title: How to get the .po file from .pot files
body: <p>I use cakePHP 2.0 and use the console tool to create one .../app/locale/default.pot .  Now, I would like to get my site translated into multiple languages.  I read the paragraph about internationalization in the cakephp cook book (http://book.cakephp.org/1.2/en/view/162/Internationalizing-Your-Application). </p>
  
  <p>I copy the default.pot files into</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>.../app/locale/eng/LC_MESSAGES/default.pot</li>
  <li>.../app/locale/fre/LC_MESSAGES/default.pot</li>
  <li>.../app/locale/pol/LC_MESSAGES/default.pot</li>
  <li>...</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>And enter the tranalations string with an utf-8 text editor (as gedit).  And ... my site do not get translated at all.</p>
  
  <p>I have noticed the AppController may implement some code to change the Configure::write('Config.language', some_three_letters_language), as the configuration changed nothing, I have implemented some very simple code.</p>
  
  <pre><code>// in AppController
  public function beforeFilter() {
          Configure::write('Config.language', 'fre');
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why does the translation function always return it arguments and not the translated string in .pot files ( in views, __('Something') -answers-> 'Something')?</p>
  
  <p>I found nowhere were .pot files are translated into .po.  How can I get those .po files, with REHL or CentOS (cannot get any suitable packet with po or poeditor in the name)?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your answer.</p>