diff --git a/misc/releases/prepare-translator-package.sh b/misc/releases/prepare-translator-package.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: ./prepare-translator-package.sh 19.06"
+    exit 1
+fi
+MAJOR=$1
+
+if [[ ! "$MAJOR" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]$ ]]; then
+    echo "Unrecognized version number '$MAJOR'. Expected the format YY.MM (e.g. 19.06)."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+PACKAGEDIR=$SCRIPTDIR/translator-$MAJOR
+mkdir $PACKAGEDIR 
+cp -r $SCRIPTDIR/translator/* $PACKAGEDIR/
+mkdir $PACKAGEDIR/src
+mkdir $PACKAGEDIR/src/downward/
+cp -r $SCRIPTDIR/../../src/translate $PACKAGEDIR/src/downward/
+cp -r $SCRIPTDIR/../../LICENSE.md $PACKAGEDIR/
+TRANSLATEDIR=$PACKAGEDIR/src/downward/translate
+sed -i "s/from translate/from downward.translate/g" $TRANSLATEDIR/*.py
+sed -i "s/from translate/from downward.translate/g" $TRANSLATEDIR/*/*.py
+echo $MAJOR > $PACKAGEDIR/VERSION
+
+ENVDIR=env-translate-$MAJOR
+python3 -m venv $ENVDIR
+source $ENVDIR/bin/activate
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
+cd $PACKAGEDIR
+python3 -m build
diff --git a/misc/releases/translator/README.md b/misc/releases/translator/README.md
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+# Fast Downward translator
+
+This package contains the translator of the [Fast Downward planning
+system](https://www.fast-downward.org). It parses planning tasks specified in
+the Planning Domain Definition Language PDDL, performs several transformations
+and generates the
+[`output.sas` format](https://www.fast-downward.org/latest/documentation/translator-output-format/)
+that serves as the input for the search component of the planning system.
+
+At the moment, you can call it with `python3 -m downward.translate`.
+
diff --git a/misc/releases/translator/pyproject.toml b/misc/releases/translator/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "downward_translate"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Translator of the Fast Downward planning system"
+authors = [
+    {name = "UNIBAS Team"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Gabriele Röger", email = "gabriele.roeger@unibas.ch"},
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+license = "GPL-3.0-only"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://www.fast-downward.org"
+Issues = "https://issues.fast-downward.org"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {file = "VERSION"}
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"