# HG changeset patch
# User palgarvio
# Date 1182847289 0
# Node ID c100331c727cc865b564270db72958fb8626463f
# Parent  208c7dfb904142f07b41f7f9ed2b07c10e355670
Forgot to fix the pluralizable messages, regarding #28.

diff --git a/babel/messages/mofile.py b/babel/messages/mofile.py
--- a/babel/messages/mofile.py
+++ b/babel/messages/mofile.py
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@
             msgid = '\x00'.join([
                 msgid.encode(catalog.charset) for msgid in message.id
             ])
+            msgstrs = []
+            for idx, string in enumerate(message.string):
+                if not string:
+                    msgstrs.append(message.id[idx])
+                else:
+                    msgstrs.append(string)
             msgstr = '\x00'.join([
-                msgstr.encode(catalog.charset) for msgstr in message.string
+                msgstr.encode(catalog.charset) for msgstr in msgstrs
             ])
         else:
             msgid = message.id.encode(catalog.charset)