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+{
+  "extName":{
+    "message":"µBlock",
+    "description":"اسم الاضافه"
+  },
+  "extShortDesc":{
+    "message":".وأخيراً, مانع اعلانات بكفاءه جداً عاليه على متصفحات مبنيه على نظام كروميوم. خفيف على الذاكره والمعالج. اقوى مانع اعلانات في الانترنت.",
+    "description":"this will be in the chrome web store: must be 132 characters or less"
+  },
+  "settingsPageName":{
+    "message":"الاعدادات",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "3pPageName":{
+    "message":"فلاتر خارجيه",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "1pPageName":{
+    "message":"فلاترك الشخصيه",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "whitelistPageName":{
+    "message":"المواقع المسموحه",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "statsPageName":{
+    "message":"احصائيات",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "aboutPageName":{
+    "message":"معلومات عني",
+    "description":"appears as tab name in dashboard."
+  },
+  "popupPowerSwitchInfo":{
+    "message":"اضغط: تعطيل الاضافه بالكامل\/تشغيل المانع للموقع.\n\nCtrl+click",
+    "description":"English: Click: permanently disable\/enable µBlock for this site.\n\nCtrl+click: disable µBlock only on this page."
+  },
+  "popupBlockedRequestPrompt":{
+    "message":"تم منع الطلبات",
+    "description":"English: requests blocked"
+  },
+  "popupBlockedOnThisPagePrompt":{
+    "message":"على الصفحه",
+    "description":"English: on this page"
+  },
+  "popupBlockedSinceInstallPrompt":{
+    "message":"منذ بداية التنصيب",
+    "description":"English: since install"
+  },
+  "popupOr":{
+    "message":"او",
+    "description":"English: or"
+  },
+  "popupTipDashboard":{
+    "message":"اضغط لفتح اللوحه",
+    "description":"English: Click to open the dashboard"
+  },
+  "popupTipPicker":{
+    "message":"دخول وضع اختيار اليدوي",
+    "description":"English: Enter element picker mode"
+  },
+  "popupTipLog":{
+    "message":"الذهاب الى سجل الطلبات",
+    "description":"English: Go to request log"
+  },
+  "pickerCreate":{
+    "message":"إنشاء",
+    "description":"English: Create"
+  },
+  "pickerPick":{
+    "message":"اختار",
+    "description":"English: Pick"
+  },
+  "pickerQuit":{
+    "message":"خروج",
+    "description":"English: Quit"
+  },
+  "pickerNetFilters":{
+    "message":"فلاتر النت",
+    "description":"English: Net filters"
+  },
+  "pickerCosmeticFilters":{
+    "message":"فلاتر تجميليه",
+    "description":"English: Cosmetic filters"
+  },
+  "settingsCollapseBlockedPrompt":{
+    "message":"اخفاء مكان العناصر المحجوبه",
+    "description":"English: Hide placeholders of blocked elements"
+  },
+  "settingsIconBadgePrompt":{
+    "message":"عرض عدد طلبات المحضوره على الايقونه",
+    "description":"English: Show the number of blocked requests on the icon"
+  },
+  "3pListsOfBlockedHostsPrompt":{
+    "message":"{{netFilterCount}}  من فلاتر الشبكه ＋ {{cosmeticFilterCount}} فلاتر تجميليه:",
+    "description":"English: {{netFilterCount}} network filters ＋ {{cosmeticFilterCount}} cosmetic filters from:"
+  },
+  "3pListsOfBlockedHostsPerListStats":{
+    "message":"{{used}} used out of {{total}}",
+    "description":"English: {{used}} used out of {{total}}"
+  },
+  "3pAutoUpdatePrompt1":{
+    "message":"Auto-update filter lists.",
+    "description":"English: Auto-update filter lists."
+  },
+  "3pUpdateNow":{
+    "message":"Update now",
+    "description":"English: Update now"
+  },
+  "3pParseAllABPHideFiltersPrompt1":{
+    "message":"Parse and enforce cosmetic filters.",
+    "description":"English: Parse and enforce Adblock+ element hiding filters."
+  },
+  "3pParseAllABPHideFiltersInfo":{
+    "message":"<p>This option enables the parsing and enforcing of <a href=\"https:\/\/adblockplus.org\/en\/faq_internal#elemhide\">Adblock Plus-compatible &ldquo;element hiding&rdquo; filters<\/a>. These filters are essentially cosmetic, they serve to hide elements in a web page which are deemed to be a visual nuisance, and which can't be blocked by the net request-based filtering engine.<\/p><p>Enabling this feature increases <i>µBlock<\/i>'s memory footprint.<\/p>",
+    "description":"English: see English messages.json"
+  },
+  "3pListsOfBlockedHostsHeader":{
+    "message":"Lists of blocked hosts",
+    "description":"English: Lists of blocked hosts"
+  },
+  "3pApplyChanges":{
+    "message":"Apply changes",
+    "description":"English: Apply changes"
+  },
+  "3pGroupAds":{
+    "message":"Ads",
+    "description":"English: Ads"
+  },
+  "3pGroupPrivacy":{
+    "message":"Privacy",
+    "description":"English: Privacy"
+  },
+  "3pGroupMalware":{
+    "message":"Malware domains",
+    "description":"English: Malware domains"
+  },
+  "3pGroupSocial":{
+    "message":"Social",
+    "description":"English: Social"
+  },
+  "3pGroupMultipurpose":{
+    "message":"Multipurpose",
+    "description":"English: Multipurpose"
+  },
+  "3pGroupRegions":{
+    "message":"Regions, languages",
+    "description":"English: Regions, languages"
+  },
+  "3pGroupCustom":{
+    "message":"Custom",
+    "description":"English: Custom"
+  },
+  "3pExternalListsHint":{
+    "message":"One URL per line. Lines prefixed with &lsquo;!&rsquo; will be ignored. Invalid URLs will be silently ignored.",
+    "description":"English: One URL per line. Lines prefixed with &lsquo;!&rsquo; will be ignored. Invalid URLs will be silently ignored."
+  },
+  "3pExternalListsApply":{
+    "message":"Apply",
+    "description":"English: Apply"
+  },
+  "3pExternalListPurge":{
+    "message":"purge cache",
+    "description":"English: purge cache"
+  },
+  "3pExternalListNew":{
+    "message":"new version available",
+    "description":"English: new version available"
+  },
+  "3pExternalListObsolete":{
+    "message":"may be obsolete",
+    "description":"English: may be obsolete"
+  },
+  "1pFormatHint":{
+    "message":"One filter per line. A filter can be a plain hostname, or an Adblock Plus-compatible filter. Lines prefixed with &lsquo;!&rsquo; will be ignored.",
+    "description":"English: One filter per line. A filter can be a plain hostname, or an Adblock Plus-compatible filter. Lines prefixed with &lsquo;!&rsquo; will be ignored."
+  },
+  "1pImport":{
+    "message":"Import and append",
+    "description":"English: Import and append"
+  },
+  "1pExport":{
+    "message":"Export",
+    "description":"English: Export"
+  },
+  "1pApplyChanges":{
+    "message":"Apply changes",
+    "description":"English: Apply changes"
+  },
+  "whitelistPrompt":{
+    "message":"Your list of host names for which µBlock will be disabled. One entry per line. Invalid host names will be silently ignored.",
+    "description":"English: Your list of host names for which µBlock will be disabled. One host name per line. Invalid host names will be silently ignored."
+  },
+  "whitelistImport":{
+    "message":"Import and append",
+    "description":"English: Import and append"
+  },
+  "whitelistExport":{
+    "message":"Export",
+    "description":"English: Export"
+  },
+  "whitelistApply":{
+    "message":"Apply changes",
+    "description":"English: Apply changes"
+  },
+  "logBlockedRequestsPrompt":{
+    "message":"Enable the logging of blocked requests",
+    "description":"English: Enable the logging of blocked requests"
+  },
+  "logBlockedRequestsHelp":{
+    "message":"You can inspect the details of blocked requests if you wish by enabling this option. The logging of blocked requests increases the memory footprint of µBlock. Since many users will never use this feature, it is disabled by default.",
+    "description":"English: see _locales\/en\/messages.log"
+  },
+  "logAllowedRequestsPrompt":{
+    "message":"Enable the logging of non-blocked requests",
+    "description":"English: Enable the logging of non-blocked requests"
+  },
+  "logAllowedRequestsHelp":{
+    "message":"You can inspect the details of non-blocked requests if you wish by enabling this option. The logging of non-blocked requests increases the memory footprint of µBlock. Since many users will never use this feature, it is disabled by default.",
+    "description":"English: see _locales\/en\/messages.log"
+  },
+  "logBlockedRequestsHeader":{
+    "message":"Blocked requests",
+    "description":"English: Blocked requests"
+  },
+  "logAllowedRequestsHeader":{
+    "message":"Allowed requests",
+    "description":"English: Allowed requests"
+  },
+  "logRequestsHeaderType":{
+    "message":"Type",
+    "description":"English: Type"
+  },
+  "logRequestsHeaderDomain":{
+    "message":"Domain",
+    "description":"English: Domain"
+  },
+  "logRequestsHeaderURL":{
+    "message":"URL",
+    "description":"English: URL"
+  },
+  "logRequestsHeaderFilter":{
+    "message":"Filter",
+    "description":"English: Filter"
+  },
+  "logBlockedRequestsEmpty":{
+    "message":"No blocked requests logged for this page",
+    "description":"English: No blocked requests logged for this page"
+  },
+  "logAllowedRequestsEmpty":{
+    "message":"No non-blocked requests logged for this page",
+    "description":"English: No non-blocked requests logged for this page"
+  },
+  "aboutChangelog":{
+    "message":"Change log",
+    "description":"English: Change log"
+  },
+  "aboutCode":{
+    "message":"Source code (GPLv3)",
+    "description":"English: Source code (GPLv3)"
+  },
+  "aboutContributors":{
+    "message":"Contributors",
+    "description":"English: Contributors"
+  },
+  "dummy":{
+    "message":"This entry must be the last one",
+    "description":"so we dont need to deal with comma for last entry"
+  }
+}