diff --git a/util/detranslate.py b/util/detranslate.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03f703324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/detranslate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Imports
+import argparse
+import os
+import os.path
+
+translations = {'cz': [('\\200', 'á'),
+                       ('\\201', 'č'),
+                       ('\\201', 'Č'),
+                       ('\\202', 'é'),
+                       ('\\203', 'ě'),
+                       ('\\204', 'í'),
+                       ('\\205', 'ó'),
+                       ('\\206', 'ř'),
+                       ('\\207', 'š'),
+                       ('\\207', 'Š'),
+                       ('\\210', 'ú'),
+                       ('\\211', 'ů'),
+                       ('\\212', 'ý'),
+                       ('\\213', 'Á'),
+                       ('\\214', 'Í'),
+                       ('\\215', 'Ř'),
+                       ('\\216', 'Ý'),
+                       ('\\217', 'ž'),
+                       ('\\217', 'Ž'),
+                       ('\\220', 'É')],
+
+                'de': [('\\200', 'Ä'),
+                       ('\\201', 'ä'),
+                       ('\\202', 'Ö'),
+                       ('\\203', 'ö'),
+                       ('\\204', 'Ü'),
+                       ('\\205', 'ü'),
+                       ('\\206', 'ß')],
+
+                'es': [('\\200', 'Ñ'),
+                       ('\\201', 'ñ')],
+
+                'fr': [('\\200', 'é'),
+                       ('\\201', 'è'),
+                       ('\\202', 'à'),
+                       ('\\203', 'î'),
+                       ('\\204', 'ç')],
+
+                'it': [('\\200', 'à'),
+                       ('\\201', 'ù')],
+
+                'pt': [('\\200', 'Á'),
+                       ('\\201', 'á'),
+                       ('\\202', 'Â'),
+                       ('\\203', 'â'),
+                       ('\\204', 'Ã'),
+                       ('\\205', 'ã'),
+                       ('\\206', 'À'),
+                       ('\\207', 'à'),
+                       ('\\210', 'Ç'),
+                       ('\\211', 'ç'),
+                       ('\\212', 'É'),
+                       ('\\213', 'é'),
+                       ('\\214', 'Ê'),
+                       ('\\215', 'ê'),
+                       ('\\216', 'Í'),
+                       ('\\217', 'í'),
+                       ('\\218', 'Ó'),
+                       ('\\219', 'ó'),
+                       ('\\220', 'Ô'),
+                       ('\\221', 'ô'),
+                       ('\\222', 'Õ'),
+                       ('\\223', 'õ'),
+                       ('\\224', 'Ú'),
+                       ('\\225', 'ú'),],
+
+                'se': [('\\200', 'å'),
+                       ('\\201', 'ä'),
+                       ('\\202', 'ö'),
+                       ('\\203', 'Å'),
+                       ('\\204', 'Ä'),
+                       ('\\205', 'Ö')],
+               }
+
+# Take care of command line options
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Decoder for open9x translations')
+parser.add_argument('input', action="store")
+parser.add_argument('output', action="store")
+parser.add_argument('language', action="store")
+args =  parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.language not in translations:
+    parser.error(args.language  + ' is not a supported language. Try one of the supported ones: ' + str(translations.keys()))
+    system.exit()
+    
+# Read the input file into a buffer
+in_file = open( args.input, 'r')
+text = in_file.read()
+in_file.close()
+
+# Do the replacements
+for before, after in translations[args.language]:
+    text = text.replace(before, after)
+      
+# Write the result to a temporary file
+out_file = open( args.output, 'w')
+out_file.write( text )
+out_file.close()
+
+
diff --git a/util/translate.py b/util/translate.py
index a71da1413..1e972142c 100644
--- a/util/translate.py
+++ b/util/translate.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ translations = {'cz': [('\\200', 'á'),
                }
 
 # Take care of command line options
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Decoder/Encoder for open9x translations')
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Encoder for open9x translations')
 parser.add_argument('input', action="store")
 parser.add_argument('output', action="store")
 parser.add_argument('language', action="store")
@@ -98,10 +98,7 @@ in_file.close()
 
 # Do the replacements
 for before, after in translations[args.language]:
-    if args.input.endswith("." + args.language):
-        text = text.replace(after, before)
-    else:
-        text = text.replace(before, after)
+    text = text.replace(after, before)
       
 # Write the result to a temporary file
 out_file = open( args.output, 'w')