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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 13-3-2 on page II-309 in "Translations of fixed texts".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
%
% set up a fixed date for the example:
  \day=2 \month=2 \year=2020

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}   \usepackage{gentium}
\usepackage[catalan,bulgarian,british]{babel}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
In England the date is `\today', while in Bulgaria
it is `\foreignlanguage[date]{bulgarian}{\today}'.
Catalonians write
`\foreignlanguage[date]{catalan}{\today}'.
\end{document}
