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+**************************************************************************
+*                                                                        *
+*              Star Traders: A Game of Interstellar Trading              *
+*                 Copyright (C) 1990-2011, John Zaitseff                 *
+*                                                                        *
+**************************************************************************
+
+This directory,  po, contains translations  for text strings used  in Star
+Traders.  The GNU Gettext project is used for this purpose.