diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cadb3ed0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+# Common code used by propose_translation_update.sh and
+# upstream_translation_update.sh
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# Initial transifex setup
+function setup_translation ()
+{
+
+    # Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
+    if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
+        tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
+    fi
+}
+
+# Setup a project for transifex
+function setup_project ()
+{
+    project=$1
+
+    tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.${project}-translations \
+        "${project}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${project}.po" \
+        --source-lang en \
+        --source-file ${project}/locale/${project}.pot -t PO \
+        --execute
+}
+
+# Setup git so that git review works
+function setup_git ()
+{
+    git config user.name "OpenStack Proposal Bot"
+    git config user.email "openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org"
+    git config gitreview.username "proposal-bot"
+}
+
+# Setup project so that git review works, sets global variable
+# COMMIT_MSG.
+function setup_review ()
+{
+    ORG="$1"
+    PROJECT="$2"
+
+    COMMIT_MSG="Imported Translations from Transifex"
+
+    git review -s
+
+    # See if there is an open change in the transifex/translations
+    # topic. If so, get the change id for the existing change for use
+    # in the commit msg.
+    change_info=`ssh -p 29418 proposal-bot@review.openstack.org gerrit query --current-patch-set status:open project:$ORG/$PROJECT topic:transifex/translations owner:proposal-bot`
+    previous=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^  number:" | awk '{print $2}'`
+    if [ "x${previous}" != "x" ] ; then
+        change_id=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^change" | awk '{print $2}'`
+        # Read returns a non zero value when it reaches EOF. Because we use a
+        # heredoc here it will always reach EOF and return a nonzero value.
+        # Disable -e temporarily to get around the read.
+        set +e
+        read -d '' COMMIT_MSG <<EOF
+Imported Translations from Transifex
+
+Change-Id: $change_id
+EOF
+        set -e
+    fi
+}
+
+# Propose patch using COMMIT_MSG
+function send_patch ()
+{
+    # Don't send a review if nothing has changed.
+    if [ `git diff --cached |wc -l` -gt 0 ]
+    then
+        # Commit and review
+        git commit -F- <<EOF
+$COMMIT_MSG
+EOF
+        git review -t transifex/translations
+
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
index 78e0d325c3..dc61d94d83 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
@@ -16,35 +16,13 @@ ORG=$1
 PROJECT=$2
 COMMIT_MSG="Imported Translations from Transifex"
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Proposal Bot"
-git config user.email "openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org"
-git config gitreview.username "proposal-bot"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
 
-git review -s
+setup_git
 
-# See if there is an open change in the transifex/translations topic
-# If so, get the change id for the existing change for use in the commit msg.
-change_info=`ssh -p 29418 proposal-bot@review.openstack.org gerrit query --current-patch-set status:open project:$ORG/$PROJECT topic:transifex/translations owner:proposal-bot`
-previous=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^  number:" | awk '{print $2}'`
-if [ "x${previous}" != "x" ] ; then
-    change_id=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^change" | awk '{print $2}'`
-    # read return a non zero value when it reaches EOF. Because we use a
-    # heredoc here it will always reach EOF and return a nonzero value.
-    # Disable -e temporarily to get around the read.
-    set +e
-    read -d '' COMMIT_MSG <<EOF
-Imported Translations from Transifex
-
-Change-Id: $change_id
-EOF
-    set -e
-fi
-
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
-tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot -t PO --execute
+setup_review "$ORG" "$PROJECT"
+setup_translation
+setup_project "$PROJECT"
 
 # Pull upstream translations of files that are at least 75 %
 # translated
@@ -73,12 +51,4 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-# Don't send a review if nothing has changed.
-if [ `git diff --cached |wc -l` -gt 0 ]
-then
-    # Commit and review
-    git commit -F- <<EOF
-$COMMIT_MSG
-EOF
-    git review -t transifex/translations
-fi
+send_patch
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
index 62259b8557..923e0acd7d 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
@@ -16,34 +16,12 @@ ORG=openstack
 PROJECT=horizon
 COMMIT_MSG="Imported Translations from Transifex"
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Proposal Bot"
-git config user.email "openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org"
-git config gitreview.username "proposal-bot"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
 
-git review -s
+setup_git
 
-# See if there is an open change in the transifex/translations topic
-# If so, get the change id for the existing change for use in the commit msg.
-change_info=`ssh -p 29418 proposal-bot@review.openstack.org gerrit query --current-patch-set status:open project:$ORG/$PROJECT topic:transifex/translations owner:proposal-bot`
-previous=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^  number:" | awk '{print $2}'`
-if [ "x${previous}" != "x" ] ; then
-    change_id=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^change" | awk '{print $2}'`
-    # read return a non zero value when it reaches EOF. Because we use a
-    # heredoc here it will always reach EOF and return a nonzero value.
-    # Disable -e temporarily to get around the read.
-    set +e
-    read -d '' COMMIT_MSG <<EOF
-Imported Translations from Transifex
-
-Change-Id: $change_id
-EOF
-    set -e
-fi
-
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
+setup_review "$ORG" "$PROJECT"
+setup_translation
 
 # Horizon JavaScript Translations
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-js-translations \
@@ -81,12 +59,4 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-# Don't send a review if nothing has changed.
-if [ `git diff --cached |wc -l` -gt 0 ]
-then
-    # Commit and review
-    git commit -F- <<EOF
-$COMMIT_MSG
-EOF
-    git review -t transifex/translations
-fi
+send_patch
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
index 14d077c2a2..661910f7b2 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # The script is to pull the translations from Transifex,
 # and push to Gerrit.
 
+ORG="openstack"
 PROJECT=$1
 
 DocFolder="doc"
@@ -26,34 +27,11 @@ fi
 
 COMMIT_MSG="Imported Translations from Transifex"
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Proposal Bot"
-git config user.email "openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org"
-git config gitreview.username "proposal-bot"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
 
-git review -s
-
-# See if there is an open change in the transifex/translations topic
-# If so, get the change id for the existing change for use in the commit msg.
-change_info=`ssh -p 29418 proposal-bot@review.openstack.org gerrit query --current-patch-set status:open project:openstack/$PROJECT topic:transifex/translations owner:proposal-bot`
-previous=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^  number:" | awk '{print $2}'`
-if [ "x${previous}" != "x" ] ; then
-    change_id=`echo "$change_info" | grep "^change" | awk '{print $2}'`
-    # read return a non zero value when it reaches EOF. Because we use a
-    # heredoc here it will always reach EOF and return a nonzero value.
-    # Disable -e temporarily to get around the read.
-    set +e
-    read -d '' COMMIT_MSG <<EOF
-Imported Translations from Transifex
-
-Change-Id: $change_id
-EOF
-    set -e
-fi
-
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
+setup_git
+setup_review "$ORG" "$PROJECT"
+setup_translation
 
 # Generate pot one by one
 for FILE in ${DocFolder}/*
@@ -116,13 +94,4 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-# Don't send a review if nothing has changed.
-if [ `git diff --cached |wc -l` -gt 0 ]
-then
-    # Commit and review
-    git commit -F- <<EOF
-$COMMIT_MSG
-EOF
-    git review -t transifex/translations
-
-fi
+send_patch
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
index 983594bb2a..2131c78bc9 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Jenkins"
-git config user.email "jenkins@openstack.org"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
+
+setup_git
+setup_translation
 
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
 # Horizon JavaScript Translations
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-js-translations \
 "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/djangojs.po" --source-lang en \
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
index e93d6b5d15..41edb5939a 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@ then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Jenkins"
-git config user.email "jenkins@openstack.org"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
 
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
-tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot -t PO --execute
+setup_git
+setup_translation
+setup_project "$PROJECT"
 
 # Update the .pot file
 python setup.py extract_messages
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update_manuals.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update_manuals.sh
index d3d5735bc4..7d5e4920f4 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update_manuals.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update_manuals.sh
@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@ then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-git config user.name "OpenStack Jenkins"
-git config user.email "jenkins@openstack.org"
+source /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
 
-# Initialize the transifex client, if there's no .tx directory
-if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
-    tx init --host=https://www.transifex.com
-fi
+setup_git
+setup_translation
 
 # Generate pot one by one
 for FILE in ${DocFolder}/*