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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Language Editing</B></P>
+
+<P>To edit languages on this page the files need to be writable 
+   by the web server process.
+
+<P>Within some of the strings you will notice <B>$a</B> and <B>$a->something</B>.
+
+<P>These represent variables that will be replaced by names or other words from 
+   within Moodle.  
+
+<P>When there is only one variable, the $a form is used.  When there are two or 
+   more variables, then each one has a name.