Add documentation for translation procedures.

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 @include guile/xdg-basedir.texi
 @include guile/web.texi
 @include guile/vcomponent.texi
+@include guile/translation.texi
 
 @node Errors and Conditions
 @section Errors and Conditions
diff --git a/doc/ref/guile/translation.texi b/doc/ref/guile/translation.texi
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+@node Translation
+@section Translation
+
+Base for string translation in the application. Calp uses Guile's
+built in gettext bindings. The text domain used is ``calp''.
+
+@defun translate str
+@anchor{translate}
+Translate a string from english into an (through enviroment) specified
+target language. All newlines in the source string will be changed to
+spaces.
+
+This procedure is both used as the ``backend'' for @ref{G_}, but also
+for non-literal strings which should be translated.
+@end defun
+
+@defun G_ msg ...
+@anchor{G_}
+The ``global'' binding indicating a string to be translated.
+
+All arguments must be strings, and will be concatenated before being
+passed to @ref{translate} (meaning newlines will be ignored).
+@end defun
+
+@defun yes-no-check string [locale=%global-locale]
+Checks @var{string} if it's a yes or no response in the given
+@var{locale}.
+
+Returns @code{'yes} or @code{'no}, or @code{#f} if the string couldn't
+be parsed as a yes/no predicate in the current locale.
+@end defun