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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 get_description(self, language):
 """Returns the course description """

        description = self.gettext(language, self._description) if self._description else ''
        return ParsableText(description, "rst", self._translations.get(language, gettext.NullTranslations()))