diff --git a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Android.java b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Android.java
index e01ad88f..3c8aa492 100644
--- a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Android.java
+++ b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Android.java
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ public class Android {
                 inFile = makeStringsFile(from, languageLocale.substring(0, i));
             }
         }
-        return Utils.persister.read(Resources.class, inFile);
+        final Resources resources = Utils.persister.read(Resources.class, inFile);
+        if (resources != null) {
+            resources.comment = "Copied from " + from;
+        }
+        return resources;
     }
 
     private static File makeStringsFile(File from, String languageLocale) {
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ public class Android {
     }
 
     private static void translate(Resources from, Resources to, List<TranslationLink> links) {
+        to.comment = from.comment;
         for (TranslationLink translationLink : links) {
             String translation = translate(from, translationLink);
             if (!TextUtils.isBlank(translation)) {
diff --git a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Resources.java b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Resources.java
index 14846c87..9e382b1f 100644
--- a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Resources.java
+++ b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Resources.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.solovyev.android.translations;
 
 import org.simpleframework.xml.ElementList;
 import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Transient;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class Resources {
     @ElementList(inline = true)
     public List<ResourceString> strings = new ArrayList<>();
+    @Transient
+    public String comment;
 
     public Resources() {
     }
diff --git a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Utils.java b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Utils.java
index 19e1a976..595ef079 100644
--- a/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Utils.java
+++ b/translations/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/translations/Utils.java
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ public class Utils {
     static final Persister persister = new Persister();
 
     static void saveTranslations(Resources translations, String language, File outDir,
-            String fileName) {
+                                 String fileName) {
         final File dir = new File(outDir, valuesFolderName(language));
         dir.mkdirs();
         FileWriter out = null;
         try {
             out = new FileWriter(new File(dir, fileName));
             out.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n");
+            if (translations.comment != null && translations.comment.length() != 0) {
+                out.write("<!-- " + translations.comment + " -->\n");
+            }
             persister.write(translations, out);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();