diff --git a/lib/i18n/i18n.inc.php b/lib/i18n/i18n.inc.php
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+<?
+
+class KTi18n {
+    function KTi18n($sDomain, $sPath) {
+        $this->sDomain = $sDomain;
+        $this->sPath = $sPath;
+    }
+
+    function gettext($sContents) {
+        return dcgettext($this->sDomain, $sContents, LC_MESSAGES);
+    }
+}
+
+class KTi18nGeneric {
+    function KTi18n() {
+    }
+
+    function gettext($sContents) {
+        return $sContents;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/i18n/i18nregistry.inc.php b/lib/i18n/i18nregistry.inc.php
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+<?php
+
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/i18n/i18n.inc.php');
+
+class KTi18nRegistry {
+    var $_ai18nDetails = array();
+    var $_ai18ns = array();
+
+    function &getSingleton() {
+        if (!KTUtil::arrayGet($GLOBALS, 'oKTi18nRegistry')) {
+            $GLOBALS['oKTi18nRegistry'] = new KTi18nRegistry;
+        }
+        return $GLOBALS['oKTi18nRegistry'];
+    }
+
+    function registeri18n($sDomain, $sDirectory = "") {
+        if (empty($sDirectory)) {
+            $sDirectory = KT_DIR . '/i18n';
+        }
+        $this->_ai18nDetails[$sDomain] = array($sDomain, $sDirectory);
+        bindtextdomain($sDomain, $sDirectory);
+        bind_textdomain_codeset($sDomain, 'UTF-8');
+    }
+
+    function &geti18n($sDomain) {
+        $oi18n =& KTUtil::arrayGet($this->_ai18ns, $sDomain);
+        if (!empty($oi18n)) {
+            return $oi18n;
+        }
+        $aDetails = KTUtil::arrayGet($this->_ai18nDetails, $sDomain);
+        if (empty($aDetails)) {
+            return new KTi18nGeneric;
+        }
+        $oi18n =& new KTi18n($sDomain, $sDirectory);
+        $this->ai18ns[$sDomain] =& $oi18n;
+        return $oi18n;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/i18n/i18nutil.inc.php b/lib/i18n/i18nutil.inc.php
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+<?php
+
+class KTi18nUtil {
+    function setup() {
+    }
+}