diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
index 7336fdc8f47..80b1384feb6 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
@@ -1164,7 +1164,9 @@ current language environment.
 to use when encoding and decoding system strings such as system error
 messages and @code{format-time-string} formats and time stamps.  That
 coding system is also used for decoding non-@acronym{ASCII} keyboard
-input on the X Window System.  You should choose a coding system that is compatible
+input on the X Window System and for encoding text sent to the
+standard output and error streams when in batch mode.  You should
+choose a coding system that is compatible
 with the underlying system's text representation, which is normally
 specified by one of the environment variables @env{LC_ALL},
 @env{LC_CTYPE}, and @env{LANG}.  (The first one, in the order
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index b12995be6ed..357a3c33fa3 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -6522,8 +6522,9 @@ no buffer display table.
 @defvar standard-display-table
 The value of this variable is the standard display table, which is
 used when Emacs is displaying a buffer in a window with neither a
-window display table nor a buffer display table defined.  Its default
-is @code{nil}.
+window display table nor a buffer display table defined, or when Emacs
+is outputting text to the standard output or error streams.  Its
+default is @code{nil}.
 @end defvar
 
 The @file{disp-table} library defines several functions for changing
diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
index f16018417de..362c3a4dcbb 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
@@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@ how Emacs interacts with these features.
 @cindex keyboard input decoding on X
 This variable specifies the coding system to use for decoding system
 error messages and---on X Window system only---keyboard input, for
+sending batch output to the standard output and error streams, for
 encoding the format argument to @code{format-time-string}, and for
 decoding the return value of @code{format-time-string}.
 @end defvar
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d07057ef4b2..57e63b1f208 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -947,6 +947,12 @@ integers.
 ** New function `set-binary-mode' allows to switch a standard stream
 of the Emacs process to binary I/O mode.
 
+** In locales that cannot display curved quotes, ASCII approximations
+are installed in standard-display-table.
+
+** Standard output and error streams now transliterate characters via
+standard-display-table, and encode output using locale-coding-system.
+
 ** Miscellaneous name change
 
 For consistency with the usual Emacs spelling, the Lisp variable
diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index 776ecac62d9..9342c3841f6 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -11121,7 +11121,8 @@ See also the function `find-operation-coding-system'.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("locale-coding-system", Vlocale_coding_system,
 	       doc: /* Coding system to use with system messages.
-Also used for decoding keyboard input on X Window system.  */);
+Also used for decoding keyboard input on X Window system, and for
+encoding standard output and error streams.  */);
   Vlocale_coding_system = Qnil;
 
   /* The eol mnemonics are reset in startup.el system-dependently.  */
diff --git a/src/dispnew.c b/src/dispnew.c
index 693dd49825c..7e7afa71d20 100644
--- a/src/dispnew.c
+++ b/src/dispnew.c
@@ -6245,6 +6245,7 @@ Each element can be:
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("standard-display-table", Vstandard_display_table,
 	       doc: /* Display table to use for buffers that specify none.
+It is also used for standard output and error streams.
 See `buffer-display-table' for more information.  */);
   Vstandard_display_table = Qnil;
 
diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index a182839ba7d..65c120dbb4f 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include "window.h"
 #include "process.h"
 #include "dispextern.h"
+#include "disptab.h"
 #include "termchar.h"
 #include "intervals.h"
 #include "blockinput.h"
@@ -195,6 +196,61 @@ print_unwind (Lisp_Object saved_text)
   memcpy (print_buffer, SDATA (saved_text), SCHARS (saved_text));
 }
 
+/* Print character CH to the stdio stream STREAM.  */
+
+static void
+printchar_to_stream (unsigned int ch, FILE *stream)
+{
+  Lisp_Object dv IF_LINT (= Qnil);
+  ptrdiff_t i = 0, n = 1;
+
+  if (CHAR_VALID_P (ch) && DISP_TABLE_P (Vstandard_display_table))
+    {
+      dv = DISP_CHAR_VECTOR (XCHAR_TABLE (Vstandard_display_table), ch);
+      if (VECTORP (dv))
+	{
+	  n = ASIZE (dv);
+	  goto next_char;
+	}
+    }
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      if (ASCII_CHAR_P (ch))
+	{
+	  putc (ch, stream);
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+	  /* Send the output to a debugger (nothing happens if there
+	     isn't one).  */
+	  if (print_output_debug_flag && stream == stderr)
+	    OutputDebugString ((char []) {ch, '\0'});
+#endif
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  unsigned char mbstr[MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH];
+	  int len = CHAR_STRING (ch, mbstr);
+	  Lisp_Object encoded_ch =
+	    ENCODE_SYSTEM (make_multibyte_string ((char *) mbstr, 1, len));
+
+	  fwrite (SSDATA (encoded_ch), 1, SBYTES (encoded_ch), stream);
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+	  if (print_output_debug_flag && stream == stderr)
+	    OutputDebugString (SSDATA (encoded_ch));
+#endif
+	}
+
+      i++;
+
+    next_char:
+      for (; i < n; i++)
+	if (CHARACTERP (AREF (dv, i)))
+	  break;
+      if (! (i < n))
+	break;
+      ch = XFASTINT (AREF (dv, i));
+    }
+}
 
 /* Print character CH using method FUN.  FUN nil means print to
    print_buffer.  FUN t means print to echo area or stdout if
@@ -226,7 +282,10 @@ printchar (unsigned int ch, Lisp_Object fun)
       else if (noninteractive)
 	{
 	  printchar_stdout_last = ch;
-	  fwrite (str, 1, len, stdout);
+	  if (DISP_TABLE_P (Vstandard_display_table))
+	    printchar_to_stream (ch, stdout);
+	  else
+	    fwrite (str, 1, len, stdout);
 	  noninteractive_need_newline = 1;
 	}
       else
@@ -267,7 +326,19 @@ strout (const char *ptr, ptrdiff_t size, ptrdiff_t size_byte,
     }
   else if (noninteractive && EQ (printcharfun, Qt))
     {
-      fwrite (ptr, 1, size_byte, stdout);
+      if (DISP_TABLE_P (Vstandard_display_table))
+	{
+	  int len;
+	  for (ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < size_byte; i += len)
+	    {
+	      int ch = STRING_CHAR_AND_LENGTH ((const unsigned char *) ptr + i,
+					       len);
+	      printchar_to_stream (ch, stdout);
+	    }
+	}
+      else
+	fwrite (ptr, 1, size_byte, stdout);
+
       noninteractive_need_newline = 1;
     }
   else if (EQ (printcharfun, Qt))
@@ -688,37 +759,8 @@ You can call print while debugging emacs, and pass it this function
 to make it write to the debugging output.  */)
   (Lisp_Object character)
 {
-  unsigned int ch;
-
   CHECK_NUMBER (character);
-  ch = XINT (character);
-  if (ASCII_CHAR_P (ch))
-    {
-      putc (ch, stderr);
-#ifdef WINDOWSNT
-      /* Send the output to a debugger (nothing happens if there isn't
-	 one).  */
-      if (print_output_debug_flag)
-	{
-	  char buf[2] = {(char) XINT (character), '\0'};
-	  OutputDebugString (buf);
-	}
-#endif
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      unsigned char mbstr[MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH];
-      ptrdiff_t len = CHAR_STRING (ch, mbstr);
-      Lisp_Object encoded_ch =
-	ENCODE_SYSTEM (make_multibyte_string ((char *) mbstr, 1, len));
-
-      fwrite (SSDATA (encoded_ch), SBYTES (encoded_ch), 1, stderr);
-#ifdef WINDOWSNT
-      if (print_output_debug_flag)
-	OutputDebugString (SSDATA (encoded_ch));
-#endif
-    }
-
+  printchar_to_stream (XINT (character), stderr);
   return character;
 }