diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
index 32eed76e608a7..4d9b96b8f64e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
         <parameter key="translation.loader.ini.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\IniFileLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.php.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\PhpFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.xliff.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\XliffFileDumper</parameter>
+        <parameter key="translation.dumper.po.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\PoFileDumper</parameter>
+        <parameter key="translation.dumper.mo.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\MoFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.yml.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\YamlFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.qt.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\QtFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.csv.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\CsvFileDumper</parameter>
@@ -90,6 +92,14 @@
             <tag name="translation.dumper" alias="xliff" />
         </service>
 
+        <service id="translation.dumper.po" class="%translation.dumper.po.class%">
+            <tag name="translation.dumper" alias="po" />
+        </service>
+
+        <service id="translation.dumper.mo" class="%translation.dumper.mo.class%">
+            <tag name="translation.dumper" alias="mo" />
+        </service>
+
         <service id="translation.dumper.yml" class="%translation.dumper.yml.class%">
             <tag name="translation.dumper" alias="yml" />
         </service>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..84eafa33ae711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\MoFileLoader;
+
+/**
+ * MoFileDumper generates a gettext formated string representation of a message catalogue.
+ *
+ * @author Stealth35
+ */
+class MoFileDumper extends FileDumper
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function format(MessageCatalogue $messages, $domain = 'messages')
+    {
+        $output = $sources = $targets = $source_offsets = $target_offsets = '';
+        $offsets = array();
+        $size = 0;
+
+        foreach ($messages->all($domain) as $source => $target) {
+            $offsets[] = array_map('strlen', array($sources, $source, $targets, $target));
+            $sources .= "\0".$source;
+            $targets .= "\0".$target;
+            ++$size;
+        }
+
+        $header = array(
+            'magicNumber'      => MoFileLoader::MO_LITTLE_ENDIAN_MAGIC,
+            'formatRevision'   => 0,
+            'count'            => $size,
+            'offsetId'         => MoFileLoader::MO_HEADER_SIZE,
+            'offsetTranslated' => MoFileLoader::MO_HEADER_SIZE + (8 * $size),
+            'sizeHashes'       => 0,
+            'offsetHashes'     => MoFileLoader::MO_HEADER_SIZE + (16 * $size),
+        );
+
+        $sources_size  = strlen($sources);
+        $sources_start = $header['offsetHashes'] + 1;
+
+        foreach ($offsets as $offset) {
+            $source_offsets .= $this->writeLong($offset[1])
+                            .  $this->writeLong($offset[0] + $sources_start);
+            $target_offsets .= $this->writeLong($offset[3])
+                            .  $this->writeLong($offset[2] + $sources_start + $sources_size);
+        }
+
+        $output = implode(array_map(array($this, 'writeLong'), $header))
+                . $source_offsets
+                . $target_offsets
+                . $sources
+                . $targets
+                ;
+
+        return $output;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function getExtension()
+    {
+        return 'mo';
+    }
+
+    private function writeLong($str)
+    {
+        return pack('V*', $str);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82e26b9e0d483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+
+/**
+ * PoFileDumper generates a gettext formated string representation of a message catalogue.
+ *
+ * @author Stealth35
+ */
+class PoFileDumper extends FileDumper
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function format(MessageCatalogue $messages, $domain = 'messages')
+    {
+        $output = '';
+
+        foreach ($messages->all($domain) as $source => $target) {
+            $output .= sprintf("msgid \"%s\"\n", $this->escape($source));
+            $output .= sprintf("msgstr \"%s\"\n\n", $this->escape($target));
+        }
+
+        return $output;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function getExtension()
+    {
+        return 'po';
+    }
+
+    private function escape($str)
+    {
+        return addcslashes($str, "\0..\37\42\134");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumperTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34a309e13b72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/MoFileDumperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Tests\Component\Translation\Dumper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\MoFileDumper;
+
+class MoFileDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testDump()
+    {
+        $catalogue = new MessageCatalogue('en');
+        $catalogue->add(array('foo' => 'bar'));
+
+        $tempDir = sys_get_temp_dir();
+        $dumper = new MoFileDumper();
+        $dumperString = $dumper->dump($catalogue, array('path' => $tempDir));
+        $this->assertEquals(file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../fixtures/resources.mo'), file_get_contents($tempDir.'/messages.en.mo'));
+
+        unlink($tempDir.'/messages.en.mo');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumperTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bc4491351842e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Dumper/PoFileDumperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Tests\Component\Translation\Dumper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\PoFileDumper;
+
+class PoFileDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testDump()
+    {
+        $catalogue = new MessageCatalogue('en');
+        $catalogue->add(array('foo' => 'bar'));
+
+        $tempDir = sys_get_temp_dir();
+        $dumper = new PoFileDumper();
+        $dumperString = $dumper->dump($catalogue, array('path' => $tempDir));
+        $this->assertEquals(file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../fixtures/resources.po'), file_get_contents($tempDir.'/messages.en.po'));
+
+        unlink($tempDir.'/messages.en.po');
+    }
+}