[Koha-translate] Koha translation HOW-TO?

[Benedykt P. Barszcz]

Hi,
I would like to know how to start translating koha.
What is a current method to do that?
Should I go to each *.tmpl file and single out every instance of an english
sentence and translate it into my language?
Is that enough for the OPAC and INTRANET stuff to work ok?

Also, I would like to know if Koha is charset aware...? If I start typing
ISO-8859-2 charset into the database will it present itself correctly when
displayed at some other terminal? Are any commands needed for MySQL to
manage other charsets?

Thanks for any hints.
Benedict