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6 Creating a New PO File
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   When starting a new translation, the translator creates a file called
‘LANG.po’, as a copy of the ‘PACKAGE.pot’ template file with
modifications in the initial comments (at the beginning of the file) and
in the header entry (the first entry, near the beginning of the file).

   The easiest way to do so is by use of the ‘msginit’ program.  For
example:

     $ cd PACKAGE-VERSION
     $ cd po
     $ msginit

   The alternative way is to do the copy and modifications by hand.  To
do so, the translator copies ‘PACKAGE.pot’ to ‘LANG.po’.  Then she
modifies the initial comments and the header entry of this file.

msginit Invocation

Invoking the ‘msginit’ Program

Header Entry

Filling in the Header Entry