diff --git a/source/locale/compile_mo.sh b/source/locale/compile_mo.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+	LC=$1
+	# "assume" LC is valid .. maybe someone "bored" wants to write some checks, but hey, this isn't a user-interface :-P
+	msgfmt -c -v -o $LC/LC_MESSAGES/AC.mo $LC/LC_MESSAGES/AC.po
+	cp -f $LC/LC_MESSAGES/AC.mo ../../packages/locale/$LC/LC_MESSAGES/AC.mo
+else
+	echo "pass me a language-code (LC) to compile for (de, it, ...)"
+	#echo "you should have prepared ../../packages/locale/__LC__/LC_MESSAGES - where __LC__ is your language code!"
+fi
+