Migration of non-English translations to v5.5 using messages.xml as the basic structure

README.md

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+# Migration of DSpace XMLUI lang
+## About
+The aim of this project is to migrate all non-English translations to 
+v5.5
+
+##Quick usage
+1. Place `messages.xml`, `lang-util.py`, `file-iterator.py` in the _i18n_ 
+folder.
+2. Issue the command `python3 file-iterator.py` to convert all old xml 
+files to the latest version.
+
+###Notes
+- Translation strings from the old translation file are migrated over 
+by comparing keys.
+- If a key in the latest version does not exist in the older version, 
+it defaults to English
+- `messages.xml` is taken from the master 5.5 release of DSpace.
+

file_iterator.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+for file in os.listdir("."):
+    if file.endswith(".xml"):
+        if file is not "messages.xml":
+            print(file)
+            os.system('python3 lang-util.py migrate -f ' + file)
+            os.system('rm ' + file)
+            os.system('cp output.xml ' + file)