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+# Translation of s-nail debconf templates to German
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the s-nail package.
+#
+# Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>, 2018.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: plinth 0.35.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: plinth@packages.debian.org\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-07-03 16:39+0530\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2018-09-01 15:56+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>\n"
+"Language-Team: german <debian-l10n-german@lists.debian.org>\n"
+"Language: de\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"
+
+#. Type: note
+#. Description
+#: ../templates:1001
+msgid "FreedomBox first wizard secret - ${secret}"
+msgstr "Passphrase des Ersteinrichtungsprogramms der FreedomBox - ${secret}"
+
+#. Type: note
+#. Description
+#: ../templates:1001
+msgid ""
+"Please save this string. You will be asked to enter this in the first screen "
+"after you launch the FreedomBox interface. In case you lose it, you can find "
+"it in the file /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret."
+msgstr ""
+"Bitte sichern Sie diese Zeichenkette. Sie werden auf dem ersten Bildschirm "
+"nach dem Start der FreedomBox-Schnittstelle nach dieser Zeichenkette gefragt "
+"werden. Falls Sie sie verlieren, können Sie sie in der Datei /var/lib/plinth/"
+"firstboot-wizard-secret finden."