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diff --git a/contrib/devtools/README.md b/contrib/devtools/README.md
index 697a714a47..a57b4e561e 100644
--- a/contrib/devtools/README.md
+++ b/contrib/devtools/README.md
@@ -69,3 +69,15 @@ If there are 'unsupported' symbols, the return value will be 1 a list like this
     .../64/test_bitcoin: symbol std::out_of_range::~out_of_range() from unsupported version GLIBCXX_3.4.15
     .../64/test_bitcoin: symbol _ZNSt8__detail15_List_nod from unsupported version GLIBCXX_3.4.15
 
+update-translations.py
+=======================
+
+Run this script from the root of the repository to update all translations from transifex.
+It will do the following automatically:
+
+- fetch all translations
+- post-process them into valid and committable format
+- add missing translations to the build system (TODO)
+
+See doc/translation-process.md for more information.
+
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1950a42678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Wladimir J. van der Laan
+# Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+'''
+Run this script from the root of the repository to update all translations from
+transifex.
+It will do the following automatically:
+
+- fetch all translations using the tx tool
+- post-process them into valid and committable format
+  - remove invalid control characters
+  - remove location tags (makes diffs less noisy)
+
+TODO:
+- auto-add new translations to the build system according to the translation process
+- remove 'unfinished' translation items
+'''
+from __future__ import division, print_function
+import subprocess
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+
+# Name of transifex tool
+TX = 'tx'
+# Name of source language file
+SOURCE_LANG = 'bitcoin_en.ts'
+# Directory with locale files
+LOCALE_DIR = 'src/qt/locale'
+
+def check_at_repository_root():
+    if not os.path.exists('.git'):
+        print('No .git directory found')
+        print('Execute this script at the root of the repository', file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(1)
+
+def fetch_all_translations():
+    if subprocess.call([TX, 'pull', '-f']):
+        print('Error while fetching translations', file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(1)
+
+def postprocess_translations():
+    print('Postprocessing...')
+    for filename in os.listdir(LOCALE_DIR):
+        # process only language files, and do not process source language
+        if not filename.endswith('.ts') or filename == SOURCE_LANG: 
+            continue
+        filepath = os.path.join(LOCALE_DIR, filename)
+        with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
+            data = f.read()
+        # remove non-allowed control characters
+        data = re.sub('[\x00-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f]', '', data)
+        data = data.split('\n')
+        # strip locations from non-origin translation
+        # location tags are used to guide translators, they are not necessary for compilation
+        # TODO: actually process XML instead of relying on Transifex's one-tag-per-line output format
+        data = [line for line in data if not '<location' in line]
+        with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write('\n'.join(data))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    check_at_repository_root()
+    fetch_all_translations()
+    postprocess_translations()
+