diff --git a/scripts/freshdesk-api.js b/scripts/freshdesk-api.js
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+// interface to FreshDesk Solutions (knowledge base) api
+
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+class FreshdeskApi {
+
+    constructor (baseUrl, apiKey) {
+        this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
+        this._auth = 'Basic ' + new Buffer(`${apiKey}:X`).toString('base64');
+        this.defaultHeaders = {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'Authorization': this._auth
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the status of a response. If status is not ok, or the body is not json raise exception
+     * @param {object} res The response object
+     * @returns {object} the response if it is ok
+     */
+    checkStatus (res) {
+        if (res.ok) {
+            if (res.headers.get('content-type').indexOf('application/json') !== -1) {
+                return res;
+            }
+            throw new Error(`response not json: ${res.headers.get('content-type')}`);
+        }
+        throw new Error(`response: ${res.statusText}`);
+    }
+
+    listCategories () {
+        return fetch(`${this.baseUrl}/api/v2/solutions/categories`, {headers: this.defaultHeaders})
+            .then(this.checkStatus)
+            .then(res => res.json());
+    }
+
+    listFolders (category) {
+        return fetch(
+            `${this.baseUrl}/api/v2/solutions/categories/${category.id}/folders`,
+            {headers: this.defaultHeaders})
+            .then(this.checkStatus)
+            .then(res => res.json());
+    }
+
+    listArticles (folder) {
+        return fetch(
+            `${this.baseUrl}/api/v2/solutions/folders/${folder.id}/articles`,
+            {headers: this.defaultHeaders})
+            .then(this.checkStatus)
+            .then(res => res.json());
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = FreshdeskApi;
diff --git a/scripts/tx-push-help.js b/scripts/tx-push-help.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env babel-node
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview
+ * Script get Knowledge base articles from Freshdesk and push them to transifex.
+ */
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+const usage = `
+ Pull knowledge base articles from Freshdesk and push to scratch-help project on transifex. Usage:
+   node tx-push-help.js
+   NOTE:
+   FRESHDESK_TOKEN environment variable needs to be set to a FreshDesk API key with
+   access to the Knowledge Base.
+   TX_TOKEN environment variable needs to be set with a Transifex API token. See
+   the Localization page on the GUI wiki for information about setting up Transifex.
+ `;
+// Fail immediately if the API tokens are not defined, or there any argument
+if (!process.env.TX_TOKEN || !process.env.FRESHDESK_TOKEN || args.length > 0) {
+    process.stdout.write(usage);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+import transifex from 'transifex';
+import FreshdeskApi from './freshdesk-api.js';
+
+const FD = new FreshdeskApi('https://mitscratch.freshdesk.com', process.env.FRESHDESK_TOKEN);
+const TX_PROJECT = 'scratch-help';
+const TX = new transifex({
+    project_slug: TX_PROJECT,
+    credential: 'api:' + process.env.TX_TOKEN
+});
+
+const categoryNames = {};
+const folderNames = {};
+
+/**
+ * Generate a transifex id from the name and id field of an objects. Remove spaces and '/'
+ * from the name and append '.<id>' Transifex ids (slugs) have a max length of 50. Use at most
+ * 30 characters of the name to allow for Freshdesk id, and a suffix like '_json'
+ * @param  {object} item data from Freshdesk that includes the name and id of a category or folder
+ * @return {string}      generated transifex id
+ */
+const makeTxId = item => {
+    return `${item.name.replace(/[ /]/g, '').slice(0, 30)}_${item.id}`;
+};
+
+const txPushResource = (name, articles, type) => {
+    const resourceData = {
+        slug: name,
+        name: name,
+        priority: 0, // default to normal priority
+        i18n_type: type,
+        content: '{}'
+    };
+    TX.resourceCreateMethod(TX_PROJECT, resourceData, (err) => {
+        // ignore already created error report others
+        if (err && err.response.statusCode !== 400) {
+            process.stdout.write(`Transifex Error: ${err.message}\n`);
+            process.stdout.write(
+                `Transifex Error ${err.response.statusCode.toString()}: ${err.response.body}\n`);
+            process.exitCode = 1;
+            return;
+        }
+        // update Transifex with English source
+        TX.uploadSourceLanguageMethod(TX_PROJECT, name,
+            {content: JSON.stringify(articles, null, 2)}, (err1) => {
+                if (err1) {
+                    process.stdout.write(`Transifex Error:${err1.name}, ${err1.message}\n`);
+                    process.stdout.write(`Transifex Error:${err1.toString()}\n`);
+                    process.exitCode = 1;
+                }
+            });
+    });
+};
+
+/**
+ * get a flattened list of folders
+ * @param  {category}  categories array of categories the folders belong to
+ * @return {Promise}            flattened list of folders
+ */
+const getFolders = async (categories) => {
+    let categoryFolders = await Promise.all( // eslint-disable-line no-undef
+        categories.map(category => FD.listFolders(category))
+    );
+    return [].concat(...categoryFolders);
+};
+
+const PUBLISHED = 2; // in Freshdesk, draft status = 1, and published = 2
+const saveArticles = (folder) => {
+    FD.listArticles(folder)
+        .then(json => {
+            let txArticles = json.reduce((strings, current) => {
+                if (current.status === PUBLISHED) {
+                    strings[`${current.id}`] = {
+                        title: {
+                            string: current.title
+                        },
+                        description: {
+                            string: current.description
+                        }
+                    };
+                    if (current.tags.length > 0) {
+                        strings[`${current.id}`].tags = current.tags.toString();
+                    }
+                }
+                return strings;
+            }, {});
+            process.stdout.write(`Push ${folder.name} articles to Transifex\n`);
+            txPushResource(`${makeTxId(folder)}_json`, txArticles, 'STRUCTURED_JSON');
+        });
+};
+const getArticles = async (folders) => {
+    return Promise.all(folders.map(folder => saveArticles(folder))); // eslint-disable-line no-undef
+};
+
+const syncSources = async () => {
+    let status = 0;
+    status = await FD.listCategories()
+        .then(json => {
+            // save category names for translation
+            for (let cat of json.values()) {
+                categoryNames[`${makeTxId(cat)}`] = cat.name;
+            }
+            return json;
+        })
+        .then(getFolders)
+        .then(data => {
+            data.forEach(item => {
+                folderNames[`${makeTxId(item)}`] = item.name;
+            });
+            process.stdout.write('Push category and folder names to Transifex\n');
+            txPushResource('categoryNames_json', categoryNames, 'KEYVALUEJSON');
+            txPushResource('folderNames_json', folderNames, 'KEYVALUEJSON');
+            return data;
+        })
+        .then(getArticles)
+        .catch((e) => {
+            process.stdout.write(`Error:${e.message}\n`);
+            return 1;
+        });
+    process.exitCode = status;
+};
+
+syncSources();