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+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Lua gettextTest\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-01-07 20:33+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-01-07 21:32+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Tobias Jakobs <tobias.jakobs@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.4\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: .\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: gettext;dgettext:2;dcgettext:2;ngettext:1,2;dngettext:2,3\n"
+"X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: .\n"
+
+#: gettextExample.lua:36
+msgid "Hello World!"
+msgstr "Hallo Welt!"
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+--[[
+    This file is part of darktable,
+    Copyright 2016 by Tobias Jakobs.
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+--[[
+darktable script to show how translations works
+
+To create a .mo file run:
+msgfmt -v gettextExample.po -o gettextExample.mo
+
+USAGE
+* require this script from your main lua file (Add 'require "gettextExample"' to luarc.)
+* copy the script to: .config/darktable/lua/
+* copy the gettextExample.mo to .config/darktable/lua/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES
+
+You need to start darktable with the Lua debug option: darktable -d lua
+$LANG must set to: de_DE
+
+The script run on darktable startup and should output this three lines:
+
+LUA ERROR Hello World!
+LUA ERROR Bild
+LUA ERROR Hallo Welt!
+
+]] 
+local dt = require "darktable"
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{3,0,0})
+
+-- Not translated Text
+dt.print_error("Hello World!")
+
+-- Translate a string using the darktable textdomain
+dt.print_error(dt.gettext.gettext("image"))
+
+-- Tell gettext where to find the .mo file translating messages for a particular domain
+dt.gettext.bindtextdomain("gettextExample",".config/darktable/lua/")
+-- Translate a string using the specified textdomain
+dt.print_error(dt.gettext.dgettext("gettextExample", 'Hello World!'))