diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c)2012, Ivan Perez
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Ivan Perez nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/keera-hails-i18n.cabal b/keera-hails-i18n.cabal
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+-- hails.cabal auto-generated by cabal init. For additional options,
+-- see
+-- http://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/users-guide/authors.html#pkg-descr.
+-- The name of the package.
+Name:                keera-hails-i18n
+
+-- The package version. See the Haskell package versioning policy
+-- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy) for
+-- standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
+Version:             0.0.3.3
+
+-- A short (one-line) description of the package.
+Synopsis:            Rapid Gtk Application Development - I18N
+
+-- A longer description of the package.
+-- Description:         
+
+-- URL for the project homepage or repository.
+Homepage:            http://www.keera.es/blog/community/
+
+-- The license under which the package is released.
+License:             BSD3
+
+-- The file containing the license text.
+License-file:        LICENSE
+
+-- The package author(s).
+Author:              Ivan Perez
+
+-- An email address to which users can send suggestions, bug reports,
+-- and patches.
+Maintainer:          ivan.perez@keera.es
+
+-- A copyright notice.
+-- Copyright:           
+
+Category:            Development
+
+Build-type:          Simple
+
+-- Constraint on the version of Cabal needed to build this package.
+Cabal-version:       >=1.2
+
+Library
+  hs-source-dirs: src/
+  
+  ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -O2
+
+  -- Modules exported by the library.
+  Exposed-modules: Hails.I18N.Gettext
+                 , Hails.I18N.Language
+  
+  -- Packages needed in order to build this package.
+  Build-depends: base >= 4 && < 5
+               -- , template-haskell
+               , directory
+               , filepath
+               , glib
+               , MissingK
+
+               -- Gettext-related
+               , utf8-string
+               , hgettext
+               , setlocale
diff --git a/src/Hails/I18N/Gettext.hs b/src/Hails/I18N/Gettext.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+-- | This module contains the function we need to use to get automatic
+-- translation on all the strings in our programs.
+module Hails.I18N.Gettext where
+
+import Text.I18N.GetText
+import System.IO.Unsafe
+import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String
+ 
+-- | Translate a string using gettext.
+--
+--   Note: This implementation decodes UTF-8 strings only in Linux. If it
+--   should also in other OSs, please open an issue on github.
+__ :: String -> String
+__ s 
+#ifdef linux_HOST_OS
+ | isUTF8Encoded s' = decodeString s'
+#endif
+ | otherwise        = s'
+  where s' = unsafePerformIO $ getText s
diff --git a/src/Hails/I18N/Language.hs b/src/Hails/I18N/Language.hs
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+-- | Install/load the right Gettext files for your chosen
+--   language and application.
+module Hails.I18N.Language where
+
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
+import           Control.Exception.Extra
+import           Control.Monad
+import           System.Directory
+import           System.FilePath
+import           System.Locale.SetLocale
+import           System.Environment.SetEnv
+import           Text.I18N.GetText
+
+-- | Installs the current language using the LC_ALL and LANGUAGE
+-- environment variables and other gettext methods. This requires
+-- the application's name, and it loads the language from a file
+-- called "default-language" in the application's config dir.
+installLanguage :: String -> IO ()
+installLanguage app = void $ do
+
+  -- Read the config file if it exists
+  dir <- getAppUserDataDirectory app
+  let file = dir </> "default-language"
+
+  -- lang == "" if no value was found
+  lang <- E.handle (anyway (return "")) $ do
+             cs <- fmap lines $ readFile file
+             return $ if null cs then "" else head cs
+  
+  -- Update locale and language only if a value has been found
+  unless (null lang) $ E.handle (anyway (return ())) $ do
+    setLocale LC_ALL (Just lang)
+    setEnv "LANGUAGE" lang
+  bindTextDomain app $ Just "." 
+  textDomain $ Just app