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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2005-2009  Michel de Boer <michel@twinklephone.com>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+*/
+
+#ifndef _TRANSLATOR_H
+#define _TRANSLATOR_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+#define TRANSLATE(s)		(translator ? translator->translate(s) : s)
+#define TRANSLATE2(c, s)	(translator ? translator->translate2(c, s) : s)
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// This class provides an interface for languague translations.
+// The default implementation does not perform any translation.
+// The class may be subclassed to provide translation services.
+
+class t_translator {
+public:
+	virtual ~t_translator() {};
+	
+	// The default implementation simply returns the passed
+	// string. A subclass should reimplement this method to
+	// provide translation.
+	virtual string translate(const string &s) { return s; };
+	
+	// The name of the context parameter is in comments to avoid
+	// unused argument warnings.
+	virtual string translate2(const string &/*context*/, const string &s) { return s; };
+};
+
+extern t_translator *translator;
+
+#endif