Index: docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt	(Revision 7171)
+++ docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -2501,9 +2501,11 @@
 Q_
 C_
 N_
+NC_
 g_dgettext
 g_dngettext
 g_dpgettext
+g_dpgettext2
 g_strip_context
 <SUBSECTION>
 g_get_language_names
Index: docs/reference/glib/tmpl/i18n.sgml
===================================================================
--- docs/reference/glib/tmpl/i18n.sgml	(Revision 7171)
+++ docs/reference/glib/tmpl/i18n.sgml	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -148,6 +148,34 @@
 @Returns: 
 
 
+<!-- ##### MACRO NC_ ##### -->
+<para>
+Only marks a string for translation, with context.
+This is useful in situations where the translated strings can't
+be directly used, e.g. in string array initializers. 
+To get the translated string, you should call g_dpgettext2() at runtime.
+</para>
+<informalexample><programlisting>
+     {
+       static const char *messages[] = {
+         NC_("some context", "some very meaningful message"),
+         NC_("some context", "and another one")
+       };
+       const char *string;
+       ...
+       string
+         = index &gt; 1 ? g_dpgettext2 (NULL, "some context", "a default message") : g_dpgettext2 (NULL, "some context", messages[index]);
+<!-- -->     
+       fputs (string);
+       ...
+     }
+</programlisting></informalexample>
+
+@Context: a message context, must be a string literal
+@String: a message id, must be a string literal
+@Since: 2.18
+
+
 <!-- ##### FUNCTION g_strip_context ##### -->
 <para>
 
Index: glib/glib.symbols
===================================================================
--- glib/glib.symbols	(Revision 7171)
+++ glib/glib.symbols	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@
 g_dgettext G_GNUC_FORMAT(2)
 g_dngettext G_GNUC_FORMAT(3)
 g_dpgettext G_GNUC_FORMAT(2)
+g_dpgettext2 G_GNUC_FORMAT(3)
 #endif
 #endif
 
Index: glib/gstrfuncs.c
===================================================================
--- glib/gstrfuncs.c	(Revision 7171)
+++ glib/gstrfuncs.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -2907,6 +2907,62 @@
   return translation;
 }
 
+/* This function is taken from gettext.h 
+ * GNU gettext uses '\004' to separate context and msgid in .mo files.
+ */
+/**
+ * g_dpgettext2:
+ * @domain: the translation domain to use, or %NULL to use
+ *   the domain set with textdomain()
+ * @context: the message context
+ * @msgid: the message
+ *
+ * This function is a variant of g_dgettext() which supports
+ * a disambiguating message context. GNU gettext uses the
+ * '\004' character to separate the message context and
+ * message id in @msgctxtid.
+ *
+ * This uses g_dgettext() internally.  See that functions for differences
+ * with dgettext() proper.
+ *
+ * This function differs from dpgettext() and C_() in that it is not a macro
+ * and thus you may use non-string-literals as context and msgid arguments.
+ *
+ * Returns: The translated string
+ *
+ * Since: 2.18
+ */
+G_CONST_RETURN char *
+g_dpgettext2 (const char *domain,
+              const char *msgctxt,
+              const char *msgid)
+{
+  size_t msgctxt_len = strlen (msgctxt) + 1;
+  size_t msgid_len = strlen (msgid) + 1;
+  const char *translation;
+  char* msg_ctxt_id;
+
+  msg_ctxt_id = g_alloca (msgctxt_len + msgid_len);
+
+  memcpy (msg_ctxt_id, msgctxt, msgctxt_len - 1);
+  msg_ctxt_id[msgctxt_len - 1] = '\004';
+  memcpy (msg_ctxt_id + msgctxt_len, msgid, msgid_len);
+
+  translation = g_dgettext (domain, msg_ctxt_id);
+
+  if (translation == msg_ctxt_id) 
+    {
+      /* try the old way of doing message contexts, too */
+      msg_ctxt_id[msgctxt_len - 1] = '|';
+      translation = g_dgettext (domain, msg_ctxt_id);
+
+      if (translation == msg_ctxt_id)
+        return msgid;
+    }
+
+  return translation;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 _g_dgettext_should_translate (void)
 {
Index: glib/gstrfuncs.h
===================================================================
--- glib/gstrfuncs.h	(Revision 7171)
+++ glib/gstrfuncs.h	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@
 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *g_dpgettext      (const gchar *domain,
                                         const gchar *msgctxtid,
                                         gsize        msgidoffset) G_GNUC_FORMAT(2);
+G_CONST_RETURN gchar *g_dpgettext2     (const gchar *domain,
+                                        const gchar *context,
+                                        const gchar *msgid) G_GNUC_FORMAT(3);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
Index: glib/gi18n-lib.h
===================================================================
--- glib/gi18n-lib.h	(Revision 7171)
+++ glib/gi18n-lib.h	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
 #define Q_(String) g_dpgettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, String, 0)
 #define N_(String) (String)
 #define C_(Context,String) g_dpgettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, Context "\004" String, strlen (Context) + 1)
+#define NC_(Context, String) (String)
 
 #endif  /* __G_I18N_LIB_H__ */
Index: glib/gi18n.h
===================================================================
--- glib/gi18n.h	(Revision 7171)
+++ glib/gi18n.h	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
 #define Q_(String) g_dpgettext (NULL, String, 0)
 #define N_(String) (String)
 #define C_(Context,String) g_dpgettext (NULL, Context "\004" String, strlen (Context) + 1)
+#define NC_(Context, String) (String)
 
 #endif  /* __G_I18N_H__ */
