diff --git a/tools/generateTranslationDiffs b/tools/generateTranslationDiffs
index 8ab56acac..437919117 100755
--- a/tools/generateTranslationDiffs
+++ b/tools/generateTranslationDiffs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ cd "rtdata/languages" || { printf "%s\n" "You must run this script from the root
 # Build array of all interface translation files, or use user-specified ones only
 unset langFiles
 if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
-  while read -r -d $'\0'; do
+  while read -r; do
     langFiles+=("$REPLY")
-  done < <(find . -not -iname "default" -not -iname "LICENSE" -not -iname "README" -not -iname "*.sh"  -not -iname ".*" -not -iname "$tmp" -not -iname "English (UK)" -not -iname "Polish (Latin Characters)" -print0)
+  done < <(find . -not -iname "default" -not -iname "LICENSE" -not -iname "README" -not -iname "*.sh"  -not -iname ".*" -not -iname "$tmp" -not -iname "English (UK)" -not -iname "Polish (Latin Characters)" | sort)
 else
   langFiles=("$@")
   for langFile in "${langFiles[@]}"; do
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ getComments default > "$tmp"
 getChanged default >> "$tmp"
 mv "$tmp" "default"
 
+i=1
+printf "%s\n" "Digging through ${#langFiles[@]} file(s). This may take a while."
+ttot1="$(date +%s)"
 for file in "${langFiles[@]}"; do
   t1="$(date +%s)"
-  printf "%s" "Processing $file"
+  printf "%02d - ${file#.*/}" "$i"
   dos2unix "$file" 2>/dev/null
-  # printf "%s\n" "Searching $file for changed strings"
   unset trLines newLines
   # Fill trLines with translated text
   trLines+=("$(getChanged "$file")")
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ for file in "${langFiles[@]}"; do
   t2="$(date +%s)"
   tt=$((t2-t1))
   printf "%s\n" " - took $tt seconds"
+  ((i++))
 done
 
 case "${langFiles[@]}" in
@@ -113,3 +116,8 @@ case "${langFiles[@]}" in
                       sed 'y/ĄĆĘŁŃÓŚŹŻąćęłńóśźż/ACELNOSZZacelnoszz/' < Polish > "Polish (Latin Characters)"
                       ;;&
 esac
+ttot2="$(date +%s)"
+ttot=$((ttot2-ttot1))
+tsec=$((ttot%60))
+tmin=$((ttot/60))
+printf "%s\n" "Finished updating ${#langFiles[@]} files." "Total time: ${tmin}m ${tsec}s"