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+# German translations for PROJECT.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PROJECT project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2014.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-12-05 18:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-12-05 18:06+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: de <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 1.3\n"
+
+#: application.py:78
+msgid "Update"
+msgstr "Aktualisieren"
+
+#: models.py:14
+msgid "enter.username"
+msgstr "Bitte geben Sie einen Benutzernamen an"
+
+#: models.py:15 models.py:33 models.py:34
+msgid "enter.password"
+msgstr "Bitte geben Sie ein Passwort ein"
+
+#: models.py:33 models.py:63
+msgid "username"
+msgstr "Benutzername"
+
+#: models.py:34
+msgid "password"
+msgstr "Passwort"
+
+#: models.py:35
+msgid "password.match"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:36 models.py:38
+msgid "confirm"
+msgstr "Bestätigung"
+
+#: models.py:38
+msgid "enter.email"
+msgstr "Bitte geben Sie eine Email-Adresse an"
+
+#: models.py:39
+msgid "enter.valid.email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:40 models.py:66
+msgid "firstName"
+msgstr "Vorname"
+
+#: models.py:40
+msgid "enter.firstName"
+msgstr "Bitte geben Sie einen Vornamen an"
+
+#: models.py:41 models.py:67
+msgid "lastName"
+msgstr "Nachname"
+
+#: models.py:41
+msgid "enter.lastName"
+msgstr "Bitte geben Sie einen Nachnamen an"
+
+#: models.py:43 models.py:69
+msgid "address"
+msgstr "Adresse"
+
+#: models.py:44 models.py:70
+msgid "phone"
+msgstr "Telefon"
+
+#: models.py:45 models.py:71
+msgid "institution"
+msgstr "Institution"
+
+#: models.py:65
+msgid "email"
+msgstr "Email"
+
+#: templates/base.html:28
+msgid "korap.title"
+msgstr "KorAP - Korpusanalyseplatform der nächsten Generation"
+
+#: templates/base.html:31
+msgid "logged in as"
+msgstr "eingeloggt als"
+
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+# English translations for PROJECT.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PROJECT project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2014.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-12-05 18:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-12-05 18:28+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: en <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 1.3\n"
+
+#: application.py:78
+msgid "Update"
+msgstr "Update"
+
+#: models.py:14
+msgid "enter.username"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:15 models.py:33 models.py:34
+msgid "enter.password"
+msgstr "Please enter a password"
+
+#: models.py:33 models.py:63
+msgid "username"
+msgstr "Please enter a username"
+
+#: models.py:34
+msgid "password"
+msgstr "password"
+
+#: models.py:35
+msgid "password.match"
+msgstr "The passwords need to match!"
+
+#: models.py:36 models.py:38
+msgid "confirm"
+msgstr "verify"
+
+#: models.py:38
+msgid "enter.email"
+msgstr "Please enter an email address"
+
+#: models.py:39
+msgid "enter.valid.email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:40 models.py:66
+msgid "firstName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:40
+msgid "enter.firstName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:41 models.py:67
+msgid "lastName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:41
+msgid "enter.lastName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:43 models.py:69
+msgid "address"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:44 models.py:70
+msgid "phone"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:45 models.py:71
+msgid "institution"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:65
+msgid "email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/base.html:28
+msgid "korap.title"
+msgstr "KorAP - Next generation corpus analysis platform"
+
+#: templates/base.html:31
+msgid "logged in as"
+msgstr "logged in as"
+
+#~ msgid "phoen"
+#~ msgstr ""
+
diff --git a/service/app/translations/messages.pot b/service/app/translations/messages.pot
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+# Translations template for PROJECT.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PROJECT project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2014.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-12-05 18:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 1.3\n"
+
+#: application.py:78
+msgid "Update"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:14
+msgid "enter.username"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:15 models.py:33 models.py:34
+msgid "enter.password"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:33 models.py:63
+msgid "username"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:34
+msgid "password"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:35
+msgid "password.match"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:36 models.py:38
+msgid "confirm"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:38
+msgid "enter.email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:39
+msgid "enter.valid.email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:40 models.py:66
+msgid "firstName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:40
+msgid "enter.firstName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:41 models.py:67
+msgid "lastName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:41
+msgid "enter.lastName"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:43 models.py:69
+msgid "address"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:44 models.py:70
+msgid "phone"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:45 models.py:71
+msgid "institution"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:65
+msgid "email"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/base.html:28
+msgid "korap.title"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/base.html:31
+msgid "logged in as"
+msgstr ""
+