msgconv&acute;</SAMP>
program, before invoking <SAMP>`msgfilter&acute;</SAMP>.  If the <VAR>filter</VAR> wants input
in the locale's encoding, but you want to avoid the locale's encoding, then
you can first convert the translation catalog to UTF-8 using the
<SAMP>`msgconv&acute;</SAMP> program and then make <SAMP>`msgfilter&acute;</SAMP> work in an UTF-8
locale, by using the <CODE>LC_ALL</CODE> environment variable.

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