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+# Gérald LONLAS <g.lonlas@gmail.com>, 2016. #zanata
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: watcher\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-02-07 07:31+0000\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-10-22 06:44+0000\n"
+"Last-Translator: Gérald LONLAS <g.lonlas@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: French\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"X-Generator: Zanata 3.9.6\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1)\n"
+
+msgid "0.29.0"
+msgstr "0.29.0"
+
+msgid "Contents:"
+msgstr "Contenu :"
+
+msgid "Current Series Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de la release actuelle"
+
+msgid "New Features"
+msgstr "Nouvelles fonctionnalités"
+
+msgid "Newton Series Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour Newton"
+
+msgid "Welcome to watcher's Release Notes documentation!"
+msgstr "Bienvenue dans la documentation de la note de Release de Watcher"