Mount cifs/smb:

mount -t cifs //server/share/subdir_if_wanted /mnt/mountpoint -o domain=DOMAIN,username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD

Suppress application feedback:

/usr/bin/application >/dev/null 2>&1

MO/PO - Localization

apt-get install gettext

Generate machine readable:

msgfmt pofile.po -o mofile.mo

You can also dump mo content to stdout.

msgfmt pofil.po -o -