diff --git a/components/turbopower_ipro/languages/ipconst.po b/components/turbopower_ipro/languages/ipconst.po
index 34bd2d81f0..7446cd6aff 100644
--- a/components/turbopower_ipro/languages/ipconst.po
+++ b/components/turbopower_ipro/languages/ipconst.po
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
diff --git a/ide/idetranslations.pas b/ide/idetranslations.pas
index 553ac640fc..5987b9b660 100644
--- a/ide/idetranslations.pas
+++ b/ide/idetranslations.pas
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{ $Id$}
 {
  ***************************************************************************
  *                                                                         *
@@ -368,6 +367,8 @@ begin
     NewContent:=TMemoryStream.Create;
 
     // write header
+    WriteLine('msgid ""');
+    WriteLine('msgstr ""');
     WriteLine('"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"');
     WriteLine('"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"');
     WriteLine('"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"');