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Preface
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Simple Internationalization for Python Applications
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Babel is an integrated collection of utilities that assist in
internationalizing and localizing Python applications, with an emphasis on
web-based applications.

 * `Introduction <intro.html>`_
 * `Locale Display Names <display.html>`_
 * `Date Formatting <dates.html>`_
 * `Number Formatting <numbers.html>`_
 * `Working with Message Catalogs <messages.html>`_
 * `Command-Line Interface <cmdline.html>`_
 * `Distutils/Setuptools Integration <setup.html>`_
 * `Support Classes and Functions <support.html>`_
 * `Generated API Documentation <api/index.html>`_