diff --git a/translations/generate_templates.sh b/translations/generate_templates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a785aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/generate_templates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$DIR"
+
+files=`find ../ -name "*.c"`
+mkdir -p "pot"
+
+for file in $files; do
+	pot="pot/"$(echo "${file#*/}" | sed -e "s/\//_/g")
+	pot="${pot%.c}.pot"	
+	xgettext --keyword=_ --language=C --add-comments --sort-output -o "$pot" "$file"
+done
diff --git a/translations/pot/prepare_language.sh b/translations/pot/prepare_language.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..639a453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/pot/prepare_language.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$DIR"
+