diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
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+#################################################
+#
+#  (C) 2018 Slávek Banko
+#  slavek.banko (AT) axis.cz
+#
+#  Improvements and feedback are welcome
+#
+#  This file is released under GPL >= 2
+#
+#################################################
+
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8 )
+
+
+##### include our cmake modules #################
+
+set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" )
+include( TDEL10n )
+
+
+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_auto_add_subdirectories( )
diff --git a/po/mplayerthumbs.pot b/po/mplayerthumbs.pot
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+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-01-03 17:27+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: _translatorinfo:1
+msgid ""
+"_: NAME OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your names"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: _translatorinfo:2
+msgid ""
+"_: EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS\n"
+"Your emails"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/main.cpp:29
+msgid "MPlayerThumbs Configuration Utility"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/main.cpp:41
+msgid "MPlayerThumbsConfig"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/mplayerthumbscfg.cpp:37
+msgid "Enter here the path for mplayer executable file."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/mplayerthumbscfg.cpp:39
+msgid "Custom arguments for mplayer."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/mplayerthumbscfg.cpp:41
+msgid "Blacklisted File Extensions"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbsconfig/mplayerthumbscfg.cpp:43
+msgid "General"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbs.kcfg:7
+#, no-c-format
+msgid "Full path of the mplayer binary to use."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbs.kcfg:10
+#, no-c-format
+msgid "File extensions that mplayerthumbs should avoid"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: mplayerthumbs.kcfg:13
+#, no-c-format
+msgid "Append custom arguments to mplayer"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
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+##### create translation templates ##############
+
+tde_l10n_create_template( "mplayerthumbs" )