need more help compiling from CVS

["Andrew S . Halper" <ashalper acm org>]

Do I need to upgrade gettext?  I'm currently at 0.10.35.

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ashalper/dia/po'
file=./`echo zh_TW.Big5 | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH /usr/bin/msgfmt -o $file zh_TW.Big5.po
zh_TW.Big5.po:161: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:382: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:1592: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:1907: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:1911: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:1915: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:2050: illegal control sequence
zh_TW.Big5.po:2808: illegal control sequence
found 8 fatal errors

Thanks,
Andy