diff --git a/Messages.sh b/Messages.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+XGETTEXT_FLAGS_PYTHON="\
+--copyright-holder=This_file_is_part_of_KDE \
+--msgid-bugs-address=http://bugs.kde.org \
+--from-code=UTF-8 \
+-L Python \
+-ki18n:1 -ki18np:1,2 \
+"
+
+$XGETTEXT_PROGRAM $XGETTEXT_FLAGS_PYTHON `find ./readability -name '*.py'` -o $podir/readability.pot