ui: Introduce (guix i18n).

* guix/ui.scm (G_, N_, _P, %gettext-domain, %package-text-domain): Move
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* guix/i18n.scm: ... here.  New file.

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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix 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 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix 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 GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix i18n)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:export (G_
+            N_
+            P_
+            %gettext-domain
+            %package-text-domain))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Internationalization support.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define %gettext-domain
+  ;; Text domain for strings used in the tools.
+  "guix")
+
+(define %package-text-domain
+  ;; Text domain for package synopses and descriptions.
+  "guix-packages")
+
+(define G_ (cut gettext <> %gettext-domain))
+(define N_ (cut ngettext <> <> <> %gettext-domain))
+
+(define (P_ msgid)
+  "Return the translation of the package description or synopsis MSGID."
+  ;; Descriptions/synopses might occasionally be empty strings, even if that
+  ;; is something we try to avoid.  Since (gettext "") can return a non-empty
+  ;; string, explicitly check for that case.
+  (if (string-null? msgid)
+      msgid
+      (gettext msgid %package-text-domain)))