diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index a47fd9368..85402811b 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 2005-06-05  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* configure.in: Bump up the version number.
+	* src/Utils.py (strip_context): Add function.
 
 2005-06-05  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DateHandler.py: fixed initialization of parser class
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Utils.py b/gramps2/src/Utils.py
index 6b8066774..ea0c3f8e1 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Utils.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Utils.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
 import locale
+from gettext import gettext as _
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -52,13 +53,6 @@ import GrampsMime
 import NameDisplay
 import Date
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# internationalization
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gettext import gettext as _
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # modified flag
@@ -400,7 +394,7 @@ def search_for(name):
                   
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-#  Change label apperance
+#  Change label appearance
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def bold_label(label,widget=None):
@@ -793,3 +787,26 @@ def get_type_converter_by_name(val_str):
     elif val_str in ('str','unicode'):
         return unicode
     return unicode
+
+def strip_context(msgid,sep='|'):
+    """
+    Strip the context used for resolving translation ambiguities.
+    
+    The translation of msgid is returned unless the translation is
+    not available and the msgid contains the separator. In that case,
+    the returned value is the portion of msgid following the last
+    separator. Default separator is '|'.
+
+    @param msgid: The string to translated.
+    @type msgid: unicode
+    @param sep: The separator marking the context.
+    @type sep: unicode
+    @return: Translation or the original with context stripped.
+    @rtype: unicode
+
+    """
+    msgval = _(msgid)
+    sep_idx = msgid.rfind(sep)
+    if msgval == msgid and sep_idx != -1:
+        msgval = msgid[sep_idx+1:]
+    return msgval