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+# German translation for cogl.
+# Copyright (C) 2011 cogl's COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the cogl package.
+# Wolfgang Stöggl <c72578@yahoo.de>, 2011.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: cogl master\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?"
+"product=cogl&keywords=I18N+L10N&component=general\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-09-17 15:24+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-09-17 20:32+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Wolfgang Stoeggl <c72578@yahoo.de>\n"
+"Language-Team: German <gnome-de@gnome.org>\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"
+
+#: ../cogl/cogl-debug.c:206
+msgid "Cogl debugging flags to set"
+msgstr "Zu setzende Cogl-Fehlerdiagnose-Flags"
+
+#: ../cogl/cogl-debug.c:208
+msgid "Cogl debugging flags to unset"
+msgstr "Zurückzusetzende Cogl-Fehlerdiagnose-Flags"
+
+#: ../cogl/cogl-debug.c:257
+msgid "Cogl Options"
+msgstr "Cogl-Einstellungen"
+
+#: ../cogl/cogl-debug.c:258
+msgid "Show Cogl options"
+msgstr "Cogl-Einstellungen anzeigen"