diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# General ignore rules
+.deps/
+.libs/
+*~
+*.bak
+.*.sw?
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+/tags
+
+# Files created by the build tools
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/ar-lib
+/ltmain.sh
+/autom4te.cache/
+/m4/
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+/config.guess
+/config.log
+/config.rpath
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/libtool
+/compile
+
+# Translation related files
+/ABOUT-NLS
+/po/POTFILES
+/po/Makevars.template
+/po/Makefile.in.in
+/po/stamp-it
+/po/*.gmo
+/po/*.pot
+/po/Rules-quot
+/po/boldquot.sed
+/po/en@boldquot.header
+/po/en@quot.header
+/po/insert-header.sin
+/po/quot.sed
+/po/remove-potcdate.sin
+
+# SWE-GLib related files
+src/enumtypes.c
+src/enumtypes.h
+src/gswetest
+
+# Documentation related files
+/docs/reference/*/*.args
+/docs/reference/*/*.hierarchy
+/docs/reference/*/*.interfaces
+/docs/reference/*/*.prerequisites
+/docs/reference/*/*.signals
+/docs/reference/*/*.stamp
+/docs/reference/*/*.types
+/docs/reference/*/*-decl-list.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-decl.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-overrides.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-undeclared.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-docs.xml
+/docs/reference/*/*-sections.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-undocumented.txt
+/docs/reference/*/*-unused.txt
+/docs/reference/*/xml/
+/docs/reference/*/html/
+/gtk-doc.make
diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars
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+# Makefile variables for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
+
+# Usually the message domain is the same as the package name.
+DOMAIN = $(PACKAGE)
+
+# These two variables depend on the location of this directory.
+subdir = po
+top_builddir = ..
+
+# These options get passed to xgettext.
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_
+
+# This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
+# $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding
+# package.  (Note that the msgstr strings, extracted from the package's
+# sources, belong to the copyright holder of the package.)  Translators are
+# expected to transfer the copyright for their translations to this person
+# or entity, or to disclaim their copyright.  The empty string stands for
+# the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to disclaim
+# their copyright.
+COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = Gergely POLONKAI
+
+# This is the email address or URL to which the translators shall report
+# bugs in the untranslated strings:
+# - Strings which are not entire sentences, see the maintainer guidelines
+#   in the GNU gettext documentation, section 'Preparing Strings'.
+# - Strings which use unclear terms or require additional context to be
+#   understood.
+# - Strings which make invalid assumptions about notation of date, time or
+#   money.
+# - Pluralisation problems.
+# - Incorrect English spelling.
+# - Incorrect formatting.
+# It can be your email address, or a mailing list address where translators
+# can write to without being subscribed, or the URL of a web page through
+# which the translators can contact you.
+MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS = gergely@polonkai.eu
+
+# This is the list of locale categories, beyond LC_MESSAGES, for which the
+# message catalogs shall be used.  It is usually empty.
+EXTRA_LOCALE_CATEGORIES =
+
+# This tells whether the $(DOMAIN).pot file contains messages with an 'msgctxt'
+# context.  Possible values are "yes" and "no".  Set this to yes if the
+# package uses functions taking also a message context, like pgettext(), or
+# if in $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) you define keywords with a context argument.
+USE_MSGCTXT = no
+
+# These options get passed to msgmerge.
+# Useful options are in particular:
+#   --previous            to keep previous msgids of translated messages,
+#   --quiet               to reduce the verbosity.
+MSGMERGE_OPTIONS =
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
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+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
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+# List of source files containing translatable strings.
+
+src/swe-glib.c