Ubuntu Wiki

This is the home of the Ubuntu translations knowledgebase, the purpose of which is to contain all information around translating Ubuntu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about translating Ubuntu and using Launchpad for translations

• Ubuntu Translations FAQ

• Old Ubuntu Translations FAQ — deprecated, but left here for reference purposes. The content should be moved to the Ubuntu Translations FAQ

• Launchpad Translations FAQ — Launchpad Translations is the collaborative online tool we use to translate Ubuntu

Guidelines

Set of recommended guidelines and best practices, aimed at translation team coordinators, but also interesting for all translators.

• Generic translation guidelines — See also Adi's post on translation guidelines

• Assessing new team members in moderated teams

• Quality assurance and working with upstreams

• Team communication

Policies

• The Ubuntu Translations Coordinators team

• Translation team coordinator roles

• Language pack testing

• Brainstorming section

• Adding a new language to Ubuntu

• Starting a new Ubuntu translation team

• Translations precedence policy

• How to report translation bugs

• Translation milestones

General documentation

• Translations lifecycle

• Language packs

• Templates priority and lists of Ubuntu specific packages

Special translations

These are translations that do not follow the usual translation lifecycle.

• OpenOffice.org

• Firefox

• Ubufox

• Browser start page

• K/Ubuntu documentation — Note: add a description to the "Assistive Tools" string translation

• Long package descriptions

• Short package descriptions

• Debian Installer

• Installer timezones

• packages.ubuntu.com

• ISO codes

• Release Notes

• Command Line Interface packages usefull for disabling translations for RTL languages

Tutorials and HowTos

• How to download translations from Launchpad (for translators/developers)

Developer documentation

This documentation should assist developers in preparing their Ubuntu applications and packages for translation

• Internationalization Guide for Developers

General resources

• Language Pack PPA - weekly update. Please use this PPA for testing translations.

• Language Pack Source archive for Karmic

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