Hi, it seems, that pylupdate doesn't recognise translation strings like self.trUtf8("""The project contains %n file(s) with syntax errors.""", "", filesWithSyntaxErrors) This is a form new in Qt 4.2 and is the Plural form of tr (or trUtf8). Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev at die-offenbachs.de