diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e614fbb..c1f0eb8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 bin
 gen
+launchpad-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index db964fc..bf8a05d 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 	package="org.connectbot"
 	android:versionName="1.7.1"
-	android:versionCode="332"
+	android:versionCode="333"
 	android:installLocation="auto">
 
 	<application
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e7dbbf4..9de0ea8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
     <property name="proguard.out.dir" value="${out.dir}/proguard.out"/>
     <property name="out.dex.input.absolute.dir" value="${proguard.out.dir}"/>
 
+    <!-- Output directory for .po files. -->
+    <property name="locale.dir" value="locale" />
+
+    <!-- Default args to pass to a2po for .po generation. -->
+    <property name="a2po.args" value="--groups strings --template fortune/fortune.pot --layout 'po/fortune/fortune-%(locale)s.po'"/>
+
+    <!-- File names for launchpad translations. -->
+    <property name="launchpad.export.file" value="launchpad-export.tar.gz"/>
+    <property name="launchpad.import.file" value="launchpad-import.tar.gz"/>
+
     <target name="check-proguard">
         <available file="tools/proguard.jar" property="have.proguard"/>
     </target>
@@ -171,6 +181,29 @@
         </fail>
     </target>
 
+    <!-- Translations come from launchpad.net and are placed in the
+         locale/ subdirectory. -->
+    <target name="translations-import">
+        <untar src="${launchpad.export.file}" dest="${locale.dir}" compression="gzip"/>
+        <exec executable="a2po" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="import"/>
+            <arg line="${a2po.args}"/>
+        </exec>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- Translations are to be uploaded to launchpad.net as a tar ball
+         created from the locale/ subdirectory. -->
+    <target name="translations-export">
+        <exec executable="a2po" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="export"/>
+            <arg line="${a2po.args}"/>
+        </exec>
+        <tar destfile="${launchpad.import.file}"
+            compression="gzip"
+            basedir="${locale.dir}"
+            includes="**/*.pot **/*.po" />
+    </target>
+
 <!-- End custom ConnectBot stuff -->
 
     <taskdef name="setup"
diff --git a/locale/.gitignore b/locale/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e8ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*