diff --git a/scripts/check_lang_progress.py b/scripts/check_lang_progress.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Written by Vinyl Darkscratch, www.queengoob.org
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+# TODO: add comments
+
+# This script can be run with no arguments (which sets the language folder to the current working directory, and default language to English), one argument (which sets the default language), or two arguments (language folder path and default language).
+# When run, this script will compare the original language's strings to their assigned values and determine if they match, just like web2py's interface.  While some phrases may be the exact same between both languages, this should provide a good idea of how far along translations are.
+
+def check_lang_progress(cwd, default_lang):
+	for x in os.listdir(cwd):
+		if x == default_lang or x.startswith("plural-"): continue
+		
+		data = eval(open(os.path.join(cwd, x)).read())
+
+		total = 0
+		translated = 0
+
+		for key in data:
+			total += 1
+			if key.replace('@markmin\x01', '') != data[key]: translated += 1
+
+		print "Translations for %s (%s): %d/%d Translated (%d Untranslated)" %(data['!langname!'], data['!langcode!'], translated, total, total-translated)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	cwd = os.getcwd()
+	default_lang = 'en'
+
+	if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+		cwd = sys.argv[1]
+		default_lang = sys.argv[2]
+	elif len(sys.argv) > 1:
+		default_lang = sys.argv[1]
+
+	check_lang_progress(cwd, default_lang)
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diff --git a/scripts/update_languages.py b/scripts/update_languages.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Written by Vinyl Darkscratch, www.queengoob.org
+
+# TODO: add comments
+
+import os
+import ast
+import sys
+import inspect
+
+currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
+parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)
+sys.path.insert(0, parentdir)
+
+from gluon.cfs import getcfs
+from gluon.utf8 import Utf8
+from gluon._compat import copyreg, PY2, maketrans, iterkeys, unicodeT, to_unicode, to_bytes, iteritems, to_native, pjoin
+from gluon.languages import findT
+
+# This script can be run with no arguments (which sets the language folder to the current working directory, and default language to English), one argument (which sets the default language), or two arguments (language folder path and default language).
+# When run, it will update the default language, as well as strip all of the strings found in the non-default languages but not in the default language, and add the strings found in the default language to the non-default languages it is not, making sure translators don't do additional work that will never be used.
+
+def read_dict_aux(filename):
+	lang_text = open(filename, 'r').read().replace(b'\r\n', b'\n')
+	try:
+		return safe_eval(to_native(lang_text)) or {}
+	except Exception:
+		e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+		status = 'Syntax error in %s (%s)' % (filename, e)
+		return {'__corrupted__': status}
+
+def read_dict(filename):
+	return getcfs('lang:' + filename, filename, lambda: read_dict_aux(filename))
+
+def safe_eval(text):
+	if text.strip():
+		try:
+			return ast.literal_eval(text)
+		except ImportError:
+			return eval(text, {}, {})
+	return None
+
+def sort_function(x, y):
+	return cmp(unicode(x, 'utf-8').lower(), unicode(y, 'utf-8').lower())
+
+def write_file(file, contents):
+	file.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n{\n')
+	for key in sorted(contents, sort_function):
+		file.write('%s: %s,\n' % (repr(Utf8(key)),
+								repr(Utf8(contents[key]))))
+	file.write('}\n')
+	file.close()
+
+def update_languages(cwd, default_lang):
+	defaultfp = os.path.join(cwd, '%s.py' %default_lang)
+	findT(cwd, default_lang)
+	default = read_dict(defaultfp)
+
+	for x in os.listdir(cwd):
+		if x == default_lang or x.startswith("plural-"): continue
+		
+		i18n = read_dict(os.path.join(cwd, x))
+		if i18n:
+			nd = default
+			for k_d1 in i18n:
+				if k_d1 in default:
+					nd[k_d1] = i18n[k_d1]
+			write_file(open(x, 'w'), nd)
+			print x
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	cwd = os.getcwd()
+	default_lang = 'en'
+
+	if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+		cwd = sys.argv[1]
+		default_lang = sys.argv[2]
+	elif len(sys.argv) > 1:
+		default_lang = sys.argv[1]
+
+	update_languages(cwd, default_lang)