What encoding to use for the translations

[Alexander Shopov <al_shopov web bg>]

Guys, what encoding should we use for the pot files translation?
Do we have to use UTF-8, or we can stick to the preferred here 8 bit
windows-cp1251?
What about Gnome 2.0 and encodings?
What is the best way to get a pot file and then submit it?
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