Provide nationalization (#893)

* Nationalization

* Add _ as builtins to flake8

* Removing conflict hash tag

Co-authored-by: Daniel Girtler <girtler.daniel@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Anton Hvornum <anton@hvornum.se>

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+# Nationalization
+
+Archinstall supports multiple languages, which depend on translations coming from the community :) 
+
+New languages can be added simply by creating a new folder with the proper language abbrevation (see list `languages.json` if unsure).  
+Run the following command to create a new template for a language
+```
+    mkdir -p <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/ && touch <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/base.po
+```
+
+After that run the script `./locales_generator.sh` it will automatically populate the new `base.po` file with the strings that 
+need to be translated into the new language.  
+For example the `base.po` might contain something like the following now 
+```
+#: lib/user_interaction.py:82
+msgid "Do you really want to abort?"
+msgstr ""
+```
+
+The `msgid` is the identifier of the string in the code as well as the default text to be displayed, meaning that if no
+translation is provided for a language then this is the text that is going to be shown. 
+
+To provide a translation for the language, simply write the translation in the `msgstr` part
+
+```
+#: lib/user_interaction.py:82
+msgid "Do you really want to abort?"
+msgstr "Wollen sie wirklich abbrechen?"
+```
+
+After that run the script once more `./locales_generator.sh` and it will auto-generate the `base.mo` file with the included translations.
+After that you're all ready to go and enjoy Archinstall in the new language :)
+