> I want to translate to xxxxxx. The full list of messages is in lynx.pot, which is generated from looking at the calls to gettext, use it as template for translations. syntax: #: src/LYMainLoop.c:1512 src/LYMainLoop.c:1516 msgid "Fatal error - could not open output file %s\n" msgstr "" First line is a comment beginning with #, for your information. Original english string is , do not change it. Translation in , empty string assume english default. Do not forget to include %s properly in your contributed translation! A good place to start is with the messages derived from LYMessages_en.h We are collecting Lynx user contributed message translation files at http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/po/ to avoid increasing the distribution size.