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+About Babel
+===========
+
+Babel is a Python library that provides an integrated collection of
+utilities that assist with internationalizing and localizing Python
+applications (in particular web-based applications.)
+
+Details can be found in the HTML files in the ``docs`` folder.
+
+For more information please visit the Babel web site:
+
+http://babel.pocoo.org/
+
+Join the chat at https://gitter.im/python-babel/babel
+
+Contributing to Babel
+=====================
+
+If you want to contribute code to Babel, please take a look at our
+`CONTRIBUTING.md <https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__.
+
+If you know your way around Babels codebase a bit and like to help
+further, we would appreciate any help in reviewing pull requests. Please
+contact us at https://gitter.im/python-babel/babel if you're interested!