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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _(text, *args, **kwargs):
 """Translate and then and format the text with ``str.format``."""

    msg = _t.gettext(text)
    if args or kwargs:
        return msg.format(*args, **kwargs)
    else:
        return msg