gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#args are
# 1= the path to the qmake file
# 2= qmake file (the pro file)


## debug
set -x

## where does the lupdate and all the other bins live ?
QTDIR=/home/joseph/Qt/5.8/gcc_64/bin

## we make the array of langs that we would like to use


mkdir -p $1/translations/
for i in Arabic German Portuguese Chinese Italian Russian French Japanese Spanish;
do
    $QTDIR/lupdate $1/$2 -ts $1/translations/$i.ts
done

## run over the files and make the .po files
for ii in $(ls $1/translations/);
do
    newFile=$(ls $1/translations/$ii | sed "s/.ts/.po/g")
    $QTDIR/lconvert $1/translations/$ii -o $newFile
    ## lconvert <file>.ts -o <file>.po
done


echo "All ready for the google translations kit "
echo "after translations run the 2nd script"


xdg-open https://translate.google.com/toolkit/