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I need help with CiviCRM localization. I need to create mo file civicrm.mo for CiviCRM 2.1  from several po files  located here  http://translations.civicrm.org/ru_RU/civicrm21/LC_MESSAGES/?translate=1&view=1

I commit changes from the localisation server to our repository on a weekly basis, and the compiled Russian civicrm.mo file for CiviCRM 2.1 can be found here: http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/branches/v2.1/l10n/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/

With the help of Poedit i can create mo file for each of 8 files located there, but as i understand i need to compile them into 1  called civicrm.mo  located in the   ...sites\all\modules\civicrm\l10n\ru_RU\LC_MESSAGES\ ??

Right, once you have the MO file, you need to put it in your site’s l10n\ru_RU\LC_MESSAGES directory.

If you want to compile the PO files yourself, you need the gettext program. Once you have it, you need to issue these commands:

msgcat -o civicrm.po *.po
msgfmt -o civicrm.mo civicrm.po

The first will create a common PO file with all the translations and the second one will compile it.

In case of CiviCRM for Joomla localization where *.po files should be placed exactly. I can't figure out. Pleace help!

You don’t need the PO files, you only need the MO files. I think putting them in …/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/l10n should be ok (where the l10n holds the ??_?? language directories).