Application Module

The application, or library module must include the following code:

#include <locale.h> 
#include <libintl.h>
setlocale("LC_MESSAGES", "<language>");
bindtestdomain("string_file_name","directory");
dgettext("string_file_name", "message");

where

language is one of the language locale directories in /usr/lib/locale

directory is the location of the installed translated message file, string_file_name

message is the message string to translate