Index: includes/locale.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/locale.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.174.2.13
diff -u -p -r1.174.2.13 locale.inc
--- includes/locale.inc	28 May 2010 13:07:27 -0000	1.174.2.13
+++ includes/locale.inc	7 Jul 2010 16:26:24 -0000
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ function _locale_import_one_string($op, 
 
       else {
         // Some real string to import.
-        $comments = _locale_import_shorten_comments(empty($value['#']) ? array() : $value['#']);
+        $location = _locale_import_get_reference(empty($value['#']) ? array() : $value['#']);
 
         if (strpos($value['msgid'], "\0")) {
           // This string has plural versions.
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ function _locale_import_one_string($op, 
             if ($key == 0) {
               $plid = 0;
             }
-            $plid = _locale_import_one_string_db($report, $lang, $english[$key], $trans, $group, $comments, $mode, $plid, $key);
+            $plid = _locale_import_one_string_db($report, $lang, $english[$key], $trans, $group, $location, $mode, $plid, $key);
           }
         }
 
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ function _locale_import_one_string($op, 
           // A simple string to import.
           $english = $value['msgid'];
           $translation = $value['msgstr'];
-          _locale_import_one_string_db($report, $lang, $english, $translation, $group, $comments, $mode);
+          _locale_import_one_string_db($report, $lang, $english, $translation, $group, $location, $mode);
         }
       }
   } // end of db-store operation
@@ -1676,6 +1676,25 @@ function _locale_import_shorten_comments
 }
 
 /**
+ * Iterate through the passed comment array looking for a reference
+ *
+ * @param $comment
+ *   An array of strings containing a comment
+ * @return
+ *   The first comment formatted as a reference, or an empty string
+ */
+function _locale_import_get_reference($comment) {
+  foreach ($comment as $str) {
+	  // is this line a reference?
+	  if (substr($str,0,2) == ': ') {
+		  return substr($str,2);
+	  }
+  }
+  // to get here there cannot have been a reference in the array
+  return '';
+}
+
+/**
  * Parses a string in quotes
  *
  * @param $string