diff --git a/fetch.sh b/fetch.sh
index 0bc04b3..3cbb81f 100755
--- a/fetch.sh
+++ b/fetch.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set -e
 
 packs=("ariya-icons" "kdelibs" "kde-baseapps" "kde-workspace" "kde-extraapps" "kde-l10n")
 cwd="$(pwd)"
+
+if ! type -p git ;then
+    echo "Git is not installed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 for p in "${packs[@]}";do
     if [ -d "$p/.git" ];then
         echo "Updating sources of $p..."
diff --git a/localize.sh b/localize.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6e7c426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localize.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+message="$1"
+cwd="$(pwd)"
+if [ -z "$message" ];then
+    echo "Pass a path to Messages.sh"
+    exit 1
+elif [ "$(basename $message)" != "Messages.sh" ];then
+    echo "Path passed is not Messages.sh"
+    exit 1
+elif ! type -p extractrc ;then
+    echo "extractrc is not in your PATH"
+    exit 1
+elif ! type -p xgettext ;then
+    echo "xgettext is not in your PATH"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# the address is temporary
+gargs="--from-code=UTF-8 -C -kde \
+    -ci18n -ki18n:1 -ki18nc:1c,2 -ki18np:1,2 -ki18ncp:1c,2,3 -ktr2i18n:1 \
+    -kI18N_NOOP:1 -kI18N_NOOP2:1c,2 -kaliasLocale -kki18n:1 -kki18nc:1c,2 \
+    -kki18np:1,2 -kki18ncp:1c,2,3 --msgid-bugs-address=xakepa10@gmail.com"
+export EXTRACTRC="perl $(type -p extractrc)" XGETTEXT="$(type -p xgettext) $gargs"
+export podir="$cwd"
+
+cd "$(dirname $message)"
+source "Messages.sh"
+
+rm -f rc.cpp
+
+echo "All done, use msgmerge to merge the POT files."
+echo "You can find them at: $podir"