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Ezra,

When you are editing the language file (after copying the POT to a PO), you will see two lines for each entry: a msgid and a msgstr — the message id and the message string. For example:

msgid "Group Wire"

msgstr "Group Wall"

The important thing is to only edit the message string, not anything else. The message id, as well as the lines above it that indicate which file and line the entry belongs to, are essential for the language translation to work and should not be touched.