this is what I did to make xml errors fixing less mainful: 1. run Lokalize (better with proper project opened) 2. ensure python and python-dbus is installed 3. run the following commands in konsole: KDESVN=/home/xx/hacking/kde/trunk/ KDESVNLANG=ru svn up $KDESVN/l10n-support/pology/ cd $KDESVN/l10n-kde4/$KDESVNLANG $KDESVN/l10n-support/pology/scripts/posieve.py check-xml-kde4 -s lokalize messages of course you should adjust vars to your situation, and instead of running the check against whole messages/, you may want to specify e.g. messages/kdepim/