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+## HOWTO: Translations
+
+Update the .pot file and translation files:
+
+ pybabel extract -F extra/i18n/babel.cfg -o extra/i18n/web_interface.pot fatcat_scholar/
+ pybabel update -i extra/i18n/web_interface.pot -d fatcat_scholar/translations
+
+Compile translated messages together:
+
+ pybabel compile -d fatcat_scholar/translations
+
+Create initial .po file for a new language translation (then run the above
+update/compile after doing initial translations):
+
+ pybabel init -i extra/i18n/web_interface.pot -d fatcat_scholar/translations -l de