kodi_plugin/languageconvert.py

import re

if __name__ == "__main__":
    content = ""
    with open("resources/language/english/strings.xml", "r") as f:
        content = f.read()

    strings = open("resources/language/english/strings.po", "w")
    strings.write("msgid \"\"\nmsgstr \"\"\n\n")

    for matchNum, match in enumerate(re.finditer(r'<string id="([^"]+)">(.+?)<\/string>', content, re.IGNORECASE), start=1):
        strings.write("# %s\nmsgctxt \"#%s\"\nmsgid \"%s\"\nmsgstr \"\"\n\n" % (match.group(2), match.group(1), match.group(2)))

    strings.close()