#: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd:54 msgid "Stopping lpd: " #: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd:94 msgid "Reloading lpd: " #: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd:27 msgid "Starting lpd: " This could probably be changed to "Starting $prog: " "Stopping $prog: " and "Reloading $prog: " The reason is that "lpd" shouldn't be translated anyway, so substituting the name with a run-time environment variable $prog saves translators a lot of work, instead of having to translate each similar message seperately.