Usage: /usr/bin/ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number. Options and arguments: -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN -c, --context=CONTEXT specify context for MSGID -e enable expansion of some escape sequences -E (ignored for compatibility) [TEXTDOMAIN] retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN MSGID MSGID-PLURAL translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural) COUNT choose singular/plural form based on this value Informative output: -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version display version information and exit If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the message catalog is not found in the regular directory, another location can be specified with the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR. Standard search directory: /usr/share/locale Report bugs in the bug tracker at or by email to .