diff --git a/scripts/translate.py b/scripts/translate.py
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+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from typing import Dict, Tuple
+
+import polib
+
+VERBOSE = False
+DEBUG = False
+SKIP_TRANSLATED_ENTRIES = True
+
+try:
+    from deep_translator import GoogleTranslator
+except ImportError:
+    print("Error: This util script needs `deep_translator` to be installed")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+_patterns = [
+    ":c:func:`[^`]+`",
+    ":c:type:`[^`]+`",
+    ":c:macro:`[^`]+`",
+    ":c:member:`[^`]+`",
+    ":c:data:`[^`]+`",
+    ":py:data:`[^`]+`",
+    ":py:mod:`[^`]+`",
+    ":func:`[^`]+`",
+    ":mod:`[^`]+`",
+    ":ref:`[^`]+`",
+    ":class:`[^`]+`",
+    ":pep:`[^`]+`",
+    ":data:`[^`]+`",
+    ":exc:`[^`]+`",
+    ":term:`[^`]+`",
+    ":meth:`[^`]+`",
+    ":envvar:`[^`]+`",
+    ":file:`[^`]+`",
+    ":attr:`[^`]+`",
+    ":const:`[^`]+`",
+    ":issue:`[^`]+`",
+    ":opcode:`[^`]+`",
+    ":option:`[^`]+`",
+    ":program:`[^`]+`",
+    ":keyword:`[^`]+`",
+    ":RFC:`[^`]+`",
+    ":doc:`[^`]+`",
+    "``[^`]+``",
+    "`[^`]+`__",
+    "`[^`]+`_",
+    "\*\*.+\*\*",  # bold text between **
+    "\*.+\*",  # italic text between *
+]
+
+_exps = [re.compile(e) for e in _patterns]
+
+def protect_sphinx_directives(s: str) -> Tuple[dict, str]:
+    """
+    Parameters:
+        string containing the text to translate
+
+    Returns:
+        dictionary containing all the placeholder text as keys
+        and the correct value.
+    """
+
+    i = 0
+    d: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for exp in _exps:
+        matches = exp.findall(s)
+        if DEBUG:
+            print(exp, matches)
+        for match in matches:
+            ph = f"XASDF{str(i).zfill(2)}"
+            s = s.replace(match, ph)
+            if ph in d and VERBOSE:
+                print(f"Error: {ph} is already in the dictionary")
+                print("new", match)
+                print("old", d[ph])
+            d[ph] = match
+            i += 1
+    return d, s
+
+
+def undo_sphinx_directives_protection(placeholders: dict, translated_text: str) -> str:
+    for ph, value in placeholders.items():
+        translated_text = translated_text.replace(ph, value)
+        if DEBUG:
+            print(ph, value)
+            print(translated_text)
+    return translated_text
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    filename = sys.argv[1]
+    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+        print(f"File not found: '{filename}'")
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    po = polib.pofile(filename)
+    translator = GoogleTranslator(source="en", target="es")
+
+    for entry in po:
+        # If the entry has already a translation, skip.
+        if SKIP_TRANSLATED_ENTRIES and entry.msgstr:
+            continue
+
+        print("\nEN|", entry.msgid)
+        placeholders, temp_text = protect_sphinx_directives(entry.msgid)
+        if VERBOSE:
+            print(temp_text)
+            print(placeholders)
+
+        # Translate the temporary text without sphinx statements
+        translated_text = translator.translate(temp_text)
+
+        # Recover sphinx statements
+        real_text = undo_sphinx_directives_protection(placeholders, translated_text)
+        print("ES|", real_text)
+
+        # Replace the po file translated entry
+        entry.msgstr = real_text
+
+    # Save the file after all the entries are translated
+    po.save()