diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 278cee1e5..9ae5c687b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "cross-env THEIA_ELECTRON_SKIP_REPLACE_FFMPEG=1 lerna run prepare && yarn download:plugins",
-    "cleanup": "npx rimraf ./**/node_modules && rm -rf ./node_modules ./.browser_modules ./arduino-ide-extension/build ./arduino-ide-extension/downloads ./arduino-ide-extension/Examples ./arduino-ide-extension/lib ./browser-app/lib ./browser-app/src-gen ./browser-app/gen-webpack.config.js ./electron-app/lib ./electron-app/src-gen ./electron-app/gen-webpack.config.js", 
+    "cleanup": "npx rimraf ./**/node_modules && rm -rf ./node_modules ./.browser_modules ./arduino-ide-extension/build ./arduino-ide-extension/downloads ./arduino-ide-extension/Examples ./arduino-ide-extension/lib ./browser-app/lib ./browser-app/src-gen ./browser-app/gen-webpack.config.js ./electron-app/lib ./electron-app/src-gen ./electron-app/gen-webpack.config.js",
     "rebuild:browser": "theia rebuild:browser",
     "rebuild:electron": "theia rebuild:electron",
     "start": "yarn --cwd ./electron-app start",
     "watch": "lerna run watch --parallel",
     "test": "lerna run test",
     "download:plugins": "theia download:plugins",
-    "update:version": "node ./scripts/update-version.js"
+    "update:version": "node ./scripts/update-version.js",
+    "i18n:pull": "node ./scripts/i18n/transifex-pull.js ./i18n/"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "./arduino-ide-extension/**/*.{ts,tsx}": [
diff --git a/scripts/i18n/transifex-pull.js b/scripts/i18n/transifex-pull.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..986df91ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/i18n/transifex-pull.js
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// @ts-check
+
+const transifex = require('./transifex');
+const util = require('util');
+const shell = require('shelljs');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const download = require('download');
+
+const getLanguages = async (organization, project) => {
+    const url = transifex.url(
+        util.format('projects/o:%s:p:%s/languages', organization, project)
+    );
+    const json = await fetch(url, { headers: transifex.authHeader() })
+        .catch(err => {
+            shell.echo(err);
+            shell.exit(1);
+        })
+        .then(res => res.json());
+    let languages = [];
+    json['data'].forEach(e => {
+        const languageCode = e['attributes']['code'];
+        // Skip english since it's the one we generate
+        if (languageCode === 'en') {
+            return;
+        }
+        languages.push(languageCode);
+    });
+    return languages;
+};
+
+const requestTranslationDownload = async (relationships) => {
+    let url = transifex.url('resource_translations_async_downloads');
+    const data = {
+        data: {
+            relationships,
+            type: 'resource_translations_async_downloads'
+        }
+    };
+    const headers = transifex.authHeader();
+    headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/vnd.api+json';
+    const json = await fetch(url, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers,
+        body: JSON.stringify(data)
+    })
+        .catch(err => {
+            shell.echo(err);
+            shell.exit(1);
+        })
+        .then(res => res.json());
+
+    return json['data']['id'];
+};
+
+const getTranslationDownloadStatus = async (language, downloadRequestId) => {
+    // The download request status must be asked from time to time, if it's
+    // still pending we try again using exponentional backoff starting from 2.5 seconds.
+    let backoffMs = 2500;
+    while (true) {
+        const url = transifex.url(
+            util.format('resource_translations_async_downloads/%s', downloadRequestId)
+        );
+        const options = {
+            headers: transifex.authHeader(),
+            redirect: 'manual'
+        };
+        const res = await fetch(url, options).catch(err => {
+            shell.echo(err);
+            shell.exit(1);
+        });
+
+        if (res.status === 303) {
+            // When the file to download is ready we get redirected
+            return {
+                language,
+                downloadUrl: res.headers.get('location')
+            };
+        }
+
+        const json = await res.json();
+        const downloadStatus = json['data']['attributes']['status'];
+        if (downloadStatus == 'pending' || downloadStatus == 'processing') {
+            await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, backoffMs));
+            backoffMs = backoffMs * 2;
+            // Retry the download request status again
+            continue;
+        } else if (downloadStatus == 'failed') {
+            const errors = [];
+            json['data']['attributes']['errors'].forEach(err => {
+                errors.push(util.format('%s: %s', err.code, err.details));
+            });
+            throw util.format('Download request failed: %s', errors.join(', '));
+        }
+        throw 'Download request failed in an unforeseen way';
+    }
+};
+
+(async () => {
+    const { organization, project, resource } = await transifex.credentials();
+    const translationsDirectory = process.argv[2];
+    if (!translationsDirectory) {
+        shell.echo('Traslations directory not specified');
+        shell.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const languages = await getLanguages(organization, project);
+    shell.echo('translations found:', languages.join(', '));
+
+    let downloadIds = [];
+    for (const language of languages) {
+        downloadIds.push({
+            language,
+            id: await requestTranslationDownload({
+                language: {
+                    data: {
+                        id: util.format('l:%s', language),
+                        type: 'languages'
+                    }
+                },
+                resource: {
+                    data: {
+                        id: util.format('o:%s:p:%s:r:%s', organization, project, resource),
+                        type: 'resources'
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        });
+    }
+
+    const res = await Promise.all(
+        downloadIds.map(d => getTranslationDownloadStatus(d['language'], d['id']))
+    ).catch(err => {
+        shell.echo(err);
+        shell.exit(1);
+    });
+
+    await Promise.all(
+        res.map(r => {
+            return download(r['downloadUrl'], translationsDirectory, {
+                filename: r['language'] + '.json'
+            });
+        })
+    ).catch(err => {
+        shell.echo(err);
+        shell.exit(1);
+    });
+
+    shell.echo('Translation files downloaded.');
+})();
diff --git a/scripts/i18n/transifex.js b/scripts/i18n/transifex.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b174feb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/i18n/transifex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// @ts-check
+
+const shell = require('shelljs');
+const util = require('util');
+
+const TRANSIFEX_ENDPOINT = 'https://rest.api.transifex.com/';
+
+const apiKey = () => {
+	const apiKey = process.env.TRANSIFEX_API_KEY;
+	if (apiKey === '') {
+		shell.echo('missing TRANSIFEX_API_KEY environment variable');
+		shell.exit(1)
+	}
+	return apiKey
+}
+
+exports.credentials = async () => {
+	const organization = process.env.TRANSIFEX_ORGANIZATION;
+	const project = process.env.TRANSIFEX_PROJECT;
+	const resource = process.env.TRANSIFEX_RESOURCE;
+
+	if (organization === '') {
+		shell.echo('missing TRANSIFEX_ORGANIZATION environment variable');
+		shell.exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if (project === '') {
+		shell.echo('missing TRANSIFEX_PROJECT environment variable');
+		shell.exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if (resource === '') {
+		shell.echo('missing TRANSIFEX_RESOURCE environment variable');
+		shell.exit(1)
+	}
+
+	return { organization, project, resource }
+}
+
+exports.url = (path, queryParameters) => {
+	let url = util.format('%s%s', TRANSIFEX_ENDPOINT, path);
+	if (queryParameters) {
+		url = util.format('%s?%s', url, queryParameters);
+	}
+	return url
+}
+
+exports.authHeader = () => {
+	return {
+		'Authorization': util.format("Bearer %s", apiKey()),
+	}
+}