diff --git a/scripts/genpo.py b/scripts/genpo.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from googletrans import Translator
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+    print('usage: <POT> <language>')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+potfile = sys.argv[1]
+language = sys.argv[2]
+
+with open(potfile, 'r') as f:
+    content = f.read()
+
+translator = Translator()
+newcontent = []
+for line in content.splitlines():
+    if line.startswith('msgid "'):
+        msgid = line.replace('msgid "', '')
+        msgid = msgid[:-1]
+        if msgid:
+            msgid = translator.translate(msgid, dest=language).text
+        newcontent.append(line)
+    elif line.startswith('msgstr "'):
+        newcontent.append('msgstr "%s"' % msgid)
+    else:
+        newcontent.append(line)
+
+print('\n'.join(newcontent))
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