diff --git a/po/ar.po b/po/ar.po
index 60d847cf9..e69b79dba 100644
--- a/po/ar.po
+++ b/po/ar.po
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: gramps-4.0.4\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2014-04-17 16:43+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-03-22 20:38+0300\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-04-24 08:00+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: Munzir Taha (منذر طه) <munzirtaha@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Arabic <>\n"
 "Language: en_US\n"
@@ -27263,6 +27263,14 @@ msgstr "%(place)s"
 msgid "%(event_name)s: %(event_text)s"
 msgstr "%(event_name)s: %(event_text)s"
 
+#. translators: needed for Arabic, ignore otherwise
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detancestralreport.py:450
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:348
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:463
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/familygroup.py:127
+msgid "; "
+msgstr "؛ "
+
 #: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detancestralreport.py:549
 #: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:602
 #, python-format
diff --git a/po/gramps.pot b/po/gramps.pot
index 0378338d5..26e7139db 100644
--- a/po/gramps.pot
+++ b/po/gramps.pot
@@ -25994,6 +25994,14 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%(event_name)s: %(event_text)s"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. translators: needed for Arabic, ignore otherwise
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detancestralreport.py:450
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:348
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:463
+#: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/familygroup.py:127
+msgid "; "
+msgstr ""
+
 #: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detancestralreport.py:549
 #: ../gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py:602
 #, python-format