diff --git a/i18n_guardian/utils/file_utils.py b/i18n_guardian/utils/file_utils.py
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+"""File utilities."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+def read_file_safe(path: Path, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> Optional[str]:
+    """Safely read a file, returning None on error."""
+    try:
+        return path.read_text(encoding=encoding)
+    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+        return None
+
+
+def find_translation_files(
+    path: Path,
+    patterns: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+) -> List[Path]:
+    """Find translation files in a directory."""
+    patterns = patterns or [
+        "**/*.json",
+        "**/*.po",
+        "**/*.pot",
+        "**/*.yaml",
+        "**/*.yml",
+    ]
+
+    files = []
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        files.extend(path.rglob(pattern))
+
+    return sorted(set(files))
+
+
+def is_text_file(path: Path, chunk_size: int = 8192) -> bool:
+    """Check if a file is a text file."""
+    try:
+        with open(path, "rb") as f:
+            chunk = f.read(chunk_size)
+            if b"\x00" in chunk:
+                return False
+            return True
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+
+
+def backup_file(path: Path) -> Path:
+    """Create a backup of a file."""
+    backup_path = path.with_suffix(path.suffix + ".bak")
+    if backup_path.exists():
+        counter = 1
+        while backup_path.exists():
+            backup_path = path.with_suffix(f"{path.suffix}.bak{counter}")
+            counter += 1
+
+    backup_path.write_bytes(path.read_bytes())
+    return backup_path
+
+
+def restore_backup(backup_path: Path, original_path: Path) -> bool:
+    """Restore a file from backup."""
+    try:
+        original_path.write_bytes(backup_path.read_bytes())
+        backup_path.unlink()
+        return True
+    except OSError:
+        return False