Hello. Some time ago I have successfully generated a .pot-file and two .po-files for help-system of a Gretl program (a part of a GNU project - gretl.sf.net) which is in two xmls I used these versions of files: http://gretl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/gretl/gretl/doc/comman... http://gretl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/gretl/gretl/doc/comman... I used the following config file to do this: [po4a_paths] doc/i10n/gretl_help.pot ru:doc/i10n/ru.po pt_BR:doc/i10n/pt_BR.po [type: xml] doc/genr_funcs.xml ru:doc/ru/genr_func_ru.xml pt_BR:doc/pt_BR/genr_func_pt_BR.xml\ opt:"-o 'translated=<para> i<para><lit> i<para><math> \ i<para><argname> i<para><quote> i<para><cmdref> i<para><guideref> \ i<para><fncref> i<para><sub> i<para><sup> i<para><repl> \ i<para><quote><lit>' \ -o 'untranslated=<repl> \ <example> <emphasis> \ <code> <fnarg>'" [type: xml] doc/gretl_commands.xml ru:doc/ru/gretl_commands_ru.xml pt_BR:doc/pt_BR/gretl_commands_pt_BR.xml\ opt:"-o 'translated=<para> i<para><lit> i<para><math> i<para><quote>\ i<para><emphasis> i<para><repl> i<para><cmdref> i<para><book> \ i<para><guideref> i<para><cmd> \ i<para><sub> i<para><sup> i<para><program>\ <menu-path> <effect>' \ -o 'untranslated=<argument> <flag> \ <code> <demo> <example> <lit> <table> <cell> <repl> \ <optparm> <filename> <math>'" I have uploaded them on launchpad.net and we translated some parts of them. Now we want to update our .pot and .po-files (ru and pt_BR) with the new version of one of the xmls. The other file wasn't changed. So new files are: http://gretl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/gretl/gretl/doc/comman... http://gretl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/gretl/gretl/doc/comman... Also I uderstand that I need to add two tags for inline translation for unchanged gretl_funcs.xml. So the config file should look like this: [po4a_paths] doc/i10n/gretl_help.pot ru:doc/i10n/ru.po pt_BR:doc/i10n/pt_BR.po [type: xml] doc/genr_funcs.xml ru:doc/ru/genr_func_ru.xml pt_BR:doc/pt_BR/genr_func_pt_BR.xml\ opt:"-o 'translated=<para> i<para><lit> i<para><math> \ i<para><argname> i<para><quote> i<para><cmdref> i<para><guideref> \ i<para><fncref> i<para><sub> i<para><sup> i<para><repl> \ i<para><quote><lit> i<para><equation> i<para><by>' \ -o 'untranslated=<repl> \ <example> <emphasis> \ <code> <fnarg>'" [type: xml] doc/gretl_commands.xml ru:doc/ru/gretl_commands_ru.xml pt_BR:doc/pt_BR/gretl_commands_pt_BR.xml\ opt:"-o 'translated=<para> i<para><lit> i<para><math> i<para><quote>\ i<para><emphasis> i<para><repl> i<para><cmdref> i<para><book> \ i<para><guideref> i<para><cmd> \ i<para><sub> i<para><sup> i<para><program>\ <menu-path> <effect>' \ -o 'untranslated=<argument> <flag> \ <code> <demo> <example> <lit> <table> <cell> <repl> \ <optparm> <filename> <math>'" When I simply try to launch a po4a with a new config file and existing old .pot and .po-files I receive a message about 1485 strings in .pot-file. And it should contain 1476 strings with the new config-file. 1485 is the number of strings from the existing .pot file. AFAIU it is not updated with new tags for inline translation. My .pot-file and two .po-files are in the attachment. Thanks a lot for such a program. With "-k 0" option I can produce now a translated versions of these xmls and this is already something. With respect, Ivan Sopov. P.S. Actually the pt_BR.po file was generated from a .pot-file on the launchpad.