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+# Copyright (C) 2016 Damon Lynch <damonlynch@gmail.com>
+
+# This file is part of Rapid Photo Downloader.
+#
+# Rapid Photo Downloader 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.
+#
+# Rapid Photo Downloader 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 Rapid Photo Downloader.  If not,
+# see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Initialize gettext translations.
+"""
+
+__author__ = 'Damon Lynch'
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2016, Damon Lynch"
+
+from typing import Optional
+import os
+import gettext
+from xdg import BaseDirectory
+
+
+def locale_directory() -> Optional[str]:
+    """
+    Locate locale directory. Prioritizes whatever is newer, comparing the locale
+    directory at xdg_data_home and the one in /usr/share/
+
+    :return: the locale directory with the most recent messages for Rapid Photo
+    Downloader, if found, else None.
+    """
+
+    mo_file = '{}.mo'.format(i18n_domain)
+    # Test the Spanish file
+    sample_lang_path = os.path.join('es', 'LC_MESSAGES', mo_file)
+    locale_mtime = 0.0
+    locale_dir = None
+
+    for path in (BaseDirectory.xdg_data_home, '/usr/share'):
+        locale_path = os.path.join(path, 'locale')
+        sample_path = os.path.join(locale_path, sample_lang_path)
+        if os.path.isfile(sample_path) and os.access(sample_path, os.R_OK):
+            if os.path.getmtime(sample_path) > locale_mtime:
+                locale_dir = locale_path
+    return locale_dir
+
+i18n_domain = 'rapid-photo-downloader'
+localedir = locale_directory()
+
+gettext.bindtextdomain(i18n_domain, localedir=localedir)
+gettext.textdomain(i18n_domain)
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