+static const gchar none[] = N_("None");
+
+
+static gchar *
+name_to_string (const struct variable *var, PsppireDict *dict)
+{
+ const char *name = var_get_name (var);
+ g_assert (name);
+
+ return recode_string (UTF8, psppire_dict_encoding (dict),
+ name, -1);
+}
+
+
+static gchar *
+label_to_string (const struct variable *var, PsppireDict *dict)
+{
+ const char *label = var_get_label (var);
+
+ if (! label) return g_strdup (none);
+
+ return recode_string (UTF8, psppire_dict_encoding (dict),
+ label, -1);
+}
+