It is compatible, yes, but we still need to get a default.pot included. You could do that on your own to get it working, though, if you’re familiar with it.
We’ll make sure to get this included in the next update.
Right now it does not. That would be a little difficult I think because the PO files have lots of extra characters in them that do not need to be translated.
We’ll have to consider that, though, and figure out a way to make those works. It makes sense.