+static gchar*
+ev_get_locale_dir ()
+{
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+ gchar *install_dir = NULL, *locale_dir;
+ gchar *retval = NULL;
+
+ install_dir =
+ g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module (NULL);
+
+ if (install_dir) {
+ locale_dir = g_build_filename (install_dir,
+ "share", "locale", NULL);
+ retval = g_win32_locale_filename_from_utf8 (locale_dir);
+ g_free (install_dir);
+ g_free (locale_dir);
+ }
+
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+ else
+ return g_strdup ("");
+#else
+ return g_strdup (GNOMELOCALEDIR);
+#endif
+}
+