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English is now in version 2 series based on XML source. Translations: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional), and Chinese (Simplified) are based on older version 1 English SGML source.If your favorite language is not found in this list, please install the corresponding debian-reference-* package.
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