diff --git a/tools/sync_all_translations.sh b/tools/sync_all_translations.sh
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--- a/tools/sync_all_translations.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-SCRIPT=$(readlink -f $0)
-SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
-PROJECTROOT=`dirname $SCRIPTPATH`
-
-cd $PROJECTROOT
-
-find res/values-* -name "strings.xml" -type f ! -wholename "res/values-fr-rCA/strings.xml" -exec ./tools/sync_translation.py res/values/strings.xml {} \;
-
-cd -
diff --git a/tools/sync_translation.py b/tools/sync_translation.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Rewrite localized strings files to match the formatting of the master strings file in an Android project
-#
-# Written for use with K-9 Mail (https://github.com/k9mail/k-9)
-# Licensed under the WTFPL (http://www.wtfpl.net/about/)
-
-import sys
-import re
-from copy import deepcopy
-from lxml import etree
-
-INDENTATION = " " * 4
-
-
-def new_tail(element):
-    newline_count = element.tail.count("\n")
-    if newline_count == 0:
-        return element.tail
-    else:
-        return "%s%s" % ("\n" * newline_count, INDENTATION)
-
-
-def remove_namespace_attribute(text):
-    return re.sub(' xmlns:xliff="[^"]+"', "", text)
-
-
-def fix_children_tail(element):
-    for item in element.getchildren():
-        if item.tail is not None and item.tail.count("\n") > 0:
-            item.tail = "\n%s" % (INDENTATION * 2)
-    element.getchildren()[-1].tail = "\n%s" % INDENTATION
-
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-    print "Usage: sync_translation.py <master> <translation>"
-    print "Example: sync_translation.py res/values/strings.xml res/values-zh-rTW/strings.xml"
-    exit(1)
-
-master_file = sys.argv[1]
-translation_file = sys.argv[2]
-
-# Parse source files
-parser = etree.XMLParser(strip_cdata=False)
-master = etree.parse(master_file, parser=parser)
-translation = etree.parse(translation_file, parser=parser)
-
-# Create new XML object for the output
-output = etree.Element("resources", nsmap={'xliff': "urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"})
-output.text = "\n%s" % INDENTATION
-
-# Copy top level comments from translation
-previous = output
-elem = translation.getroot()
-while elem.getprevious() is not None:
-    elem = elem.getprevious()
-    new_elem = deepcopy(elem)
-    previous.addprevious(new_elem)
-    previous = new_elem
-
-
-for element in master.getroot().getchildren():
-
-    if not isinstance(element.tag, basestring):
-        # This is a comment; copy it to 'output'
-
-        new_element = deepcopy(element)
-        new_element.tail = new_tail(element)
-        output.append(new_element)
-    else:
-        tag = element.tag
-        name = element.get("name")
-
-        if tag == "string":
-            # Find string element in translation
-            translated = translation.find('.//string[@name="%s"]' % name)
-
-            if translated is None:
-                # No translation found; copy original string and make it a comment
-
-                temp_element = deepcopy(element)
-                temp_element.tail = ""
-                text = " NEW: %s" % etree.tostring(temp_element, encoding="UNICODE")
-                text = remove_namespace_attribute(text)
-                new_element = etree.Comment(text)
-            else:
-                # Translation found; use it
-
-                new_element = deepcopy(translated)
-
-            new_element.tail = new_tail(element)
-            output.append(new_element)
-
-        elif tag == "plurals":
-            # Find plurals element in translation
-            translated = translation.find('.//plurals[@name="%s"]' % name)
-
-            if translated is None:
-                # No translation found; copy original element and wrap it in a comment
-
-                temp_element = deepcopy(element)
-                temp_element.tail = ""
-
-                fix_children_tail(temp_element)
-
-                text = " NEW:\n%s%s\n%s" % (INDENTATION, etree.tostring(temp_element, encoding="UNICODE"), INDENTATION)
-                text = remove_namespace_attribute(text)
-                new_element = etree.Comment(text)
-            else:
-                # Translation found; use it
-
-                new_element = deepcopy(translated)
-                fix_children_tail(new_element)
-
-            new_element.tail = new_tail(element)
-            output.append(new_element)
-        else:
-            sys.stderr.write("Unknown element: %s\n" % tag)
-
-
-output.getchildren()[-1].tail = "\n"
-
-tree = etree.ElementTree(output)
-tree.write(sys.argv[2], xml_declaration=True, encoding="UTF-8", pretty_print=True)