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+# I2P
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The I2P Project
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the desktopgui package.
+# To contribute translations, see http://www.i2p2.de/newdevelopers
+# foo <foo@bar>, 2009.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: I2P desktopgui\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-14 18:14+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-02-15 00:18+0500\n"
+"Last-Translator: Hidden Z <hiddenz@mail.i2p>\n"
+"Language-Team: duck <duck@mail.i2p>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/ExternalTrayManager.java:23
+msgid "Start I2P"
+msgstr "Запустить I2P"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/ExternalTrayManager.java:38
+msgid "I2P is starting!"
+msgstr "I2P запускается!"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/ExternalTrayManager.java:38
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Starting"
+msgstr "Запускается"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/InternalTrayManager.java:25
+msgid "Launch I2P Browser"
+msgstr "Запустить I2P браузер"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/InternalTrayManager.java:49
+msgid "Restart I2P"
+msgstr "Перезапустить I2P"
+
+#: src/net/i2p/desktopgui/InternalTrayManager.java:67
+msgid "Stop I2P"
+msgstr "Остановить I2P"
+