diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1af5613c..6aef42c4 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export TRANSIFEX_RESOURCE = frontend-app-discussions
 transifex_resource = frontend-app-discussions
-transifex_langs = "ar,fr,es_419,zh_CN,tr_TR,pl,fr_CA,fr_FR,de_DE,it_IT"
+transifex_langs = "ar,fr,es_419,zh_CN,tr_TR,pl,fr_CA,fr_FR,de_DE,it_IT,pt_PT,uk,ru,hi,cs,es_AR,es_ES,fa_IR"
 
 intl_imports = ./node_modules/.bin/intl-imports.js
 transifex_utils = ./node_modules/.bin/transifex-utils.js
diff --git a/src/i18n/index.js b/src/i18n/index.js
index 18b7ce38..480344a7 100644
--- a/src/i18n/index.js
+++ b/src/i18n/index.js
@@ -4,14 +4,22 @@ import { messages as paragonMessages } from '@edx/paragon';
 
 import arMessages from './messages/ar.json';
 // no need to import en messages-- they are in the defaultMessage field
+import csMessages from './messages/cs.json';
 import deMessages from './messages/de_DE.json';
 import es419Messages from './messages/es_419.json';
+import esARMessages from './messages/es_AR.json';
+import esESMessages from './messages/es_ES.json';
+import faIRMessages from './messages/fa_IR.json';
 import frMessages from './messages/fr.json';
 import frCAMessages from './messages/fr_CA.json';
 import frFRMessages from './messages/fr_FR.json';
+import hiMessages from './messages/hi.json';
 import itITMessages from './messages/it_IT.json';
 import plMessages from './messages/pl.json';
+import ptPTMessages from './messages/pt_PT.json';
+import ruMessages from './messages/ru.json';
 import trTRMessages from './messages/tr_TR.json';
+import ukMessages from './messages/uk.json';
 import zhcnMessages from './messages/zh_CN.json';
 
 const appMessages = {
@@ -25,6 +33,14 @@ const appMessages = {
   pl: plMessages,
   'tr-tr': trTRMessages,
   'zh-cn': zhcnMessages,
+  'pt-pt': ptPTMessages,
+  uk: ukMessages,
+  ru: ruMessages,
+  hi: hiMessages,
+  cs: csMessages,
+  'es-AR': esARMessages,
+  'es-ES': esESMessages,
+  'fa-IR': faIRMessages,
 };
 
 export default [
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/cs.json b/src/i18n/messages/cs.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/cs.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/es_AR.json b/src/i18n/messages/es_AR.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/es_AR.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/es_ES.json b/src/i18n/messages/es_ES.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/es_ES.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/fa_IR.json b/src/i18n/messages/fa_IR.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/fa_IR.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/hi.json b/src/i18n/messages/hi.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/hi.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json b/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/ru.json b/src/i18n/messages/ru.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/ru.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/uk.json b/src/i18n/messages/uk.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e26dfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/messages/uk.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file