diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
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+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
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+#################################################
+#
+#  (C) 2018 Slávek Banko
+#  slavek.banko (AT) axis.cz
+#
+#  Improvements and feedback are welcome
+#
+#  This file is released under GPL >= 2
+#
+#################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8 )
+
+
+##### include our cmake modules #################
+
+set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" )
+include( TDEL10n )
+
+
+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_auto_add_subdirectories( )
diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index f5a2e1b..46fba83 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-tde_create_translation( LANG auto OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME} )
+# build translations if some are already available
+
+file( GLOB _srcs RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.po )
+if( _srcs )
+  tde_create_translation( LANG auto OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME} )
+endif( )
diff --git a/po/tdesudo.pot b/po/tdesudo.pot
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+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-12-11 16:55+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: _translatorinfo:1
+msgid ""
+"_: NAME OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your names"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: _translatorinfo:2
+msgid ""
+"_: EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your emails"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:41 main.cpp:66
+msgid "TdeSudo"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:47
+msgid "sets a runas user"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:48 main.cpp:60
+msgid "The command to execute"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:49
+msgid "Forget passwords"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:50
+msgid "Specify icon to use in the password dialog"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:51
+msgid "Do not show the command to be run in the dialog"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:52
+msgid "Process priority, between 0 and 100, 0 the lowest [50]"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:53
+msgid "Use realtime scheduling"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:54
+msgid "Use target UID if <file> is not writeable"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:55
+msgid "Fake option for TDE's TdeSu compatibility"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:56
+msgid "Do not keep password"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:57
+msgid "Use existing DCOP server"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:58
+msgid "The comment that should be displayed in the dialog"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:59
+msgid "Do not display « ignore » button"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: main.cpp:99
+msgid ""
+"You must provide the name of the executable you want to run as an argument "
+"to tdesudo"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:52
+msgid ""
+"<b>%1</b> needs administrative privileges. Please enter your password for "
+"verification."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:75
+msgid ""
+"No command arguments supplied!\n"
+"Usage: tdesudo [-u <runas>] <command>\n"
+"TdeSudo will now exit..."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:122
+msgid "&Ignore"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:249 tdesudo.cpp:261
+msgid "Priority:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:249
+msgid "realtime:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:307
+msgid "Command:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:347
+msgid "Wrong password! Exiting..."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:354
+msgid "Command not found!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:360
+msgid "Your username is unknown to sudo!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:366
+msgid "Your user is not allowed to run the specified command!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tdesudo.cpp:372 tdesudo.cpp:378
+msgid "Your user is not allowed to run sudo on this host!"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/tdesudo/CMakeL10n.txt b/tdesudo/CMakeL10n.txt
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index 0000000..2db4698
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+++ b/tdesudo/CMakeL10n.txt
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+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_create_template( "tdesudo" )