po files

["M. Craig" <mcra98 esc cam ac uk>]

I've got a ja.po file that I want to add to my source tree.
However, it won't compile because the translated strings have
" (quote) characters in them. If I escape these (change them
to \" ) the japanese characters (viewed in xemacs) look different.
Can anyone who knows about this sort of thing help?

Thanks, 
Martin.