Add rake tasks for dealing with translations

README.rst

@@ -25,15 +25,18 @@ found in the locale/ directory.
 __ https://github.com/edx/edx-platform
 
 edX uses Transifex to host translations. To use the Transifex client, be sure
-it is installed (``pip install -r requirements.txt`` will do this for you), and
+it is installed (``pip install transifex-client`` will do this for you), and
 follow the instructions here__ to set up your ``.transifexrc`` file.
 
 __ http://support.transifex.com/customer/portal/articles/1000855-configuring-the-client
 
-To upload translations:  ``tx push -s``
+To upload strings to Transifex for translation when you change the set
+of translatable strings: ``bundle exec rake i18n:push``
 
-To download translations: ``tx pull -l <locale>``, where ``<language>``
-indicates the desired language for the transifex resource(s).
+To fetch the latest translations from Transifex: ``bundle exec rake i18n:pull``
+
+The repository includes some translations so they will be available
+upon deployment. To commit an update to these: ``bundle exec rake i18n:commit``
 
 License
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Rakefile

@@ -376,3 +376,26 @@ namespace :jobs do
     Delayed::Worker.new(:min_priority => ENV['MIN_PRIORITY'], :max_priority => ENV['MAX_PRIORITY'], :queues => (ENV['QUEUES'] || ENV['QUEUE'] || '').split(','), :quiet => false).start
   end
 end
+
+namespace :i18n do
+  desc "Push source strings to Transifex for translation"
+  task :push do
+    sh("tx push -s")
+  end
+
+  desc "Pull translated strings from Transifex"
+  task :pull do
+    sh("tx pull --mode=reviewed --all --minimum-perc=1")
+  end
+
+  desc "Clean the locale directory"
+  task :clean do
+    sh("git clean -f locale/")
+  end
+
+  desc "Commit translated strings to the repository"
+  task :commit => ["i18n:clean", "i18n:pull"] do
+    sh("git add locale")
+    sh("git commit -m 'Updated translations (autogenerated message)'")
+  end
+end