parse_transalations.py

import sys

## Typical Usage:
## python parse_transalations.py 'path/to/messages.po'
## This prints the strings and their respective translations


def clean(s):
    """ Quick and dirty scrubbing of the data """
    return s.replace('"', '').replace('msgid ', '').replace('msgstr ', '')

def parse():
    filename = sys.argv[1] # input .po file

    # slurp the contents
    f = open(filename, 'rb')
    string = f.read()
    f.close()

    lines = string.split('\n')

    d = {}

    key = ''
    value = ''

    for line in lines:
        if line.startswith('msgid'):
            # start of a key
            d[clean(key)] = clean(value)
            key=line
            value=''
        elif key and line.startswith('"'):
            # multiline apppend to key or value
            if value:
                value+=line
            else:
                key+=line
        elif line.startswith('msgstr'):
            #start of value
            value=line

    # pop in the last value
    d[clean(key)] = clean(value)

    for k, v in sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[0].lower()):
        print k + "===" + v


if __name__ == '__main__':
    parse()