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+LinkChecker Translations
+========================
+
+Translations for the application are stored in po/.
+Translations for the man pages are stored in doc/.
+
+Application Translations
+------------------------
+
+``linkchecker $ make locale``
+
+is equivalent to:
+
+``linkchecker/po $ make``
+
+Man Page Translations
+---------------------
+
+po4a is used to generate linkchecker.doc.pot, .po files and translated man pages.
+
+``linkchecker/doc $ make po4a``