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+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# Andrei Stepanov <adem4ik@gmail.com>, 2024.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-08-26 02:56+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: Automatically generated\n"
+"Language-Team: none\n"
+"Language: ru\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Name
+#: data/desktop/rosegarden.desktop:2
+msgid "Rosegarden"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. GenericName
+#: data/desktop/rosegarden.desktop:4
+msgid "MIDI and Audio Sequencer and Editor"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: data/desktop/rosegarden.desktop:6
+msgid "MIDI and audio sequencer and musical notation editor"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: data/desktop/x-rosegarden-device.desktop:2
+msgid "Rosegarden device file"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: data/desktop/x-rosegarden.desktop:2
+msgid "Rosegarden file"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: data/desktop/x-rosegarden21.desktop:2
+msgid "Rosegarden 2.1 file"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: data/desktop/x-soundfont.desktop:2
+msgid "Soundfont"
+msgstr ""