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diff --git a/‎Doc/library/turtle.rst‎
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diff --git a/‎Lib/turtle.py‎
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@@ -2684,9 +2684,9 @@ The docstrings of the public methods of the Screen and Turtle classes, and of
 the functions derived from them, can be replaced by translations, so that
 :func:`help` and IDE tooltips are shown in another language.
 
-The translations are not part of Python. They are distributed on PyPI in the
-:pypi:`turtle-translations` package, which holds the docstring dictionaries of
-all available languages. To use it, you must first install it with :program:`pip`::
+Translation catalogues can be installed from PyPI using the
+:pypi:`turtle-translations` package, which holds the docstring dictionaries
+for various languages. To use it, you must first install it with :program:`pip`::
 
    python -m pip install turtle-translations
 
@@ -2698,6 +2698,7 @@ English docstrings are kept.
 .. envvar:: PYTHON_TURTLE_LANG
 
    The name of the language to read the docstring dictionary for.
+   Ignored when the :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` command line options are used.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.16
 
 
@@ -4042,7 +4042,9 @@ def read_docstrings(lang):
         except Exception:
             print("Bad docstring-entry: %s" % key)
 
-_LANGUAGE = environ.get("PYTHON_TURTLE_LANG") or _CFG["language"]
+_LANGUAGE = _CFG["language"]
+if not sys.flags.ignore_environment:
+    _LANGUAGE = environ.get("PYTHON_TURTLE_LANG") or _LANGUAGE
 
 try:
     if _LANGUAGE != "english":