diff --git a/scripts/freshdesk-api.js b/scripts/freshdesk-api.js
index e8f067a5..9e44a12e 100644
--- a/scripts/freshdesk-api.js
+++ b/scripts/freshdesk-api.js
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ class FreshdeskApi {
                         .then(this.checkStatus)
                         .then(res => res.json());
                 }
-                // re-raise the error otherwise
+                if (err.code === 429) {
+                    this.rateLimited = true;
+                }
+                process.stdout.write(`Error processing id ${id} for locale ${locale}: ${err.message}\n`);
                 throw err;
             });
     }
diff --git a/scripts/help-utils.js b/scripts/help-utils.js
index cdb72004..8a3b2326 100644
--- a/scripts/help-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/help-utils.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 const transifex = require('transifex');
 const FreshdeskApi = require('./freshdesk-api.js');
 const util = require('util');
-// const fs = require('fs');
-// const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const fsPromises = fs.promises;
+const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
 const FD = new FreshdeskApi('https://mitscratch.freshdesk.com', process.env.FRESHDESK_TOKEN);
 const TX_PROJECT = 'scratch-help';
@@ -116,7 +117,12 @@ const serializeFolderSave = async (json, locale) => {
             status: 2 // set status to published
         };
         if (value.hasOwnProperty('tags')) {
-            body.tags = value.tags.string.split(',');
+            let tags = value.tags.string.split(',');
+            let validTags = tags.filter(tag => tag.length < 33);
+            if (validTags.length !== tags.length) {
+                process.stdout.write(`Warning: tags too long in ${id} for ${locale}\n`);
+            }
+            body.tags = validTags;
         }
         let status = await FD.updateArticleTranslation(id, freshdeskLocale(locale), body);
         if (status === -1) {
@@ -145,6 +151,28 @@ exports.localizeFolder = async (folder, locale) => {
         });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Save Transifex resource corresponding to a Knowledge base folder locally for debugging
+ * @param  {object}  folder Transifex resource json corresponding to a KB folder
+ * @param  {string}  locale locale to pull and save
+ * @return {Promise}        [description]
+ */
+exports.debugFolder = async (folder, locale) => {
+    mkdirp.sync('tmpDebug');
+    getTranslation(TX_PROJECT, folder.slug, locale, {mode: 'default'})
+        .then(data => {
+            const json = JSON.parse(data);
+            fsPromises.writeFile(
+                `tmpDebug/${folder.slug}_${locale}.json`,
+                JSON.stringify(json, null, 2)
+            );
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            process.stdout.write(`Error processing ${folder.slug}, ${locale}: ${e.message}\n`);
+            process.exitCode = 1; // not ok
+        });
+};
+
 /**
  * Process KEYVALUEJSON resources from scratch-help on transifex
  * Category and Folder names are stored as plain json
diff --git a/scripts/tx-pull-locale-articles.js b/scripts/tx-pull-locale-articles.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6b55fb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tx-pull-locale-articles.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview
+ * Script to pull scratch-help translations from transifex and push to FreshDesk.
+ */
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const usage = `
+ Pull knowledge base articles from transifexfor debugging translation errors. Usage:
+   node tx-pull-locale-articles.js -d locale-code
+   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 missing argument
+if (!process.env.TX_TOKEN || !process.env.FRESHDESK_TOKEN || args.length === 0) {
+    process.stdout.write(usage);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const {getInputs, saveItem, localizeFolder, debugFolder} = require('./help-utils.js');
+
+let locale = args[0];
+let debug = false;
+if (locale === '-d') {
+    debug = true;
+    locale = args[1];
+}
+const saveFn = debug ? debugFolder : localizeFolder;
+
+getInputs()
+    .then(([languages, folders, names]) => { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+        process.stdout.write('Processing articles pulled from Transifex\n');
+        return folders.map(item => saveItem(item, [locale], saveFn));
+    })
+    .catch((e) => {
+        process.stdout.write(`Error: ${e.message}\n`);
+        process.exitCode = 1; // not ok
+    });