diff --git a/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po b/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
index 1bb8bf6d7f..e5961753c5 100644
--- a/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+++ b/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
+# edX translation file
+# Copyright (C) 2013 edX
+# This file is distributed under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
+# 
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: EdX Studio\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: translation_team@edx.org\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2013-05-02 13:13-0400\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-05-02 13:27-0400\n"
+"Last-Translator: \n"
+"Language-Team: translation team <translation_team@edx.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: en\n"
+
 # empty
+msgid "This is a key string."
+msgstr ""