diff --git a/locales-dev/ar.json b/locales-dev/ar.json
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-{}
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-{}
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-{
-    "testupgrade_manifest_arguments_install_domain": "Choose a domain for TestUpgrade", 
-    "testupgrade_manifest_arguments_install_help_path": "This will be the URL path of your application, not your file system path", 
-    "testupgrade_manifest_arguments_install_is_public": "Is it a public site ?", 
-    "testupgrade_manifest_arguments_install_path": "Choose a path for TestUpgrade", 
-    "testupgrade_manifest_arguments_install_test_translation_generation": "Some random string to see if this is included in en.json", 
-    "testupgrade_manifest_description": "Dummy app for testing upgrade. Development purpose."
-}
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-{}
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-{}
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-{}
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-{}
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-{}
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