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In this manual, we use he when speaking of the programmer or maintainer, she when speaking of the translator, and they when speaking of the installers or end users of the translated program. This is only a convenience for clarifying the documentation. It is absolutely not meant to imply that some roles are more appropriate to males or females. This chapter explains what are the goals seeked by the mere existence of GNU gettext . Then, it explains a few wide concepts around Native Language Support, and situates message translation in regard to other aspects of national and cultural variance, as applicable to programs.