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+// license:BSD-3-Clause
+// copyright-holders:Vas Crabb
+/***************************************************************************
+
+ language.h
+
+ Multi-language support.
+
+***************************************************************************/
+#ifndef MAME_LIB_UTIL_LANGUAGE_H
+#define MAME_LIB_UTIL_LANGUAGE_H
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "utilfwd.h"
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+
+//**************************************************************************
+// LOCALIZATION SUPPORT
+//**************************************************************************
+
+#define _(...) lang_translate(__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define N_(msg) (msg)
+#define N_p(ctx, msg) (msg)
+
+namespace util {
+
+void unload_translation();
+void load_translation(random_read &file);
+
+char const *lang_translate(char const *message);
+std::string_view lang_translate(std::string_view message);
+
+char const *lang_translate(char const *context, char const *message);
+std::string_view lang_translate(char const *context, std::string_view message);
+std::string_view lang_translate(std::string_view context, std::string_view message);
+
+} // namespace util
+
+#endif // MAME_LIB_UTIL_LANGUAGE_H