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+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+
+# Sample localization file for English. Add more files in this directory for other locales.
+# See http://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
+
+es:
+  hello: "Hello world"
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