define this one just in case it occurs somewhere (instead of preferred
+// wxTRANSLATE) too
+#if !defined(WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO)
+    #if !defined(gettext_noop)
+        #define gettext_noop(str) (str)
+    #endif
+    #if !defined(N_)
+        #define N_(s)             (s)
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+#endif // _WX_INTL_H_