diff --git a/mambabase/update-translations.sh b/mambabase/update-translations.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# not working yet
+kmdr2po mambabase.kmdr > mambabase.po
+xgettext -s -o - mambabase.sh > mambabase.sh.po
+msgmerge mambabase.sh.po po/it.po > po/it.pot