diff --git a/localization/countries_names/countries_names.csv b/localization/countries_names/countries_names.csv
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diff --git a/tools/localization/countries_names/csv_to_txt.py b/tools/localization/countries_names/csv_to_txt.py
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+++ b/tools/localization/countries_names/csv_to_txt.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys, csv
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 4:
+  print 'Converting Google Docs translation CSV to strings.txt format'
+  print 'Translation valid only for page "Small mwm names" in document:'
+  print 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dKhThUersOGoUyOCx5OfGMXEjs1LBmTFcIsTc_nGxZc/edit#gid=1022107578'
+  print 'Usage: {0} <source.csv> <output.txt> <languages.txt>'.format(sys.argv[0])
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+def GetName(n):
+    return n[:n.index(' ')]
+
+languages = set()
+
+with open(sys.argv[2], 'w') as o:
+  with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as f:
+    reader = csv.reader(f)
+    reader.next()
+    header = reader.next()
+    for row in reader:
+      print >> o, '[{0}]'.format(row[0])
+      for i in range(1, len(header)):
+        languages.add(GetName(format(header[i])))
+        print >> o, '{0}{1}'.format(header[i], row[i])
+      print >> o
+
+with open(sys.argv[3], 'w') as l:
+  print >> l, " ".join(languages)
diff --git a/tools/localization/countries_names/generate_countries_names.sh b/tools/localization/countries_names/generate_countries_names.sh
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+++ b/tools/localization/countries_names/generate_countries_names.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -u -x
+
+MY_PATH="`dirname \"$0\"`"              # relative
+MY_PATH="`( cd \"$MY_PATH\" && pwd )`"  # absolutized and normalized
+
+readonly TMP_DIR=$MY_PATH/../../../localization/countries_names-tmp
+readonly DATA_DIR=$MY_PATH/../../../localization/countries_names
+
+rm -rf $TMP_DIR
+mkdir $TMP_DIR
+
+python $MY_PATH/csv_to_txt.py $DATA_DIR/countries_names.csv $DATA_DIR/countries_names.txt $DATA_DIR/languages.txt
+
+mkdir $TMP_DIR/json
+
+python $MY_PATH/mk_lang_dirs.py $DATA_DIR/languages.txt $TMP_DIR/json/
+$MY_PATH/../../twine/twine --format jquery generate-all-string-files $DATA_DIR/countries_names.txt $TMP_DIR/json
+
+readonly OUTPUT_DIR=$MY_PATH/../../../data/countries-strings/
+if [ ! -d $OUTPUT_DIR ]; then
+  mkdir $OUTPUT_DIR
+fi
+cp -R $TMP_DIR/json/ $OUTPUT_DIR
+rm -rf $TMP_DIR
diff --git a/tools/localization/countries_names/mk_lang_dirs.py b/tools/localization/countries_names/mk_lang_dirs.py
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+++ b/tools/localization/countries_names/mk_lang_dirs.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os, sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+  print 'Creation or resource directories for the languages'
+  print 'Usage: {0} <languages.txt> <path_to_dir_with_jsons>'.format(sys.argv[0])
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as langs_file:
+  for lang in langs_file.read().split():
+    new_dir = os.path.join(sys.argv[2], lang + ".json")
+    if not os.path.exists(new_dir):
+      os.makedirs(new_dir)