diff --git a/backend/CMakeLists.txt b/backend/CMakeLists.txt
index a0fdfd5a..9b361d45 100644
--- a/backend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,3 +42,15 @@ endif(MSVC)
 
 install(TARGETS zint  ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 install(FILES zint.h DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Devel)
+
+# LOCALEDIR must be set up before including po/CMakeLists.txt
+if (DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+	set(LOCALEDIR "${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}")
+else(DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+	set(LOCALEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/locale")
+endif(DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+
+add_definitions(-DINSTALL_PREFIX="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+add_definitions(-DLOCALE_DIR="${LOCALEDIR}")
+
+add_subdirectory(po)
diff --git a/backend/GettextTranslate.cmake b/backend/GettextTranslate.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a78e2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/GettextTranslate.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012, Jarryd Beck
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+# list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+# and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
+# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+# This module creates build rules for updating translation files made 
+# with gettext
+# In your top level CMakeLists.txt, do
+#   include(GettextTranslate)
+# then in any po directory where you want things to be translated, write
+#   GettextTranslate()
+#
+# This module also finds the gettext binaries. If these are in a non-standard
+# location, you can define the following variables to provide paths to search
+# in
+# GettextTranslate_BINARIES  --- a path in which to look for every program
+# GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT  --- the xgettext program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGINIT   --- the msginit program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER --- the msgfilter program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGCONV   --- the msgconv program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE  --- the msgmerge program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGFMT    --- the msgfmt program
+# these are searched first before $PATH, so set this if you have your own
+# version that overrides the system version
+#
+# it reads variables from Makevars, one of the most important being DOMAIN
+# it reads the languages to generate from LINGUAS
+#
+# it adds the following targets
+# lib-update-po
+# lib-update-gmo
+# ${DOMAIN}-pot.update
+# generate-${DOMAIN}-${lang}-po
+# generate-${DOMAIN}-${lang}-gmo
+#
+# where ${DOMAIN} is the DOMAIN variable read from Makevars
+# and ${lang} is each language mentioned in LINGUAS
+#
+# if you want lib-update-gmo to be added to the "all" target, then define the
+# variable GettextTranslate_ALL before including this file
+#
+# by default, the gmo files are built in the source directory. If you want
+# them to be built in the binary directory, then define the variable
+# GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY
+
+
+
+# add the lib-update-po and lib-update-gmo targets, the actual files that need to
+# depend on this will be added as we go
+
+if (DEFINED GettextTranslate_ALL)
+  set(_addToALL "ALL")
+endif()
+
+add_custom_target(lib-update-po)
+add_custom_target(lib-update-gmo ${_addToALL})
+
+#look for all the programs
+#xgettext, msginit, msgfilter, msgconv, msgmerge, msgfmt
+
+function(REQUIRE_BINARY binname varname)
+  if (${${varname}} STREQUAL "${varname}-NOTFOUND")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find " ${binname})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE xgettext
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(xgettext GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE msginit
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGINIT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msginit GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE msgfilter
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgfilter GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE msgconv
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGCONV} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgconv GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE msgmerge
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgmerge GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGFMT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgfmt GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE
+)
+
+macro(GettextTranslate)
+
+  if(GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY)
+    set (GMO_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  else()
+    set (GMO_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  endif()
+
+  if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "There is no POTFILES.in in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+  endif()
+
+  if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Makevars)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "There is no Makevars in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+  endif()
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Makevars makevars
+    REGEX "^[^=]+=(.*)$"
+  )
+
+  foreach(makevar ${makevars})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([^= ]+) =[ ]?(.*)$" "\\1" MAKEVAR_KEY ${makevar})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([^= ]+) =[ ]?(.*)$" "\\2" 
+      MAKEVAR_${MAKEVAR_KEY} ${makevar})
+  endforeach()
+
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+    COPYONLY
+  )
+
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LINGUAS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LINGUAS
+    COPYONLY
+  )
+
+  #set the directory to not clean
+  #set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  #  PROPERTY CLEAN_NO_CUSTOM true)
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in potfiles
+    REGEX "^[^#].*"
+  )
+
+  foreach(potfile ${potfiles})
+    list(APPEND source_translatable 
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}/${potfile})
+  endforeach()
+
+  set(TEMPLATE_FILE ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot)
+  set(TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEMPLATE_FILE})
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" XGETTEXT_OPTS ${MAKEVAR_XGETTEXT_OPTIONS})
+  #add_custom_target(${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update DEPENDS
+  #  ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+  #)
+
+  add_custom_target(${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update
+    COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} ${XGETTEXT_OPTS}
+      -o ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+      --default-domain=${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}
+      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS:
+      --copyright-holder=${MAKEVAR_COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
+      --msgid-bugs-address="${MAKEVAR_MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS}"
+      --directory=${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}
+      --files-from=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+      --package-version=${VERSION}
+      --package-name=${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+    DEPENDS ${source_translatable}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  )
+
+  #add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+  #  COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} ${XGETTEXT_OPTS}
+  #    -o ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+  #    --default-domain=${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}
+  #    --add-comments=TRANSLATORS:
+  #    --copyright-holder=${MAKEVAR_COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
+  #    --msgid-bugs-address="${MAKEVAR_MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS}"
+  #    --directory=${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}
+  #    --files-from=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+  #    --package-version=${VERSION}
+  #    --package-name=${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+  #  DEPENDS ${source_translatable}
+  #  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+  #  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  #)
+
+  #add_dependencies(lib-update-po ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update)
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LINGUAS LINGUAS 
+      REGEX "^[^#].*")
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" languages ${LINGUAS})
+
+  foreach(lang ${languages})
+    set(PO_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${lang}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.po")
+    set(GMO_FILE_NAME "${GMO_BUILD_DIR}/${lang}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.gmo")
+    set(PO_TARGET "generate-${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}-${lang}-po")
+    set(GMO_TARGET "generate-${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}-${lang}-gmo")
+    list(APPEND po_files ${PO_TARGET})
+    list(APPEND gmo_files ${GMO_TARGET})
+
+    if(${lang} MATCHES "en@(.*)quot")
+
+      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${lang}.insert-header
+        COMMAND
+        sed -e "'/^#/d'" -e 's/HEADER/${lang}.header/g'
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/insert-header.sin > ${lang}.insert-header
+      )
+
+      #generate the en@quot files
+      add_custom_target(${PO_TARGET}
+        COMMAND
+        ${GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE} -i ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+        --no-translator -l ${lang} 
+        -o - 2>/dev/null
+        | sed -f ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lang}.insert-header 
+        | ${GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE} -t UTF-8 
+        | ${GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE} sed -f 
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/`echo ${lang} 
+        | sed -e 's/.*@//'`.sed 2>/dev/null >
+        ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${lang}.insert-header ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      )
+
+    else()
+
+      add_custom_target(${PO_TARGET}
+        COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE} --lang=${lang}
+          ${PO_FILE_NAME} ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+          -o ${PO_FILE_NAME}.new
+        COMMAND mv ${PO_FILE_NAME}.new ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+      )
+
+    endif()
+
+    add_custom_target(${GMO_TARGET}
+      COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} -c --statistics --verbose 
+        -o ${GMO_FILE_NAME} ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${PO_TARGET}
+    )
+
+    add_dependencies(${PO_TARGET} ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update)
+
+    install(FILES ${GMO_FILE_NAME} DESTINATION
+      ${LOCALEDIR}/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES
+      RENAME ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.mo
+    )
+
+  endforeach()
+
+  add_dependencies(lib-update-po ${po_files})
+  add_dependencies(lib-update-gmo ${gmo_files})
+
+#string(REGEX MATCH "^[^=]+=(.*)$" parsed_variables ${makevars})
+
+endmacro()
diff --git a/backend/po/CMakeLists.txt b/backend/po/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fa4a48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+PROJECT(zint_po)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR) 
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../")
+set(GettextTranslate_ALL true)
+set(GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY true)
+
+include(GettextTranslate)
+GettextTranslate() 
diff --git a/backend/po/LINGUAS b/backend/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cf6bae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ru 
diff --git a/backend/po/Makevars b/backend/po/Makevars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8c09d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/po/Makevars
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Makefile variables for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
+
+# Usually the message domain is the same as the package name.
+DOMAIN = libzint
+
+# These two variables depend on the location of this directory.
+subdir = po
+top_builddir = ..
+
+# These options get passed to xgettext.
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --language=C --sort-output --from-code=UTF-8 --foreign-user --no-wrap
+
+# This is the email address or URL to which the translators shall report
+# bugs in the untranslated strings
+MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS = rstuart114@gmail.com
diff --git a/backend/po/POTFILES.in b/backend/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d1c8b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ 
diff --git a/backend/po/libzint.pot b/backend/po/libzint.pot
index 8a803c74..0b76daf7 100644
--- a/backend/po/libzint.pot
+++ b/backend/po/libzint.pot
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
 # Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the libzint package.
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
 #, fuzzy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: libzint 2.9\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: rstuart114@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-21 16:40+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-21 19:34+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index 05db17d2..8a98cad0 100644
--- a/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ link_directories( "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/backend" )
 target_link_libraries(zint_frontend zint)
 
 install(TARGETS zint_frontend DESTINATION "${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}" RUNTIME)
+
+# LOCALEDIR must be set up before including po/CMakeLists.txt
+if (DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+	set(LOCALEDIR "${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}")
+else(DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+	set(LOCALEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/locale")
+endif(DEFINED LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+
+add_definitions(-DINSTALL_PREFIX="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+add_definitions(-DLOCALE_DIR="${LOCALEDIR}")
+
+add_subdirectory(po)
diff --git a/frontend/GettextTranslate.cmake b/frontend/GettextTranslate.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b49a95c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/GettextTranslate.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012, Jarryd Beck
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+# list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+# this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+# and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
+# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
+# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
+# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
+# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
+# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+# This module creates build rules for updating translation files made 
+# with gettext
+# In your top level CMakeLists.txt, do
+#   include(GettextTranslate)
+# then in any po directory where you want things to be translated, write
+#   GettextTranslate()
+#
+# This module also finds the gettext binaries. If these are in a non-standard
+# location, you can define the following variables to provide paths to search
+# in
+# GettextTranslate_BINARIES  --- a path in which to look for every program
+# GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT  --- the xgettext program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGINIT   --- the msginit program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER --- the msgfilter program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGCONV   --- the msgconv program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE  --- the msgmerge program
+# GettextTranslate_MSGFMT    --- the msgfmt program
+# these are searched first before $PATH, so set this if you have your own
+# version that overrides the system version
+#
+# it reads variables from Makevars, one of the most important being DOMAIN
+# it reads the languages to generate from LINGUAS
+#
+# it adds the following targets
+# cli-update-po
+# cli-update-gmo
+# ${DOMAIN}-pot.update
+# generate-${DOMAIN}-${lang}-po
+# generate-${DOMAIN}-${lang}-gmo
+#
+# where ${DOMAIN} is the DOMAIN variable read from Makevars
+# and ${lang} is each language mentioned in LINGUAS
+#
+# if you want cli-update-gmo to be added to the "all" target, then define the
+# variable GettextTranslate_ALL before including this file
+#
+# by default, the gmo files are built in the source directory. If you want
+# them to be built in the binary directory, then define the variable
+# GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY
+
+
+
+# add the cli-update-po and cli-update-gmo targets, the actual files that need to
+# depend on this will be added as we go
+
+if (DEFINED GettextTranslate_ALL)
+  set(_addToALL "ALL")
+endif()
+
+add_custom_target(cli-update-po)
+add_custom_target(cli-update-gmo ${_addToALL})
+
+#look for all the programs
+#xgettext, msginit, msgfilter, msgconv, msgmerge, msgfmt
+
+function(REQUIRE_BINARY binname varname)
+  if (${${varname}} STREQUAL "${varname}-NOTFOUND")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find " ${binname})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE xgettext
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(xgettext GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE msginit
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGINIT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msginit GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE msgfilter
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgfilter GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE msgconv
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGCONV} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgconv GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE msgmerge
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgmerge GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE)
+
+find_program(GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt
+  HINTS ${GettextTranslate_MSGFMT} ${GettextTranslate_BINARIES}
+)
+REQUIRE_BINARY(msgfmt GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE 
+  GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE
+)
+
+macro(GettextTranslate)
+
+  if(GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY)
+    set (GMO_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  else()
+    set (GMO_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  endif()
+
+  if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "There is no POTFILES.in in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+  endif()
+
+  if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Makevars)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "There is no Makevars in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+  endif()
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Makevars makevars
+    REGEX "^[^=]+=(.*)$"
+  )
+
+  foreach(makevar ${makevars})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([^= ]+) =[ ]?(.*)$" "\\1" MAKEVAR_KEY ${makevar})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([^= ]+) =[ ]?(.*)$" "\\2" 
+      MAKEVAR_${MAKEVAR_KEY} ${makevar})
+  endforeach()
+
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+    COPYONLY
+  )
+
+  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LINGUAS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LINGUAS
+    COPYONLY
+  )
+
+  #set the directory to not clean
+  #set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  #  PROPERTY CLEAN_NO_CUSTOM true)
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in potfiles
+    REGEX "^[^#].*"
+  )
+
+  foreach(potfile ${potfiles})
+    list(APPEND source_translatable 
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}/${potfile})
+  endforeach()
+
+  set(TEMPLATE_FILE ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot)
+  set(TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEMPLATE_FILE})
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" XGETTEXT_OPTS ${MAKEVAR_XGETTEXT_OPTIONS})
+  #add_custom_target(${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update DEPENDS
+  #  ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+  #)
+
+  add_custom_target(${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update
+    COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} ${XGETTEXT_OPTS}
+      -o ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+      --default-domain=${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}
+      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS:
+      --copyright-holder=${MAKEVAR_COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
+      --msgid-bugs-address="${MAKEVAR_MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS}"
+      --directory=${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}
+      --files-from=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+      --package-version=${VERSION}
+      --package-name=${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+    DEPENDS ${source_translatable}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  )
+
+  #add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+  #  COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE} ${XGETTEXT_OPTS}
+  #    -o ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+  #    --default-domain=${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}
+  #    --add-comments=TRANSLATORS:
+  #    --copyright-holder=${MAKEVAR_COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
+  #    --msgid-bugs-address="${MAKEVAR_MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS}"
+  #    --directory=${MAKEVAR_top_builddir}
+  #    --files-from=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES
+  #    --package-version=${VERSION}
+  #    --package-name=${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+  #  DEPENDS ${source_translatable}
+  #  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/POTFILES.in
+  #  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  #)
+
+  #add_dependencies(cli-update-po ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update)
+
+  file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LINGUAS LINGUAS 
+      REGEX "^[^#].*")
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[^ ]+" languages ${LINGUAS})
+
+  foreach(lang ${languages})
+    set(PO_FILE_NAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${lang}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.po")
+    set(GMO_FILE_NAME "${GMO_BUILD_DIR}/${lang}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.gmo")
+    set(PO_TARGET "generate-${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}-${lang}-po")
+    set(GMO_TARGET "generate-${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}-${lang}-gmo")
+    list(APPEND po_files ${PO_TARGET})
+    list(APPEND gmo_files ${GMO_TARGET})
+
+    if(${lang} MATCHES "en@(.*)quot")
+
+      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${lang}.insert-header
+        COMMAND
+        sed -e "'/^#/d'" -e 's/HEADER/${lang}.header/g'
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/insert-header.sin > ${lang}.insert-header
+      )
+
+      #generate the en@quot files
+      add_custom_target(${PO_TARGET}
+        COMMAND
+        ${GettextTranslate_MSGINIT_EXECUTABLE} -i ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+        --no-translator -l ${lang} 
+        -o - 2>/dev/null
+        | sed -f ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${lang}.insert-header 
+        | ${GettextTranslate_MSGCONV_EXECUTABLE} -t UTF-8 
+        | ${GettextTranslate_MSGFILTER_EXECUTABLE} sed -f 
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/`echo ${lang} 
+        | sed -e 's/.*@//'`.sed 2>/dev/null >
+        ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${lang}.insert-header ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      )
+
+    else()
+
+      add_custom_target(${PO_TARGET}
+        COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE} --lang=${lang}
+          ${PO_FILE_NAME} ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS} 
+          -o ${PO_FILE_NAME}.new
+        COMMAND mv ${PO_FILE_NAME}.new ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${TEMPLATE_FILE_ABS}
+      )
+
+    endif()
+
+    add_custom_target(${GMO_TARGET}
+      COMMAND ${GettextTranslate_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} -c --statistics --verbose 
+        -o ${GMO_FILE_NAME} ${PO_FILE_NAME}
+        DEPENDS ${PO_TARGET}
+    )
+
+    add_dependencies(${PO_TARGET} ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.pot-update)
+
+    install(FILES ${GMO_FILE_NAME} DESTINATION
+      ${LOCALEDIR}/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES
+      RENAME ${MAKEVAR_DOMAIN}.mo
+    )
+
+  endforeach()
+
+  add_dependencies(cli-update-po ${po_files})
+  add_dependencies(cli-update-gmo ${gmo_files})
+
+#string(REGEX MATCH "^[^=]+=(.*)$" parsed_variables ${makevars})
+
+endmacro()
diff --git a/frontend/po/CMakeLists.txt b/frontend/po/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fa4a48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+PROJECT(zint_po)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR) 
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../")
+set(GettextTranslate_ALL true)
+set(GettextTranslate_GMO_BINARY true)
+
+include(GettextTranslate)
+GettextTranslate() 
diff --git a/frontend/po/LINGUAS b/frontend/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cf6bae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ru 
diff --git a/frontend/po/Makevars b/frontend/po/Makevars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1927dc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/po/Makevars
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Makefile variables for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
+
+# Usually the message domain is the same as the package name.
+DOMAIN = zint
+
+# These two variables depend on the location of this directory.
+subdir = po
+top_builddir = ..
+
+# These options get passed to xgettext.
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --language=C --sort-output --from-code=UTF-8 --foreign-user --no-wrap
+
+# This is the email address or URL to which the translators shall report
+# bugs in the untranslated strings
+MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS = rstuart114@gmail.com
diff --git a/frontend/po/POTFILES.in b/frontend/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d1c8b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ 
diff --git a/frontend/po/ru/zint.po b/frontend/po/ru/zint.po
index e3adecf5..25581532 100644
--- a/frontend/po/ru/zint.po
+++ b/frontend/po/ru/zint.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: libzint 2.9\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: rstuart114@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-20 19:19+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-21 19:34+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2020-11-20 19:23+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: Василий Павлов <halmet94@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Russian\n"
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n"
-"%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=(n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2);\n"
 
 #: main.c:47
 #, c-format
@@ -44,10 +43,8 @@ msgid ""
 "30: GS1 DataBar Ltd   79: GS1 DataBar Stack       135: Comp UPC-A\n"
 "31: GS1 DataBar Exp   80: GS1 DataBar Stack Omni  136: Comp UPC-E\n"
 "32: Telepen Alpha     81: GS1 DataBar Exp Stack   137: Comp DataBar Stack\n"
-"34: UPC-A             82: PLANET                  138: Comp DataBar Stack "
-"Omni\n"
-"35: UPC-A + Check     84: MicroPDF                139: Comp DataBar Exp "
-"Stack\n"
+"34: UPC-A             82: PLANET                  138: Comp DataBar Stack Omni\n"
+"35: UPC-A + Check     84: MicroPDF                139: Comp DataBar Exp Stack\n"
 "37: UPC-E             85: USPS Intelligent Mail   140: Channel Code\n"
 "38: UPC-E + Check     86: UK Plessey              141: Code One\n"
 "40: POSTNET           87: Telepen Numeric         142: Grid Matrix\n"
@@ -87,7 +84,8 @@ msgid ""
 "29: ** GB (PRC) Chinese Character Set\n"
 "30: ** Korean Character Set (KSX1001:1998)\n"
 "** See note in section 4.10 of the manual\n"
-msgstr " 3: ISO-8859-1 - Латинский алфавит №. 1 (по умолчанию)\n"
+msgstr ""
+" 3: ISO-8859-1 - Латинский алфавит №. 1 (по умолчанию)\n"
 " 4: ISO-8859-2 - Латинский алфавит №. 2\n"
 " 5: ISO-8859-3 - Латинский алфавит №. 3\n"
 " 6: ISO-8859-4 - Латинский алфавит №. 4\n"
@@ -115,37 +113,34 @@ msgstr " 3: ISO-8859-1 - Латинский алфавит №. 1 (по умол
 "30: ** Корейский набор символов (KSX1001:1998)\n"
 "** См. Примечание в разделе 4.10 руководства\n"
 
-#: main.c:674
+#: main.c:678
 msgid "Border width out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:893
+#: main.c:897
 msgid "Can only define one input file in batch mode, ignoring"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:882
+#: main.c:886
 msgid "Can't define data in batch mode, ignoring"
 msgstr "Невозможно определить данные в пакетном режиме"
 
-#: main.c:782
+#: main.c:786
 msgid "Can't use batch mode if data given, ignoring"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:734
+#: main.c:738
 msgid "ECC level out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: main.c:89
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
-"Encode input data in a barcode and save as BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/"
-"TXT\n"
+"Encode input data in a barcode and save as BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/TXT\n"
 "\n"
 "  -b, --barcode=NUMBER  Number of barcode type. Default is 20 (Code 128)\n"
-"  --addongap=NUMBER     Set add-on gap in multiples of X-dimension for UPC/"
-"EAN\n"
-"  --batch               Treat each line of input file as a separate data "
-"set\n"
+"  --addongap=NUMBER     Set add-on gap in multiples of X-dimension for UPC/EAN\n"
+"  --batch               Treat each line of input file as a separate data set\n"
 "  --bg=COLOUR           Specify a background colour (in hex)\n"
 "  --binary              Treat input as raw binary data\n"
 "  --bind                Add boundary bars\n"
@@ -164,10 +159,8 @@ msgid ""
 "  --eci=NUMBER          Set the ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation) code\n"
 "  --esc                 Process escape characters in input data\n"
 "  --fg=COLOUR           Specify a foreground colour (in hex)\n"
-"  --filetype=TYPE       Set output file type BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/"
-"TXT\n"
-"  --fullmultibyte       Use multibyte for binary/Latin (QR/Han Xin/Grid "
-"Matrix)\n"
+"  --filetype=TYPE       Set output file type BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/TXT\n"
+"  --fullmultibyte       Use multibyte for binary/Latin (QR/Han Xin/Grid Matrix)\n"
 "  --gs1                 Treat input as GS1 compatible data\n"
 "  --gssep               Use separator GS for GS1 (Data Matrix)\n"
 "  -h, --help            Display help message\n"
@@ -185,18 +178,16 @@ msgid ""
 "  --rows=NUMBER         Set number of rows (Codablock-F)\n"
 "  --scale=NUMBER        Adjust size of X-dimension\n"
 "  --secure=NUMBER       Set error correction level (ECC)\n"
-"  --separator=NUMBER    Set height of row separator bars (stacked "
-"symbologies)\n"
+"  --separator=NUMBER    Set height of row separator bars (stacked symbologies)\n"
 "  --small               Use small text\n"
 "  --square              Force Data Matrix symbols to be square\n"
 "  -t, --types           Display table of barcode types\n"
-"  --vers=NUMBER         Set symbol version (size, check digits, other "
-"options)\n"
+"  --vers=NUMBER         Set symbol version (size, check digits, other options)\n"
 "  -w, --whitesp=NUMBER  Set width of whitespace in multiples of X-dimension\n"
 "  --werror              Convert all warnings into errors\n"
-"  --wzpl                ZPL compatibility mode (allows non-standard "
-"symbols)\n"
-msgstr "Кодирование входных данных в штрих-коды с возможностью сохранения в BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF\n"
+"  --wzpl                ZPL compatibility mode (allows non-standard symbols)\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Кодирование входных данных в штрих-коды с возможностью сохранения в BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF\n"
 "  -b, --barcode=NUMBER  Количество типов штрих-кодов (default is 20 (=Code128))\n"
 "  --batch               Обрабатывать каждую строку входного файла как отдельный набор данных\n"
 "  --bg=COLOUR           Укажите цвет фона (в шестнадцатеричном формате)\n"
@@ -244,7 +235,7 @@ msgstr "Кодирование входных данных в штрих-код
 msgid "Error %d: %s"
 msgstr "Ошибка %d: %s"
 
-#: main.c:792
+#: main.c:796
 msgid "File type not supported, ignoring"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -252,91 +243,91 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Input too long"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:728
+#: main.c:732
 msgid "Invalid ECC value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:806
+#: main.c:810
 msgid "Invalid ECI code"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:800
+#: main.c:804
 msgid "Invalid ECI value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:648 main.c:653
+#: main.c:652 main.c:657
 msgid "Invalid add-on gap value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:856
+#: main.c:860
 msgid "Invalid barcode type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:668
+#: main.c:672
 msgid "Invalid border width value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:692
+#: main.c:696
 msgid "Invalid columns value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:661
+#: main.c:665
 msgid "Invalid dot radius value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:818 main.c:824
+#: main.c:822 main.c:828
 msgid "Invalid font size"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:753
+#: main.c:757
 msgid "Invalid mode"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:747
+#: main.c:751
 msgid "Invalid mode value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:916
+#: main.c:920
 msgid "Invalid option"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:760 main.c:773
+#: main.c:764 main.c:777
 msgid "Invalid rotation value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:704
+#: main.c:708
 msgid "Invalid rows value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:628
+#: main.c:632
 msgid "Invalid scale value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:635
+#: main.c:639
 msgid "Invalid separator value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:641
+#: main.c:645
 msgid "Invalid seperator value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:680
+#: main.c:684
 msgid "Invalid symbol height value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:722
+#: main.c:726
 msgid "Invalid version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:716
+#: main.c:720
 msgid "Invalid version value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:865
+#: main.c:869
 msgid "Invalid whitespace value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:983
+#: main.c:987
 msgid "No data received, no symbol generated"
 msgstr "Данне не получены, символы не сгенерированы"
 
@@ -344,11 +335,11 @@ msgstr "Данне не получены, символы не сгенериро
 msgid "No newline at end of file"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:698
+#: main.c:702
 msgid "Number of columns out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:710
+#: main.c:714
 msgid "Number of rows out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -362,19 +353,19 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "On line %d: %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:741
+#: main.c:745
 msgid "Primary data string too long"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:937
+#: main.c:941
 msgid "Processing first input file only"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:945 main.c:957
+#: main.c:949 main.c:961
 msgid "Scaling less than 0.5 will be set to 0.5"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:686
+#: main.c:690
 msgid "Symbol height out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -382,7 +373,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unable to read input file"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: main.c:910
+#: main.c:914
 msgid "Unknown getopt error"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -391,7 +382,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Warning %d: %s"
 msgstr "Предупреждение %d: %s"
 
-#: main.c:871
+#: main.c:875
 msgid "Whitespace value out of range"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/frontend/po/zint.pot b/frontend/po/zint.pot
index f6fad093..4f6665f6 100644
--- a/frontend/po/zint.pot
+++ b/frontend/po/zint.pot
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
 # Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the zint package.
 # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
 #
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libzint 2.9\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: zint 2.9\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: rstuart114@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-20 19:19+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-21 19:34+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
 "Language: \n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
 #: main.c:47
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ msgid ""
 "30: GS1 DataBar Ltd   79: GS1 DataBar Stack       135: Comp UPC-A\n"
 "31: GS1 DataBar Exp   80: GS1 DataBar Stack Omni  136: Comp UPC-E\n"
 "32: Telepen Alpha     81: GS1 DataBar Exp Stack   137: Comp DataBar Stack\n"
-"34: UPC-A             82: PLANET                  138: Comp DataBar Stack "
-"Omni\n"
-"35: UPC-A + Check     84: MicroPDF                139: Comp DataBar Exp "
-"Stack\n"
+"34: UPC-A             82: PLANET                  138: Comp DataBar Stack Omni\n"
+"35: UPC-A + Check     84: MicroPDF                139: Comp DataBar Exp Stack\n"
 "37: UPC-E             85: USPS Intelligent Mail   140: Channel Code\n"
 "38: UPC-E + Check     86: UK Plessey              141: Code One\n"
 "40: POSTNET           87: Telepen Numeric         142: Grid Matrix\n"
@@ -111,14 +109,11 @@ msgstr ""
 #: main.c:89
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
-"Encode input data in a barcode and save as BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/"
-"TXT\n"
+"Encode input data in a barcode and save as BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/TXT\n"
 "\n"
 "  -b, --barcode=NUMBER  Number of barcode type. Default is 20 (Code 128)\n"
-"  --addongap=NUMBER     Set add-on gap in multiples of X-dimension for UPC/"
-"EAN\n"
-"  --batch               Treat each line of input file as a separate data "
-"set\n"
+"  --addongap=NUMBER     Set add-on gap in multiples of X-dimension for UPC/EAN\n"
+"  --batch               Treat each line of input file as a separate data set\n"
 "  --bg=COLOUR           Specify a background colour (in hex)\n"
 "  --binary              Treat input as raw binary data\n"
 "  --bind                Add boundary bars\n"
@@ -137,10 +132,8 @@ msgid ""
 "  --eci=NUMBER          Set the ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation) code\n"
 "  --esc                 Process escape characters in input data\n"
 "  --fg=COLOUR           Specify a foreground colour (in hex)\n"
-"  --filetype=TYPE       Set output file type BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/"
-"TXT\n"
-"  --fullmultibyte       Use multibyte for binary/Latin (QR/Han Xin/Grid "
-"Matrix)\n"
+"  --filetype=TYPE       Set output file type BMP/EMF/EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF/TXT\n"
+"  --fullmultibyte       Use multibyte for binary/Latin (QR/Han Xin/Grid Matrix)\n"
 "  --gs1                 Treat input as GS1 compatible data\n"
 "  --gssep               Use separator GS for GS1 (Data Matrix)\n"
 "  -h, --help            Display help message\n"
@@ -158,17 +151,14 @@ msgid ""
 "  --rows=NUMBER         Set number of rows (Codablock-F)\n"
 "  --scale=NUMBER        Adjust size of X-dimension\n"
 "  --secure=NUMBER       Set error correction level (ECC)\n"
-"  --separator=NUMBER    Set height of row separator bars (stacked "
-"symbologies)\n"
+"  --separator=NUMBER    Set height of row separator bars (stacked symbologies)\n"
 "  --small               Use small text\n"
 "  --square              Force Data Matrix symbols to be square\n"
 "  -t, --types           Display table of barcode types\n"
-"  --vers=NUMBER         Set symbol version (size, check digits, other "
-"options)\n"
+"  --vers=NUMBER         Set symbol version (size, check digits, other options)\n"
 "  -w, --whitesp=NUMBER  Set width of whitespace in multiples of X-dimension\n"
 "  --werror              Convert all warnings into errors\n"
-"  --wzpl                ZPL compatibility mode (allows non-standard "
-"symbols)\n"
+"  --wzpl                ZPL compatibility mode (allows non-standard symbols)\n"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: main.c:290