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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Take an OpenStack translated portable object (*.po) file and translate
+# all of the message strings back into English using Google Translate.
+# Allows for a quick examination of the translation.
+#
+# Each translated message has the following format:
+#
+#    msgid "Confirm Delete Instance"
+#    msgid_plural "Confirm Delete Instances"     (Optional)
+#    msgstr "Подтвердите удаление инстанса"      (Optional)
+#    msgstr[0] "Подтвердите удаление инстанса"   (Optional)
+#    msgstr[1] "Подтвердите удаление инстансов"  (Optional)
+#    msgstr[2] "Подтвердите удаление инстансов"  (Optional)
+#
+# This gives us:
+# - The original message in the "msgid/msgid_plural" line(s).
+# - The translated message in the "msgstr/msgstr[*]" line(s).
+#
+# After untranslating, we will output the following:
+# - The "msgid/msgid_plural" line(s).
+# - The "msgstr/msgstr[*]" line(s).
+# - The translation of the "msgstr/msgstr[*]" line(s).
+#
+# The engine of this script is "trans" (which itself uses gawk). We will
+# need to install "trans" for this script to work.
+#     % wget git.io/trans
+#     % chmod a+x trans
+#  Make sure the "trans" script is in your PATH.
+
+Usage="\
+Usage: $0 [-s] [-t <lang>] file
+Where:
+    [-t <lang>] : Specify the target language to translate the
+                  document. The default is English ("en").
+    [-s]        : Use the language declared in the document for
+                  the source language (\"Language:\" field). The default
+                  is to not specify a  language and let "trans" figure
+                  it out.
+    file        : The OpenStack translation document.
+"
+
+find_src="0"   # Default: Do not specify the source language.
+target="en"    # Default: Use English as the target language.
+
+# Parse parameters
+while getopts "t:sh?" opt
+do
+    case $opt in
+        s) find_src="1"
+           ;;
+        t) target=$OPTARG
+           ;;
+        h) printf "$Usage"
+           exit 0
+           ;;
+   esac
+done
+
+# Get the file (.po) to translate.
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+file=$1
+
+if [ -z "$file" ]
+then
+    printf "$Usage"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${find_src}" = "1" ]
+then
+     # Tell the translator which language to use.
+    source=`grep "Language:" $file | sed "s/^.*: //" | sed "s/\\\\\n.*$//"`
+else
+    # Let the translator determine the language.
+    source=""
+fi
+
+cat $file | while read line
+do
+    if [[ "$line" == msgid* ]]
+    then
+        if [[ "$line" == msgid_plural* ]]
+        then
+            msgid_plural=`echo $line | sed "s/^msgid_plural \"//" | sed "s/\".*$//"`
+        else
+            msgid=`echo $line | sed "s/^msgid \"//" | sed "s/\".*$//"`
+            msgid_plural=""
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$line" == msgstr* ]]
+    then
+        if [[ "$line" == msgstr\[* ]]
+        then
+            msgstr=`echo $line | sed "s/^msgstr\[.*\] \"//" | sed "s/\".*$//"`
+        else
+            msgstr=`echo $line | sed "s/^msgstr \"//" | sed "s/\".*$//"`
+        fi
+
+        # Translate. Use '--' in case the msgstr is '-'.
+        translate=`trans -b ${source}:${target} -- "$msgstr"`
+        echo ""
+        echo "msgid: $msgid"
+        if [[ "$msgid_plural" ]]
+        then
+            echo "msgid_plural: $msgid_plural"
+        fi
+        echo "msgstr: $msgstr"
+        echo "Translation: $translate"
+    fi
+done
+
+exit 0