# DP: argparse.py: Make the gettext import conditional

--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -89,7 +89,17 @@
 import sys as _sys
 import textwrap as _textwrap
 
-from gettext import gettext as _, ngettext
+try:
+    from gettext import gettext as _, ngettext
+except ImportError:
+    def gettext(message):
+        return message
+    _ = gettext
+    def ngettext(msgid1, msgid2, n):
+        if n == 1:
+            return msgid1
+        else:
+            return msgid2
 
 
 def _callable(obj):