diff --git a/utils/locale2json.py b/utils/locale2json.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import json
+import codecs
+from traintastic import read_locale_file
+
+
+def to_json(filename_txt, filename_json):
+    (strings, header, garbage) = read_locale_file(filename_txt)
+    out = []
+    for s in strings:
+        if not s['hash']:
+            out.append({'term': s['id'], 'definition': s['value']})
+    with codecs.open(filename_json, 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(out, f, indent='  ')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    for f in sys.argv[1:]:
+        to_json(f, os.path.splitext(f)[0] + '.json')