# Weblate translation input from many updated po files?

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**Category:** Translation\
**Tags:** localization\
**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/weblate-translation-input-from-many-updated-po-files/8010 "2025-07-28T21:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![GaryGriffin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/garygriffin/32/6525_2.png) [@GaryGriffin](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GaryGriffin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/weblate-translation-input-from-many-updated-po-files/8010/1 "2025-07-28T21:44:25Z")

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[PR 746](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/pull/746) was created which updates many Addon translation files for Polish, which was the process before the Addons were moved to Weblate. Is there a simple way to take all of these changes (68 pl-local.po files) and update them in Weblate, rather than redo all of this work manually in Weblate?

I am not a Weblate user.

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**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/weblate-translation-input-from-many-updated-po-files/8010/2 "2025-07-28T22:22:31Z")

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When you have selected a language for a component in Weblate, the _Files_ menu contains the options “Download translation” and “Upload translation”. Using these it is possible to download a translation and then use an external tool or [command line](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_6.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Command_Line) utility to make changes before uploading it again.

So you could use the commands `msgmerge` and `msgcat` to make bulk changes. I don’t make such changes myself.

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**Author:** ![romjerome](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/romjerome/32/1489_2.png) [@romjerome](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/romjerome)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/weblate-translation-input-from-many-updated-po-files/8010/3 "2025-07-29T14:26:18Z")

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Maybe you can give a try to the “memory” section on ‘[setup.py](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/blob/1650d377c9d4017dae65fd949471893faded7144/setup.py#L609)’? Which should still work as a standalone python script.

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# get all of the addon strings out of the catalog (ie. via msggrep)
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# start with Gramps main PO file
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# concat global dict as temp file (ie. via msgcat, msgcmp, etc.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/weblate-translation-input-from-many-updated-po-files/8010/4 "2025-08-28T14:26:24Z")

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Closed on August 28, 2025, 2:26pm UTC

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