diff --git a/lang/fr.js b/lang/fr.js
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+_.setTranslation({"save this.": "sauvegarder.", "a small group arrives, all dust and bones.": "un petit groupe arrive, sale et affam\u00e9.", "use meds": "utiliser un m\u00e9dicament", "scraps of fur": "morceaux de fourrure", "scattered teeth": "tas de dents", "punch twice as fast, and with even more force": "frapper deux fois plus vite, et avec plus de force", "restart.": "recommencer.", "gather wood": "r\u00e9coleter du bois", "export": "exporter", "punches do more damage": "les points font plus de d\u00e9gats", "cancel": "annuler", "import": "importer", "yes": "oui", "put the save code here.": "copier le code ici.", "close": "fermer", "strange scales": "\u00e9cailles \u00e9tranges", "learned to throw punches with purpose": "appris \u00e0 donner des coups de points avec un objectif", "a weathered family takes up in one of the huts.": "une famille \u00e9puis\u00e9e s'intalle dans une hutte.", "app store.": "app store", "learned to fight quite effectively without weapons": "apprendre \u00e0 se battre de fa\u00e7on efficace sans arme", "see farther": "voir plus loin", "lights off.": "lumi\u00e8res \u00e9teintes.", "are you sure?": "\u00eates vous sur ?", "bits of meat": "morceaux de viande", "restart the game?": "recommencer la partie ?", "a stranger arrives in the night": "Une \u00e9trang\u00e8re arrive durant la nuit", "lights on.": "lumi\u00e8res allum\u00e9es.", "a convoy lurches in, equal parts worry and hope.": "un convoi arrive, plein de crainte et d'\u00e9spoir.", "eat meat": "manger de la viande", "save.": "sauvegarder.", "punches do even more damage.": "les coups de points font plus de d\u00e9gats", "bring your friends.": "Invitez vos amis.", "Restart?": "Recommencer ?", "tattered cloth": "tas de vetements", "this is irreversible.": "Il n'y a pas de retour en arri\u00e8re possible.", "Export / Import": "Exporter/Importer", "the town's booming. word does get around.": "la ville s'agrandie, le mot se passe.", "no": "non", "Share": "Partager", "or migrating computers": "pour sauver votre partie ou changer d'ordinateur", "leave": "partir", "if the code is invalid, all data will be lost.": "si le code est incorrect, toutes les donn\u00e9es seront perdues.", "share.": "partager.", "Export": "Exporter", "learned to strike faster without weapons": "appris \u00e0 attaquer plus vite sans arme", "a crudely made charm": "un charme rudimentaire", "got it": "compris", "export or import save data, for backing up": "exporter ou importer vos donn\u00e9es de sauvegarde"});
diff --git a/lang/fr.mo b/lang/fr.mo
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diff --git a/lang/fr.po b/lang/fr.po
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+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: adarkroom\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-02-04 21:32+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-02-04 22:00+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Vanadar <vanadar.univers@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.5.4\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: _;gettext;gettext_noop\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: .\n"
+"Plural-Forms: s;\n"
+"X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: ./../script\n"
+
+#: ../script/events.js:126
+msgid "eat meat"
+msgstr "manger de la viande"
+
+#: ../script/events.js:146
+msgid "use meds"
+msgstr "utiliser un médicament"
+
+#: ../script/events.js:456
+msgid "the {0} is dead."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/events.js:474
+msgid "leave"
+msgstr "partir"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:20
+msgid "punches do more damage"
+msgstr "les points font plus de dégats"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:21
+msgid "learned to throw punches with purpose"
+msgstr "appris à donner des coups de points avec un objectif"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:24
+msgid "punches do even more damage."
+msgstr "les coups de points font plus de dégats"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:25
+msgid "learned to fight quite effectively without weapons"
+msgstr "apprendre à se battre de façon efficace sans arme"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:28
+msgid "punch twice as fast, and with even more force"
+msgstr "frapper deux fois plus vite, et avec plus de force"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:29
+msgid "learned to strike faster without weapons"
+msgstr "appris à attaquer plus vite sans arme"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:32
+msgid "melee weapons deal more damage"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:33
+msgid "learned to swing weapons with force"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:36
+msgid "go twice as far without eating"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:37
+msgid "learned how to ignore the hunger"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:40
+msgid "go twice as far without drinking"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:41
+msgid "learned to love the dry air"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:44
+msgid "dodge attacks more effectively"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:45
+msgid "learned to be where they're not"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:48
+msgid "land blows more often"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:49
+msgid "learned to predict their movement"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:52
+msgid "see farther"
+msgstr "voir plus loin"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:53
+msgid "learned to look ahead"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:56
+msgid "better avoid conflict in the wild"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:57
+msgid "learned how not to be seen"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:60
+msgid "restore more health when eating"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:61
+msgid "learned to make the most of food"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:103 ../script/engine.js:397
+msgid "lights off."
+msgstr "lumières éteintes."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:109
+msgid "restart."
+msgstr "recommencer."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:115
+msgid "share."
+msgstr "partager."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:121
+msgid "save."
+msgstr "sauvegarder."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:127
+msgid "app store."
+msgstr "app store"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:205
+msgid "Export / Import"
+msgstr "Exporter/Importer"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:208
+msgid "export or import save data, for backing up"
+msgstr "exporter ou importer vos données de sauvegarde"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:209
+msgid "or migrating computers"
+msgstr "pour sauver votre partie ou changer d'ordinateur"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:212
+msgid "export"
+msgstr "exporter"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:216
+msgid "import"
+msgstr "importer"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:220
+msgid "cancel"
+msgstr "annuler"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:226
+msgid "are you sure?"
+msgstr "êtes vous sur ?"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:227
+msgid "if the code is invalid, all data will be lost."
+msgstr "si le code est incorrect, toutes les données seront perdues."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:228
+msgid "this is irreversible."
+msgstr "Il n'y a pas de retour en arrière possible."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:231 ../script/engine.js:292
+msgid "yes"
+msgstr "oui"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:236 ../script/engine.js:297
+msgid "no"
+msgstr "non"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:252
+msgid "Export"
+msgstr "Exporter"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:255
+msgid "save this."
+msgstr "sauvegarder."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:259
+msgid "got it"
+msgstr "compris"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:269
+msgid "put the save code here."
+msgstr "copier le code ici."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:286
+msgid "Restart?"
+msgstr "Recommencer ?"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:289
+msgid "restart the game?"
+msgstr "recommencer la partie ?"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:320
+msgid "Share"
+msgstr "Partager"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:323
+msgid "bring your friends."
+msgstr "Invitez vos amis."
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:326
+msgid "facebook"
+msgstr "facebook"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:333
+msgid "google+"
+msgstr "google+"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:340
+msgid "twitter"
+msgstr "twitter"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:347
+msgid "reddit"
+msgstr "reddit"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:354
+msgid "close"
+msgstr "fermer"
+
+#: ../script/engine.js:388 ../script/engine.js:392
+msgid "lights on."
+msgstr "lumières allumées."
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:90
+msgid "scraps of fur"
+msgstr "morceaux de fourrure"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:95
+msgid "bits of meat"
+msgstr "morceaux de viande"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:100
+msgid "strange scales"
+msgstr "écailles étranges"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:105
+msgid "scattered teeth"
+msgstr "tas de dents"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:110
+msgid "tattered cloth"
+msgstr "tas de vetements"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:115
+msgid "a crudely made charm"
+msgstr "un charme rudimentaire"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:156
+msgid "gather wood"
+msgstr "récoleter du bois"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:173
+msgid "a stranger arrives in the night"
+msgstr "Une étrangère arrive durant la nuit"
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:175
+msgid "a weathered family takes up in one of the huts."
+msgstr "une famille épuisée s'intalle dans une hutte."
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:177
+msgid "a small group arrives, all dust and bones."
+msgstr "un petit groupe arrive, sale et affamé."
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:179
+msgid "a convoy lurches in, equal parts worry and hope."
+msgstr "un convoi arrive, plein de crainte et d'éspoir."
+
+#: ../script/outside.js:181
+msgid "the town's booming. word does get around."
+msgstr "la ville s'agrandie, le mot se passe."
diff --git a/lang/po2js.py b/lang/po2js.py
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+++ b/lang/po2js.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# convert .po to .js
+#
+
+import json
+import optparse
+import os
+import polib
+import re
+import string
+import sys
+
+parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage="usage: %prog [options] pofile...")
+parser.add_option("--callback", default="_.setTranslation", dest="callback", help="callback function to call with data")
+parser.add_option("--quiet", action="store_false", default=True, dest="verbose", help="don't print status messages to stdout")
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args == None or len(args) == 0:
+	print("ERROR: you must specify at least one po file to translate");
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+paramFix = re.compile("(\\(([0-9])\\))")
+
+for srcfile in args:
+
+	destfile = os.path.splitext(srcfile)[0] + ".js"
+	if options.verbose:
+		print("INFO: converting %s to %s" % (srcfile, destfile))
+	
+	xlate_map = {}
+	
+	po = polib.pofile(srcfile, autodetect_encoding=False, encoding="utf-8", wrapwidth=-1)
+	for entry in po:
+		if entry.obsolete or entry.msgstr == '' or entry.msgstr == entry.msgid:
+			continue
+			
+		xlate_map[entry.msgid] = entry.msgstr;
+			
+	dest = open(destfile, "w")
+	
+	dest.write(options.callback);
+	dest.write("(");
+	
+	encoder = json.JSONEncoder()
+	
+	for part in encoder.iterencode(xlate_map):
+		if part.startswith('"function('):
+			dest.write(part[1:-1]);
+		else:
+			dest.write(part);
+	
+	dest.write(");\n")
+	
+	dest.close()
+
+ 
diff --git a/lib/icu.js b/lib/icu.js
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+++ b/lib/icu.js
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+(function() {
+
+	var dfs = {"am_pm":["AM","PM"],"day_name":["dimanche","lundi","mardi","mercredi","jeudi","vendredi","samedi"],"day_short":["dim.","lun.","mar.","mer.","jeu.","ven.","sam."],"era":["av. J.-C.","ap. J.-C."],"era_name":["avant Jésus-Christ","après Jésus-Christ"],"month_name":["janvier","février","mars","avril","mai","juin","juillet","août","septembre","octobre","novembre","décembre"],"month_short":["janv.","févr.","mars","avr.","mai","juin","juil.","août","sept.","oct.","nov.","déc."],"order_full":"DMY","order_long":"DMY","order_medium":"DMY","order_short":"DMY"};
+	var nfs = {"decimal_separator":",","grouping_separator":" ","minus":"-"};
+	var df = {SHORT_PADDED_CENTURY:function(d){if(d){return(((d.getDate()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+((d.getMonth()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+d.getFullYear());}},SHORT:function(d){if(d){return(((d.getDate()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+((d.getMonth()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+(d.getFullYear()+'').substring(2));}},SHORT_NOYEAR:function(d){if(d){return(((d.getDate()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+((d.getMonth()+101)+'').substring(1));}},SHORT_NODAY:function(d){if(d){return(((d.getMonth()+101)+'').substring(1)+'/'+(d.getFullYear()+'').substring(2));}},MEDIUM:function(d){if(d){return(d.getDate()+' '+dfs.month_short[d.getMonth()]+' '+d.getFullYear());}},MEDIUM_NOYEAR:function(d){if(d){return(d.getDate()+' '+dfs.month_short[d.getMonth()]);}},MEDIUM_WEEKDAY_NOYEAR:function(d){if(d){return(dfs.day_short[d.getDay()]+' '+d.getDate()+' '+dfs.month_short[d.getMonth()]);}},LONG_NODAY:function(d){if(d){return(dfs.month_name[d.getMonth()]+' '+d.getFullYear());}},LONG:function(d){if(d){return(d.getDate()+' '+dfs.month_name[d.getMonth()]+' '+d.getFullYear());}},FULL:function(d){if(d){return(dfs.day_name[d.getDay()]+' '+d.getDate()+' '+dfs.month_name[d.getMonth()]+' '+d.getFullYear());}}};
+	
+	window.icu = window.icu || new Object();
+	var icu = window.icu;	
+		
+	icu.getCountry = function() { return "" };
+	icu.getCountryName = function() { return "" };
+	icu.getDateFormat = function(formatCode) { var retVal = {}; retVal.format = df[formatCode]; return retVal; };
+	icu.getDateFormats = function() { return df; };
+	icu.getDateFormatSymbols = function() { return dfs; };
+	icu.getDecimalFormat = function(places) { var retVal = {}; retVal.format = function(n) { var ns = n < 0 ? Math.abs(n).toFixed(places) : n.toFixed(places); var ns2 = ns.split('.'); s = ns2[0]; var d = ns2[1]; var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;while(rgx.test(s)){s = s.replace(rgx, '$1' + nfs["grouping_separator"] + '$2');} return (n < 0 ? nfs["minus"] : "") + s + nfs["decimal_separator"] + d;}; return retVal; };
+	icu.getDecimalFormatSymbols = function() { return nfs; };
+	icu.getIntegerFormat = function() { var retVal = {}; retVal.format = function(i) { var s = i < 0 ? Math.abs(i).toString() : i.toString(); var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;while(rgx.test(s)){s = s.replace(rgx, '$1' + nfs["grouping_separator"] + '$2');} return i < 0 ? nfs["minus"] + s : s;}; return retVal; };
+	icu.getLanguage = function() { return "fr" };
+	icu.getLanguageName = function() { return "français" };
+	icu.getLocale = function() { return "fr" };
+	icu.getLocaleName = function() { return "français" };
+
+})();
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diff --git a/lib/translate.js b/lib/translate.js
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+++ b/lib/translate.js
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+(function() {
+
+	var translate = function(text)
+	{
+		var xlate = translateLookup(text);
+		
+		if (typeof xlate == "function")
+		{
+			xlate = xlate.apply(this, arguments);
+		}
+		else if (arguments.length > 1)
+		{
+			var aps = Array.prototype.slice;
+			var args = aps.call( arguments, 1 );
+  
+			xlate = formatter(xlate, args);
+		}
+		
+		return xlate;
+	};
+	
+	// I want it available explicity as well as via the object
+	translate.translate = translate;
+	
+	//from https://gist.github.com/776196 via http://davedash.com/2010/11/19/pythonic-string-formatting-in-javascript/ 
+	var defaultFormatter = (function() {
+		var re = /\{([^}]+)\}/g;
+		return function(s, args) {
+			return s.replace(re, function(_, match){ return args[match]; });
+		}
+	}());
+	var formatter = defaultFormatter;
+	translate.setFormatter = function(newFormatter)
+	{
+		formatter = newFormatter;
+	};
+	
+	translate.format = function()
+	{
+		var aps = Array.prototype.slice;
+		var s = arguments[0];
+		var args = aps.call( arguments, 1 );
+  
+		return formatter(s, args);
+	};
+
+	var dynoTrans = null;
+	translate.setDynamicTranslator = function(newDynoTrans)
+	{
+		dynoTrans = newDynoTrans;
+	};
+
+	var translation = null;
+	translate.setTranslation = function(newTranslation)
+	{
+		translation = newTranslation;
+	};
+	
+	function translateLookup(target)
+	{
+		if (translation == null || target == null)
+		{
+			return target;
+		}
+		
+		if (target in translation == false)
+		{
+			if (dynoTrans != null)
+			{
+				return dynoTrans(target);
+			}
+			return target;
+		}
+		
+		var result = translation[target];
+		if (result == null)
+		{
+			return target;
+		}
+		
+		return result;
+	};
+	
+	window._ = translate;
+
+})();