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+package FS::Maketext;
+
+use base qw( Exporter );
+use FS::CurrentUser;
+use FS::Conf;
+use FS::L10N;
+
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw( mt );
+
+our $lh;
+
+sub mt {
+ $lh ||= lh();
+ $lh->maketext(@_);
+}
+
+sub lh {
+ my $locale = $FS::CurrentUser::CurrentUser->option('locale')
+ || FS::Conf->new->config('locale')
+ || 'en_US';
+ $locale =~ s/_/-/g;
+ FS::L10N->get_handle($locale) || die "Unknown locale $locale";
+}
+
+# XXX pod me
+
+1;