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+# Gérald LONLAS <g.lonlas@gmail.com>, 2016. #zanata
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: oslo.log Release Notes 3.16.1\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-10-13 11:46+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 06:01+0000\n"
+"Last-Translator: Gérald LONLAS <g.lonlas@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: French\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"X-Generator: Zanata 3.7.3\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1)\n"
+
+msgid "3.1.0"
+msgstr "3.1.0"
+
+msgid "3.12.0"
+msgstr "3.12.0"
+
+msgid "3.16.0-24"
+msgstr "3.16.0-24"
+
+msgid "3.2.0"
+msgstr "3.2.0"
+
+msgid "3.8.0"
+msgstr "3.8.0"
+
+msgid "Bug Fixes"
+msgstr "Corrections de bugs"
+
+msgid "Liberty Series Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour Liberty"
+
+msgid "Mitaka Series Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour Mitaka"
+
+msgid "New Features"
+msgstr "Nouvelles fonctionnalités"
+
+msgid "Newton Series Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour Newton"
+
+msgid "Other Notes"
+msgstr "Autres notes"
+
+msgid "Switch to reno for managing release notes."
+msgstr "Commence à utiliser reno pour la gestion des notes de release"
+
+msgid "Unreleased Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour les changements non déployées"
+
+msgid "Upgrade Notes"
+msgstr "Notes de mises à jours"
+
+msgid "oslo.log Release Notes"
+msgstr "Note de release pour oslo.log"