File: gawk.info,  Node: I18N Functions,  Prev: Type Functions,  Up: Built-in

9.1.9 String-Translation Functions
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'gawk' provides facilities for internationalizing 'awk' programs.  These
include the functions described in the following list.  The descriptions
here are purposely brief.  *Note Internationalization::, for the full
story.  Optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets ([ ]):

'bindtextdomain(DIRECTORY' [',' DOMAIN]')'
     Set the directory in which 'gawk' will look for message translation
     files, in case they will not or cannot be placed in the "standard"
     locations (e.g., during testing).  It returns the directory in
     which DOMAIN is "bound."

     The default DOMAIN is the value of 'TEXTDOMAIN'.  If DIRECTORY is
     the null string ('""'), then 'bindtextdomain()' returns the current
     binding for the given DOMAIN.

'dcgettext(STRING' [',' DOMAIN [',' CATEGORY] ]')'
     Return the translation of STRING in text domain DOMAIN for locale
     category CATEGORY.  The default value for DOMAIN is the current
     value of 'TEXTDOMAIN'.  The default value for CATEGORY is
     '"LC_MESSAGES"'.

'dcngettext(STRING1, STRING2, NUMBER' [',' DOMAIN [',' CATEGORY] ]')'
     Return the plural form used for NUMBER of the translation of
     STRING1 and STRING2 in text domain DOMAIN for locale category
     CATEGORY.  STRING1 is the English singular variant of a message,
     and STRING2 is the English plural variant of the same message.  The
     default value for DOMAIN is the current value of 'TEXTDOMAIN'.  The
     default value for CATEGORY is '"LC_MESSAGES"'.