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Untranslated Entries
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   When `xgettext' originally creates a PO file, unless told otherwise,
it initializes the `msgid' field with the untranslated string, and
leaves the `msgstr' string to be empty.  Such entries, having an empty
translation, are said to be "untranslated" entries.  Later, when the
programmer slightly modifies some string right in the program, this
change is later reflected in the PO file by the appearance of a new
untranslated entry for the modified string.

   The usual commands moving from entry to entry consider untranslated
entries on the same level as active entries.  Untranslated entries are
easily recognizable by the fact they end with `msgstr ""'.

   The work of the translator might be (quite naively) seen as the
process of seeking for an untranslated entry, editing a translation for
it, and repeating these actions until no untranslated entries remain.
Some commands are more specifically related to untranslated entry
processing.

`u'
     Find the next untranslated entry.

`M-u'
     Find the previous untranslated entry.

`k'
     Turn the current entry into an untranslated one.

   The commands `u' (`po-next-untranslated-entry') and `M-u'
(`po-previous-untransted-entry') move forwards or backwards, chasing
for an untranslated entry.  If none is found, the search is extended
and wraps around in the PO file buffer.

   An entry can be turned back into an untranslated entry by merely
emptying its translation, using the command `k' (`po-kill-msgstr').
Note: Modifying Translations.

   Also, when time comes to quit working on a PO file buffer with the
`q' command, the translator is asked for confirmation, if some
untranslated string still exists.


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