<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<LanguageFile Version="1" Mode="0">
  <Language ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.Language">
    <TranslationList>
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_exit" Translation="Exit" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_create_account" Translation="Create account" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_level_selection" Translation="Level selection" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_settings" Translation="Settings" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_shop" Translation="Shop" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_inventory" Translation="Inventory" />
      <TranslationItem ObjectType="Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem" Key="menu_forge" Translation="Forge" />
      <!--And much more TranslationItems-->
    </TranslationList>
  </Language>
</LanguageFile>

// Create a XmlDocument object and load the language xml file.
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load(path);

// Get all translation list nodes. We only should have one node 
// translation list node per file, but if there are more, we can add all 
// of them.
XmlNodeList nodes = document.GetElementsByTagName("TranslationList");

// iterate all translation lists.
foreach (XmlNode translationListNode in nodes)
{
 // iterate all translation items node in the list.
 foreach (XmlNode translationItemNode in translationListNode.ChildNodes)
 {
  // initialize a empty key and translation string...
  string key = string.Empty;
  string translation = string.Empty;

  // iterate all attributes in the translation item node.
  foreach (XmlAttribute attribute in translationItemNode.Attributes)
  {
   // now if we have the key attribute, set the key string,
   // if we have the translation attribute, set the translation 
   // string.
   switch (attribute.Name)
   {
    case "Key":
     key = attribute.InnerText;
     break;

    case "Translation":
     translation = attribute.InnerText;
     break;
   }
  }

  // Add the key and the translation to the referenceEntry dictionary.
  referenceEntries.Add(key.Trim(), translation.Trim());
 }
}

// Create a XmlDocument object where the translation strings will be saved.
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();

// First we need to create the LanguageFile tag, because the language xml 
// structure in soulcraft needs it.
XmlElement languageFileNode = document.CreateElement("LanguageFile");

// Create the language tag, this is also needed in soulcraft.
XmlElement languageNode = document.CreateElement("Language");

// Add the language file node to the document first.
document.AppendChild(languageFileNode);
languageFileNode.AppendChild(languageNode);

// Create the important attributes for the language file node and the
// language node.
XmlAttribute versionAttribute = document.CreateAttribute("Version");
XmlAttribute modeAttribute = document.CreateAttribute("Mode");
XmlAttribute languageObjectType = document.CreateAttribute("ObjectType");

// Set the values for the attributes.
versionAttribute.Value = "1";
modeAttribute.Value = "0";
languageObjectType.Value = "Soulcraft.I18n.Language";   

// Append the attributes to the nodes now.
languageFileNode.Attributes.Append(versionAttribute);
languageFileNode.Attributes.Append(modeAttribute);
languageNode.Attributes.Append(languageObjectType);

// Now create the translation list node and append it to the language node.
XmlElement tranlsationListNode = document.CreateElement("TranslationList");   
languageNode.AppendChild(tranlsationListNode);

// iterate all translation entries in the dictionary to add them as
// translation items to the translation list node.
foreach (string entryKey in translationEntries.Keys)
{
 // Declarate a string with the keyed translation entry.
 string translationEntry = translationEntries[entryKey];

 // Create a translation item node.
 XmlElement translationItem = document.CreateElement("TranslationItem");

 // Now create all important attributes for the translation item,
 // the object type, required by soulcraft, the key (id for each string)
 // and the translation text.
 XmlAttribute translationItemObjectType = document.CreateAttribute("ObjectType");
 XmlAttribute keyAttr = document.CreateAttribute("Key");
 XmlAttribute tranlsationAttr = document.CreateAttribute("Translation");

 // And here are the values for the attributes set.
 translationItemObjectType.Value = "Soulcraft.I18n.TranslationItem";
 keyAttr.Value = entryKey;
 tranlsationAttr.Value = translationEntry;

 // Append all the attributes to the translation item node.
 translationItem.Attributes.Append(translationItemObjectType);
 translationItem.Attributes.Append(keyAttr);
 translationItem.Attributes.Append(tranlsationAttr);

 // At the end, we need to append the translation item node to the
 // translation list node.
 tranlsationListNode.AppendChild(translationItem);
}

// At the end, we can save the document.
document.Save(path);