diff --git a/amprolla_merge_translations.py b/amprolla_merge_translations.py
index f7555e1..5d9ebfa 100755
--- a/amprolla_merge_translations.py
+++ b/amprolla_merge_translations.py
@@ -19,28 +19,30 @@ from lib.log import die, info
 from lib.parse import parse_packages
 from amprolla_merge import prepare_merge_dict
 
+def parse_translations_file(filename):
+    """
+    Decompresses and parses a Translations file and returns a dict
+    """
+    tfile = bz2_open(filename).read()
+    tfile = tfile.decode('utf-8')
+    return parse_packages(tfile)
 
 def merge_translations(filelist):
     """
     Merges a list of Translation files and returns a dict of the merged files
     """
     merged_trnsl = {}
-    for i in filelist[::-1]: # Slice list in reverse repo_order so Devuan is merged last.
-        if i is None:
+    for f in filelist[::-1]: # Slice list in reverse repo_order so Devuan is merged last.
+        if f is None:
             continue
-        elif isfile(i):
-            tfile = bz2_open(i).read()
-            tfile = tfile.decode('utf-8')
-            trnsl = parse_packages(tfile)
+        elif isfile(f):
+            trnsl = parse_translations_file(f)
             merged_trnsl.update(trnsl)
-        elif merged_trnsl and i == filelist[0]:
+        elif merged_trnsl and f == filelist[0]:
             # In the absence of Devuan translations for forked packages, just
             # remove upstream ones in case they are incorrect.
-            en_trnsl = join(dirname(i),'Translation-en.bz2')
-            tfile = bz2_open(en_trnsl).read()
-            tfile = tfile.decode('utf-8')
-            trnsl = parse_packages(tfile)
-            print("%s not found: removing upstream translations of forked packages" % i)
+            trnsl = parse_translations_file(join(dirname(f),'Translation-en.bz2'))
+            print("%s not found: removing upstream translations of forked packages" % f)
             for k in trnsl.keys():
                 merged_trnsl.pop(k, None)
 
@@ -102,10 +104,6 @@ def main():
         for i in i18n:
             transl.append('{}/i18n/Translation-{}.bz2'.format(component, i))
 
-    # Loop for devel
-#    for file in transl:
-#            main_merge(file)
-#    exit
     mrgpool = Pool(cpunm)
     mrgpool.map(main_merge, transl)
     mrgpool.close()