diff --git a/language-packs/make-language-pack.pl b/language-packs/make-language-pack.pl
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+USAGE="$0 [-native2ascii] cvs-tag version"
+
+# Just in case you need to 'socksify' etc
+CVS_COMMAND="cvs"
+
+if [ "$1" = "-native2ascii" ]; then
+	NATIVE2ASCII="1"
+	shift
+fi
+
+# Check we have required command-line arguments
+if [ "$#" != "2" ]; then
+        echo $USAGE
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+FILENAME="dspace-language-pack-$2"
+
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+
+echo "Checking out language packs with tag $1..."
+$CVS_COMMAND -Q export -r $1 language-packs
+
+if [ -n "$NATIVE2ASCII" ]; then
+	echo "Convert the UTF-8 encoded files to ASCII (DSpace 1.3.x only)" 
+	for i in `find . -name '*.UTF-8'`; do
+		destination=`echo $i | sed 's/\.UTF-8//'`
+		native2ascii -encoding UTF-8 $i $destination
+		rm $i
+	done
+fi
+
+echo "Creating tarball..."
+mv language-packs $FILENAME
+
+tar -cf - $FILENAME | gzip -c > $FILENAME.tar.gz
+
+echo "Cleaning up..."
+
+cd ..
+mv tmp/$FILENAME.tar.gz .
+rm -r tmp
+
+echo "Package created as $FILENAME.tar.gz"