diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 082c69e5..d3280c55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CMakeCache.txt
 CMakeFiles/
 doc/html/
 doc/latex/
-data/
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/data/mcm.db b/etc/data/mcm.db
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/etc/translate_mcm.py b/etc/translate_mcm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c844685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/translate_mcm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import sqlite3
+import re
+
+statements = {
+    "number_of_reactions": "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ReactioNID) FROM Reactions WHERE Mechanism = 'MCM';",
+    "number_of_rate_constants": "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT RATE) FROM Reactions INNER JOIN Rates USING(Rate) WHERE Mechanism = 'MCM';",
+    "rate_types": "SELECT RateType, COUNT(*) FROM Rates GROUP BY RateType;",
+    "reactions_with_rate_types": "SELECT r.ReactionID, r.Rate, rates.RateType FROM Reactions r INNER JOIN Rates rates ON r.Rate = rates.Rate;",
+    "get_reactants_and_products_per_reaction": "SELECT r.ReactionID, r.Rate, GROUP_CONCAT(reactants.Species, ', ') AS ReactantSpecies, GROUP_CONCAT(products.Species, ', ') AS ProductSpecies FROM Reactions r LEFT JOIN Reactants reactants ON r.ReactionID = reactants.ReactionID LEFT JOIN Products products ON r.ReactionID = products.ReactionID WHERE r.Mechanism = 'MCM' GROUP BY r.ReactionID;"
+}
+
+def get_count(cursor, stmt):
+    cursor.execute(stmt)
+    stmt = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+    return stmt
+
+def get_all(cursor, stmt):
+    cursor.execute(stmt)
+    stmt = cursor.fetchall()
+    return stmt
+
+def translate_mcm():
+    conn = sqlite3.connect('data/mcm.db')
+    cursor = conn.cursor()
+    print(get_count(cursor, statements["number_of_reactions"]))
+    print(get_count(cursor, statements["number_of_rate_constants"]))
+    print(get_all(cursor, statements["rate_types"]))
+    print(get_all(cursor, statements["reactions_with_rate_types"])[:10])
+    print(get_all(cursor, statements["get_reactants_and_products_per_reaction"])[:10])
+
+translate_mcm()