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Annex B. Localization – Technical Aspects ❘ 45Normally, the editor is needed to be able to edit UTF-8, as both KDE and GNOME now have used it asstandard text encoding. However, the following tools have many other features.KBabelPart of the KDE Software Development Kit, KBabel is an advanced and easy-to-use PO-files editor withfull navigation and editing capabilities, syntax checking and statistics. The editor separates translated,un-translated and fuzzy messages so that it is easy to find and edit the unfinished parts.KBabel also provides CatalogManager, which allows keeping track of many PO-files at once, and KBabelDictfor keeping the glossary, which is important for translation consistency, especially among team membersfrom different backgrounds.GtranslatorGtranslator is the PO-file editor for the GNOME desktop. It is very similar to Kbabel in core functionality.Gtranslator also supports auto-translation, where translations are learnt and transferred into its memory,and can be applied in later translations using a hot key.