diff --git a/bin/validate b/bin/validate
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+FAIL=0
+
+LOCALES=$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -regextype grep -regex '\./[a-z]\{2\}_[A-Z]\{2\}' -printf "%P ")
+for locale_name in $LOCALES; do
+  echo "Checking locale $locale_name"
+
+  OUTPUT=$(LC_ALL=C msgfmt -cvf --statistics $locale_name/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.po 2>&1 >/dev/null)
+  ECODE=$?
+  if [ -f "messages.mo" ]; then
+    rm "messages.mo"
+  fi
+
+  echo "$OUTPUT"
+
+  if [ $ECODE -gt 0 ]; then
+    FAIL=1
+  fi
+
+  TRANSLATED=0
+  UNTRANSLATED=0
+  FUZZY=0
+
+  RE="[0-9]+"
+  LAST_LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | tail -1)
+  for chars in $LAST_LINE; do
+    if [[ "$chars" =~ $RE ]] && [[ ${BASH_REMATCH[0]} ]]; then
+      LAST_CNT="${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
+    else
+      case $chars in
+        "translated")
+          TRANSLATED=$LAST_CNT
+        ;;
+        "fuzzy")
+          FUZZY=$LAST_CNT
+        ;;
+        "untranslated")
+          UNTRANSLATED=$LAST_CNT
+        ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [ $FUZZY -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "$locale_name still contains $FUZZY fuzzy messages"
+    FAIL=1
+  fi
+
+  PROGRESS=$(python -c "print (int(round(($TRANSLATED.0 / ($TRANSLATED + $UNTRANSLATED + $FUZZY)) * 100)))")
+  echo "$locale_name is at $PROGRESS%"
+
+  echo
+done
+
+exit $FAIL