Translation framework requests

All, I have received several requests to implement some type of translation framework in order to make submitting translations to TDE easier (this includes making sure they actually end up in GIT). Apparently the current process is cumbersome and error prone; I can attest to this as we have at least one large translations patch languishing in the bugtracker that cannot be cleanly applied to the current GIT sources. My question is: what would all you translators like to see out of the translation framework? Are there any existing open-source services that you prefer to use and/or might be usable with TDE? I would also like to know what your preferred workflow is so that I can try to design something to match. Thanks! Tim