diff --git a/data/po/.gitignore b/data/po/.gitignore
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index 000000000..55f1e5080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/po/.gitignore
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+transifex
+tx.exe
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diff --git a/data/po/gen-mo.sh b/data/po/gen-mo.sh
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index 1295922b7..000000000
--- a/data/po/gen-mo.sh
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-msgfmt ca.po -o ca/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt cs.po -o cs/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt da.po -o da/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt de.po -o de/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt es.po -o es/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt fi.po -o fi/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt fr_CA.po -o fr_CA/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt fr.po -o fr/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt ga.po -o ga/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt gl.po -o gl/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt it.po -o it/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt nb.po -o nb/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt nl.po -o nl/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt pl.po -o pl/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt pt_BR.po -o pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt ro.po -o ro/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt ru.po -o ru/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt sl.po -o sl/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt sv.po -o sv/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt uk.po -o uk/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt zh_CN.po -o zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt he.po -o he/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt ko.po -o ko/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt sk.po -o sk/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt zh_TW.po -o zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt tr.po -o tr/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt pt.po -o pt/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt eu.po -o eu/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt is.po -o is/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt lt.po -o lt/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
-msgfmt hr.po -o hr/LC_MESSAGES/supertuxkart.mo
diff --git a/data/po/pull_from_transifex.sh b/data/po/pull_from_transifex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e198f7bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/po/pull_from_transifex.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run this script from the root directory to get the latest translations from transifex :
+# ./data/po/pull_from_transifex.sh
+
+cd ./data/po
+export PATH=$PATH:`pwd`
+
+if [ -d "transifex/translations/supertuxkart.supertuxkartpot" ]; then
+    cd transifex
+else
+    echo "==== Performing initial checkout ===="
+    mkdir -p transifex
+    cd transifex
+    tx init
+    tx set --auto-remote http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/supertuxkart/
+fi
+
+echo "==== Pulling all translations ===="
+tx pull --all
+
+echo "==== Copying files ===="
+ls ./translations/supertuxkart.supertuxkartpot/*.po
+cp -R ./translations/supertuxkart.supertuxkartpot/*.po ..
+
+echo "==== Done ===="
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