diff --git a/tools/po_check_entry.sh b/tools/po_check_entry.sh
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+++ b/tools/po_check_entry.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Check for aspell. Everything else is in base.
+COMMAND=aspell
+if ! command -v ${COMMAND} >/dev/null ; then
+	echo "I need ${COMMAND} from textproc/aspell!"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+LANG="${1}"
+
+if [ -z "${LANG}" ]; then
+	echo "No language specified"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+translation=$(cat /dev/stdin)
+
+# Build a grep(1) filter with all the words aspell(1) could not find in this
+# translated text.
+
+filter=
+for word in $(echo "${translation}" | aspell list --lang="${LANG}");do
+	tmp=$(printf "%s" "${word}|")
+	filter="${filter}${tmp}"
+done
+
+filter=$(echo "${filter}" | sed -e 's/|$//g')
+
+# Hilight the translation in the text providing the user with some context about
+# where the reported words are used.
+if [ -n "${filter}" ]; then
+	echo "----------- translation -----------" 
+	echo "${translation}" | grep -Ew --color "${filter}" 
+	echo
+fi
diff --git a/tools/po_spellcheck.sh b/tools/po_spellcheck.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/po_spellcheck.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Check for aspell. Everything else is in base.
+COMMAND=msgexec
+if ! command -v ${COMMAND} >/dev/null ; then
+	echo "I need ${COMMAND} from devel/gettext-tools!"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+usage()
+{
+	echo "${0} <path_to_po_file> <language>"
+	echo "Example: ./${0} documentation/content/es/articles/bsdl-gpl/_index.po es"
+}
+
+if [ ${#} -ne 2 ]; then
+	usage
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+PO_FILE="${1}"
+LANG="${2}"
+
+# msgexec acts as a driver, invoking a command for every
+# translated text
+
+msgexec -i "${PO_FILE}" ./po_check_entry.sh "${LANG}"