diff --git a/l10n/.tx/config b/l10n/.tx/config
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+[main]
+host = https://www.transifex.net
+
+[owncloud.contacts]
+file_filter = <lang>/contacts.po
+source_file = templates/contacts.pot
+source_lang = en
+type = PO
+
diff --git a/l10n/l10n.pl b/l10n/l10n.pl
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+++ b/l10n/l10n.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use Locale::PO;
+use Cwd;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use File::Path;
+use File::Basename;
+
+sub crawlFiles{
+	my( $dir ) = @_;
+	my @found = ();
+
+	opendir( DIR, $dir );
+	my @files = readdir( DIR );
+	closedir( DIR );
+	@files = sort( @files );
+
+	foreach my $i ( @files ){
+		next if substr( $i, 0, 1 ) eq '.';
+		next if $i eq 'l10n';
+		
+		if( -d $dir.'/'.$i ){
+			push( @found, crawlFiles( $dir.'/'.$i ));
+		}
+		else{
+			push(@found,$dir.'/'.$i) if $i =~ /\.js$/ || $i =~ /\.php$/;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return @found;
+}
+
+sub readIgnorelist{
+	return () unless -e 'l10n/ignorelist';
+	my %ignore = ();
+	open(IN,'l10n/ignorelist');
+	while(<IN>){
+		my $line = $_;
+		chomp($line);
+		$ignore{"./$line"}++;
+	}
+	close(IN);
+	return %ignore;
+}
+
+my $app = shift( @ARGV );
+my $task = shift( @ARGV );
+
+die( "Usage: l10n.pl app task\ntask: read, write\n" ) unless $task;
+
+# Our current position
+my $whereami = cwd();
+die( "Program must be executed in a l10n-folder called 'l10n'" ) unless $whereami =~ m/\/l10n$/;
+
+# Where are i18n-files?
+my $pwd = dirname(cwd());
+
+my @dirs = ();
+push(@dirs, $pwd);
+
+# Languages
+my @languages = ();
+opendir( DIR, '.' );
+my @files = readdir( DIR );
+closedir( DIR );
+foreach my $i ( @files ){
+	push( @languages, $i ) if -d $i && substr( $i, 0, 1 ) ne '.';
+}
+
+if( $task eq 'read' ){
+	rmtree( 'templates' );
+	mkdir( 'templates' ) unless -d 'templates';
+	print "Mode: reading\n";
+	foreach my $dir ( @dirs ){
+		my @temp = split( /\//, $dir );
+		chdir( $dir );
+		my @totranslate = crawlFiles('.');
+		my %ignore = readIgnorelist();
+		my $output = "${whereami}/templates/$app.pot";
+		my $packageName = "ownCloud $app";
+		print "  Processing $app\n";
+
+		foreach my $file ( @totranslate ){
+			next if $ignore{$file};
+			# TODO: add support for twig templates
+			my $keyword = ( $file =~ /\.js$/ ? 't:2' : 't');
+			my $language = ( $file =~ /\.js$/ ? 'Python' : 'PHP');
+			my $joinexisting = ( -e $output ? '--join-existing' : '');
+			print "    Reading $file\n";
+			`xgettext --output="$output" $joinexisting --keyword=$keyword --language=$language "$file" --from-code=UTF-8 --package-version="5.0.0" --package-name="$packageName" --msgid-bugs-address="translations\@owncloud.org"`;
+		}
+		chdir( $whereami );
+	}
+}
+elsif( $task eq 'write' ){
+	print "Mode: write\n";
+	foreach my $dir ( @dirs ){
+		my @temp = split( /\//, $dir );
+		chdir( $dir.'/l10n' );
+		print "  Processing $app\n";
+		foreach my $language ( @languages ){
+			next if $language eq 'templates';
+			
+			my $input = "${whereami}/$language/$app.po";
+			next unless -e $input;
+
+			print "    Language $language\n";
+			my $array = Locale::PO->load_file_asarray( $input );
+			# Create array
+			my @strings = ();
+			foreach my $string ( @{$array} ){
+				next if $string->msgid() eq '""';
+				next if $string->msgstr() eq '""';
+				push( @strings, $string->msgid()." => ".$string->msgstr());
+			}
+			next if $#strings == -1; # Skip empty files
+
+			# Write PHP file
+			open( OUT, ">$language.php" );
+			print OUT "<?php \$TRANSLATIONS = array(\n";
+			print OUT join( ",\n", @strings );
+			print OUT "\n);\n";
+			close( OUT );
+		}
+		chdir( $whereami );
+	}
+}
+else{
+	print "unknown task!\n";
+}