11 Notes on the Free Translation Project 2*************************************** 3 4Free software is going international! The Free Translation Project is 5a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all 6together, so that free software will gradually become able to speak many 7languages. A few packages already provide translations for their 8messages. 9 10 If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may 11assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally, 12itself available at your nearest GNU archive site. But you do _not_ 13need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using 14this package with messages translated. 15 16 Installers will find here some useful hints. These notes also 17explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the 18available translations. They tell how people wanting to contribute and 19work on translations can contact the appropriate team. 20 21 When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be 22related to internationalization, you should tell about the version of 23`gettext' which is used. The information can be found in the 24`intl/VERSION' file, in internationalized packages. 25 261.1 Quick configuration advice 27============================== 28 29If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you 30should configure it using 31 32 ./configure --with-included-gettext 33 34to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this 35package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the 36operating system where this package is being installed. So far, only 37the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as 38many features (such as locale alias, message inheritance, automatic 39charset conversion or plural form handling) as the implementation here. 40It is also not possible to offer this additional functionality on top 41of a `catgets' implementation. Future versions of GNU `gettext' will 42very likely convey even more functionality. So it might be a good idea 43to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible. 44 45 So you need _not_ provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or 46you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the 47included `libintl'. 48 491.2 INSTALL Matters 50=================== 51 52Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the programs 53they contain can be made to speak your own native language. Most such 54packages use GNU `gettext'. Other packages have their own ways to 55internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'. 56 57 By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of 58messages. It will automatically detect whether the system already 59provides the GNU `gettext' functions. If not, the included GNU 60`gettext' library will be used. This library is wholly contained 61within this package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior 62installation of the GNU `gettext' package is _not_ required. 63Installers may use special options at configuration time for changing 64the default behaviour. The commands: 65 66 ./configure --with-included-gettext 67 ./configure --disable-nls 68 69will, respectively, bypass any pre-existing `gettext' to use the 70internationalizing routines provided within this package, or else, 71_totally_ disable translation of messages. 72 73 When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run 74configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will 75probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and 76will decide to use this. This might not be desirable. You should use 77the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library. I.e. if the file 78`intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this package is 79more recent, you should use 80 81 ./configure --with-included-gettext 82 83to prevent auto-detection. 84 85 The configuration process will not test for the `catgets' function 86and therefore it will not be used. The reason is that even an 87emulation of `gettext' on top of `catgets' could not provide all the 88extensions of the GNU `gettext' library. 89 90 Internationalized packages usually have many `po/LL.po' files, where 91LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language. Unless 92translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the 93`--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed 94together with the package. However, the environment variable `LINGUAS' 95may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set. 96`LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter 97codes, stating which languages are allowed. 98 991.3 Using This Package 100====================== 101 102As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you 103only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate 104`LL_CC' combination. Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code, 105and `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code. For example, let's 106suppose that you speak German and live in Germany. At the shell 107prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'), 108`export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash'). 109This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for 110all. 111 112 You might think that the country code specification is redundant. 113But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries. For 114example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil. The 115country code serves to distinguish the dialects. 116 117 The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the 118language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based 119on GNU libc. On other systems, some variations of this scheme are 120used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'. You can get the list of 121locales supported by your system for your country by running the command 122`locale -a | grep '^LL''. 123 124 Not all programs have translations for all languages. By default, an 125English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation. If you 126understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages. 127This is done through a different environment variable, called 128`LANGUAGE'. GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG' 129for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG' 130set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the 131system libraries. For example, some Swedish users who would rather 132read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not 133available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'. 134 135 Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian 136bokma*l changed from `no' to `nb' recently (in 2003). During the 137transition period, while some message catalogs for this language are 138installed under `nb' and some older ones under `no', it's recommended 139for Norwegian users to set `LANGUAGE' to `nb:no' so that both newer and 140older translations are used. 141 142 In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG' 143environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL' 144to denote the language's main dialect. For example, `de' is equivalent 145to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT' 146(Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context. 147 1481.4 Translating Teams 149===================== 150 151For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested 152people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also 153able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language. 154Each translation team has its own mailing list. The up-to-date list of 155teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage, 156`http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/', in the "National teams" 157area. 158 159 If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you 160should become a member of the translating team for your own language. 161The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has 162`-request' appended. For example, speakers of Swedish can send a 163message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body: 164 165 subscribe 166 167 Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate 168_actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties, 169rather than merely lurking around. If your team does not exist yet and 170you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to 171get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the 172coordinator for all translator teams. 173 174 The English team is special. It works at improving and uniformizing 175the terminology in use. Proven linguistic skill are praised more than 176programming skill, here. 177 1781.5 Available Packages 179====================== 180 181Languages are not equally supported in all packages. The following 182matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of April 1832005. The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages 184PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a 185translation percentage of at least 50%. 186 187 Ready PO files af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB 188 +-------------------------------------------------+ 189 GNUnet | | 190 a2ps | [] [] [] [] [] | 191 aegis | () | 192 ant-phone | () | 193 anubis | [] | 194 ap-utils | | 195 aspell | [] [] [] [] | 196 bash | [] [] | 197 batchelor | [] | 198 bfd | | 199 bibshelf | [] | 200 binutils | [] | 201 bison | [] [] | 202 bluez-pin | [] [] [] [] | 203 clisp | [] [] | 204 console-tools | [] [] | 205 coreutils | [] [] [] [] | 206 cpio | | 207 cpplib | [] [] [] | 208 darkstat | [] () [] | 209 dialog | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 210 diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 211 doodle | [] | 212 e2fsprogs | [] [] | 213 enscript | [] [] [] [] | 214 error | [] [] [] [] | 215 fetchmail | [] () [] [] [] | 216 fileutils | [] [] | 217 findutils | [] [] [] | 218 flex | [] [] [] | 219 fslint | [] | 220 gas | | 221 gawk | [] [] [] | 222 gbiff | [] | 223 gcal | [] | 224 gcc | [] | 225 gettext-examples | [] [] [] [] | 226 gettext-runtime | [] [] [] [] | 227 gettext-tools | [] [] | 228 gimp-print | [] [] [] [] | 229 gip | | 230 gliv | [] | 231 glunarclock | | 232 gmult | [] [] | 233 gnubiff | () | 234 gnucash | [] () () [] | 235 gnucash-glossary | [] () | 236 gpe-aerial | [] [] | 237 gpe-beam | [] [] | 238 gpe-calendar | [] [] | 239 gpe-clock | [] [] | 240 gpe-conf | [] [] | 241 gpe-contacts | | 242 gpe-edit | [] | 243 gpe-go | [] | 244 gpe-login | [] [] | 245 gpe-ownerinfo | [] [] | 246 gpe-sketchbook | [] [] | 247 gpe-su | [] [] | 248 gpe-taskmanager | [] [] | 249 gpe-timesheet | [] | 250 gpe-today | [] [] | 251 gpe-todo | [] [] | 252 gphoto2 | [] [] [] [] | 253 gprof | [] [] | 254 gpsdrive | () () | 255 gramadoir | [] [] | 256 grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 257 gretl | | 258 gsasl | [] | 259 gss | | 260 gst-plugins | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 261 gstreamer | [] [] [] [] [] | 262 gtick | [] () | 263 gtkspell | [] [] [] | 264 hello | [] [] [] [] | 265 id-utils | [] [] | 266 impost | | 267 indent | [] [] | 268 iso_3166 | | 269 iso_3166_1 | [] [] [] [] [] | 270 iso_3166_2 | | 271 iso_3166_3 | [] | 272 iso_4217 | | 273 iso_639 | | 274 jpilot | [] | 275 jtag | | 276 jwhois | | 277 kbd | [] [] [] [] | 278 latrine | () | 279 ld | [] | 280 libc | [] [] [] [] [] | 281 libextractor | | 282 libgpewidget | [] [] [] | 283 libgsasl | | 284 libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] | 285 libidn | | 286 lifelines | [] () | 287 lilypond | [] | 288 lingoteach | | 289 lynx | [] [] [] [] | 290 m4 | [] [] [] [] | 291 mailutils | [] | 292 make | [] [] | 293 man-db | [] () [] [] | 294 minicom | [] [] | 295 mysecretdiary | [] [] | 296 nano | [] () [] | 297 nano_1_0 | [] () [] [] | 298 opcodes | [] | 299 parted | [] [] [] [] | 300 psmisc | | 301 ptx | [] [] [] | 302 pwdutils | | 303 python | | 304 radius | [] | 305 recode | [] [] [] [] [] | 306 rpm | [] [] | 307 screem | | 308 scrollkeeper | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 309 sed | [] [] | 310 sh-utils | [] [] | 311 shared-mime-info | [] [] | 312 sharutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 313 silky | | 314 skencil | [] () | 315 sketch | [] () | 316 solfege | [] | 317 soundtracker | [] [] | 318 sp | [] | 319 stardict | [] | 320 tar | | 321 texinfo | [] [] | 322 textutils | [] [] [] | 323 tin | () () | 324 tp-robot | [] | 325 tuxpaint | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 326 unicode-han-tra... | | 327 unicode-transla... | | 328 util-linux | [] [] [] [] | 329 vorbis-tools | [] [] [] [] | 330 wastesedge | () | 331 wdiff | [] [] [] [] | 332 wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 333 xchat | [] [] [] [] | 334 xkeyboard-config | | 335 xpad | | 336 +-------------------------------------------------+ 337 af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB 338 10 0 0 2 7 4 0 41 43 3 52 90 20 1 15 339 340 eo es et eu fa fi fr ga gl he hr hu id is it 341 +-----------------------------------------------+ 342 GNUnet | | 343 a2ps | [] [] [] () | 344 aegis | | 345 ant-phone | [] | 346 anubis | [] | 347 ap-utils | [] | 348 aspell | [] [] | 349 bash | [] [] [] [] | 350 batchelor | [] [] | 351 bfd | [] | 352 bibshelf | [] [] [] | 353 binutils | [] [] | 354 bison | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 355 bluez-pin | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 356 clisp | [] [] | 357 console-tools | | 358 coreutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 359 cpio | [] [] | 360 cpplib | [] [] | 361 darkstat | [] () [] [] [] | 362 dialog | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 363 diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 364 doodle | [] [] | 365 e2fsprogs | [] [] [] | 366 enscript | [] [] | 367 error | [] [] [] [] [] | 368 fetchmail | [] | 369 fileutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 370 findutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 371 flex | [] [] [] | 372 fslint | [] | 373 gas | [] [] | 374 gawk | [] [] [] [] | 375 gbiff | [] | 376 gcal | [] [] | 377 gcc | [] | 378 gettext-examples | [] [] [] [] | 379 gettext-runtime | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 380 gettext-tools | [] [] [] | 381 gimp-print | [] [] | 382 gip | [] [] [] | 383 gliv | () | 384 glunarclock | [] [] [] | 385 gmult | [] [] [] | 386 gnubiff | () () | 387 gnucash | [] () [] | 388 gnucash-glossary | [] [] | 389 gpe-aerial | [] [] | 390 gpe-beam | [] [] | 391 gpe-calendar | [] [] [] [] | 392 gpe-clock | [] [] [] | 393 gpe-conf | [] | 394 gpe-contacts | [] | 395 gpe-edit | [] [] | 396 gpe-go | [] [] | 397 gpe-login | [] [] [] | 398 gpe-ownerinfo | [] [] [] [] [] | 399 gpe-sketchbook | [] [] | 400 gpe-su | [] [] [] | 401 gpe-taskmanager | [] [] [] | 402 gpe-timesheet | [] [] [] [] | 403 gpe-today | [] [] [] [] | 404 gpe-todo | [] [] [] | 405 gphoto2 | [] [] [] [] [] | 406 gprof | [] [] [] | 407 gpsdrive | () () [] () | 408 gramadoir | [] [] | 409 grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 410 gretl | [] [] [] | 411 gsasl | [] [] [] | 412 gss | [] | 413 gst-plugins | [] [] [] | 414 gstreamer | [] | 415 gtick | [] [] [] [] [] | 416 gtkspell | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 417 hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 418 id-utils | [] [] [] [] | 419 impost | [] [] | 420 indent | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 421 iso_3166 | [] [] [] | 422 iso_3166_1 | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 423 iso_3166_2 | [] | 424 iso_3166_3 | [] | 425 iso_4217 | [] [] [] | 426 iso_639 | [] [] [] [] | 427 jpilot | [] [] | 428 jtag | [] | 429 jwhois | [] [] [] [] [] | 430 kbd | [] [] | 431 latrine | [] [] [] | 432 ld | [] [] | 433 libc | [] [] [] [] [] | 434 libextractor | | 435 libgpewidget | [] [] [] [] [] | 436 libgsasl | [] [] | 437 libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 438 libidn | [] [] | 439 lifelines | () | 440 lilypond | [] | 441 lingoteach | [] [] [] | 442 lynx | [] [] [] | 443 m4 | [] [] [] [] | 444 mailutils | [] [] | 445 make | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 446 man-db | () | 447 minicom | [] [] [] [] | 448 mysecretdiary | [] [] [] | 449 nano | [] [] () [] [] | 450 nano_1_0 | [] [] [] [] [] | 451 opcodes | [] [] | 452 parted | [] [] [] [] | 453 psmisc | [] [] | 454 ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 455 pwdutils | | 456 python | | 457 radius | [] [] | 458 recode | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 459 rpm | [] | 460 screem | | 461 scrollkeeper | [] [] [] | 462 sed | [] [] [] [] [] | 463 sh-utils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 464 shared-mime-info | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 465 sharutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 466 silky | [] | 467 skencil | [] [] | 468 sketch | [] [] | 469 solfege | [] | 470 soundtracker | [] [] [] | 471 sp | [] | 472 stardict | [] | 473 tar | [] [] [] [] [] | 474 texinfo | [] [] [] | 475 textutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 476 tin | [] () | 477 tp-robot | [] [] | 478 tuxpaint | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 479 unicode-han-tra... | | 480 unicode-transla... | [] [] | 481 util-linux | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 482 vorbis-tools | [] [] | 483 wastesedge | () | 484 wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 485 wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 486 xchat | [] [] [] [] [] | 487 xkeyboard-config | | 488 xpad | [] [] [] | 489 +-----------------------------------------------+ 490 eo es et eu fa fi fr ga gl he hr hu id is it 491 13 85 21 15 2 35 115 45 17 8 6 40 27 1 45 492 493 ja ko ku lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb nl nn no nso 494 +-----------------------------------------------+ 495 GNUnet | | 496 a2ps | () [] [] () | 497 aegis | () | 498 ant-phone | [] | 499 anubis | [] [] [] | 500 ap-utils | | 501 aspell | [] [] | 502 bash | [] | 503 batchelor | [] | 504 bfd | | 505 bibshelf | | 506 binutils | | 507 bison | [] [] [] | 508 bluez-pin | [] | 509 clisp | [] | 510 console-tools | | 511 coreutils | [] [] | 512 cpio | | 513 cpplib | | 514 darkstat | [] [] | 515 dialog | [] | 516 diffutils | [] [] [] | 517 doodle | | 518 e2fsprogs | | 519 enscript | [] | 520 error | [] | 521 fetchmail | [] [] | 522 fileutils | [] [] | 523 findutils | [] | 524 flex | [] [] | 525 fslint | [] | 526 gas | | 527 gawk | [] [] | 528 gbiff | [] | 529 gcal | | 530 gcc | | 531 gettext-examples | [] [] | 532 gettext-runtime | [] [] [] | 533 gettext-tools | [] [] | 534 gimp-print | [] [] | 535 gip | [] | 536 gliv | [] | 537 glunarclock | [] [] | 538 gmult | [] | 539 gnubiff | | 540 gnucash | () () [] | 541 gnucash-glossary | [] | 542 gpe-aerial | [] | 543 gpe-beam | [] | 544 gpe-calendar | [] | 545 gpe-clock | [] | 546 gpe-conf | [] | 547 gpe-contacts | | 548 gpe-edit | [] | 549 gpe-go | [] | 550 gpe-login | [] | 551 gpe-ownerinfo | [] | 552 gpe-sketchbook | [] | 553 gpe-su | [] | 554 gpe-taskmanager | [] [] | 555 gpe-timesheet | [] | 556 gpe-today | [] | 557 gpe-todo | [] | 558 gphoto2 | [] [] | 559 gprof | | 560 gpsdrive | () () () | 561 gramadoir | () | 562 grep | [] [] [] | 563 gretl | | 564 gsasl | [] | 565 gss | | 566 gst-plugins | [] | 567 gstreamer | [] | 568 gtick | [] | 569 gtkspell | [] [] | 570 hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 571 id-utils | [] | 572 impost | | 573 indent | [] [] | 574 iso_3166 | [] | 575 iso_3166_1 | [] [] | 576 iso_3166_2 | [] | 577 iso_3166_3 | [] | 578 iso_4217 | [] [] [] | 579 iso_639 | [] [] [] | 580 jpilot | () () () | 581 jtag | | 582 jwhois | [] | 583 kbd | [] | 584 latrine | [] | 585 ld | | 586 libc | [] [] [] [] [] | 587 libextractor | | 588 libgpewidget | [] | 589 libgsasl | [] | 590 libiconv | [] | 591 libidn | | 592 lifelines | [] | 593 lilypond | [] | 594 lingoteach | [] | 595 lynx | [] [] | 596 m4 | [] [] | 597 mailutils | | 598 make | [] [] [] | 599 man-db | () | 600 minicom | [] | 601 mysecretdiary | [] | 602 nano | [] [] | 603 nano_1_0 | [] [] [] | 604 opcodes | [] | 605 parted | [] [] | 606 psmisc | [] [] | 607 ptx | [] [] [] | 608 pwdutils | | 609 python | | 610 radius | | 611 recode | [] | 612 rpm | [] [] | 613 screem | [] | 614 scrollkeeper | [] [] [] | 615 sed | [] [] | 616 sh-utils | [] [] | 617 shared-mime-info | [] [] [] [] | 618 sharutils | [] [] | 619 silky | [] | 620 skencil | | 621 sketch | | 622 solfege | [] [] | 623 soundtracker | | 624 sp | () | 625 stardict | [] [] | 626 tar | [] [] | 627 texinfo | [] [] [] | 628 textutils | [] [] [] | 629 tin | | 630 tp-robot | [] | 631 tuxpaint | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 632 unicode-han-tra... | | 633 unicode-transla... | | 634 util-linux | [] [] | 635 vorbis-tools | [] | 636 wastesedge | [] | 637 wdiff | [] [] | 638 wget | [] [] | 639 xchat | [] [] [] [] | 640 xkeyboard-config | [] | 641 xpad | [] | 642 +-----------------------------------------------+ 643 ja ko ku lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb nl nn no nso 644 33 11 1 1 1 2 2 3 11 0 15 96 7 5 0 645 646 or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv ta 647 +-------------------------------------------------+ 648 GNUnet | | 649 a2ps | () [] [] [] [] [] [] | 650 aegis | () () | 651 ant-phone | [] | 652 anubis | [] [] [] | 653 ap-utils | () | 654 aspell | [] [] | 655 bash | [] [] [] | 656 batchelor | [] | 657 bfd | | 658 bibshelf | | 659 binutils | [] [] | 660 bison | [] [] [] [] [] | 661 bluez-pin | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 662 clisp | [] | 663 console-tools | [] | 664 coreutils | [] [] [] [] | 665 cpio | [] [] | 666 cpplib | | 667 darkstat | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 668 dialog | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 669 diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 670 doodle | [] | 671 e2fsprogs | [] [] | 672 enscript | [] [] [] [] | 673 error | [] [] [] | 674 fetchmail | [] () [] [] [] | 675 fileutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 676 findutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 677 flex | [] [] [] [] [] | 678 fslint | [] [] [] | 679 gas | | 680 gawk | [] [] [] [] | 681 gbiff | [] | 682 gcal | [] | 683 gcc | | 684 gettext-examples | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 685 gettext-runtime | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 686 gettext-tools | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 687 gimp-print | [] [] | 688 gip | [] [] [] | 689 gliv | [] [] [] | 690 glunarclock | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 691 gmult | [] [] [] [] | 692 gnubiff | () [] | 693 gnucash | () [] [] [] [] | 694 gnucash-glossary | [] [] [] | 695 gpe-aerial | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 696 gpe-beam | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 697 gpe-calendar | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 698 gpe-clock | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 699 gpe-conf | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 700 gpe-contacts | [] [] [] | 701 gpe-edit | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 702 gpe-go | [] [] [] [] [] | 703 gpe-login | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 704 gpe-ownerinfo | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 705 gpe-sketchbook | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 706 gpe-su | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 707 gpe-taskmanager | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 708 gpe-timesheet | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 709 gpe-today | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 710 gpe-todo | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 711 gphoto2 | [] [] [] [] | 712 gprof | [] [] [] | 713 gpsdrive | [] | 714 gramadoir | [] | 715 grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 716 gretl | [] | 717 gsasl | [] [] [] [] [] | 718 gss | [] [] [] | 719 gst-plugins | [] [] [] [] | 720 gstreamer | [] [] [] [] | 721 gtick | [] [] [] | 722 gtkspell | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 723 hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 724 id-utils | [] [] [] [] | 725 impost | | 726 indent | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 727 iso_3166 | [] [] [] [] [] | 728 iso_3166_1 | [] [] [] [] | 729 iso_3166_2 | | 730 iso_3166_3 | [] [] [] | 731 iso_4217 | [] [] | 732 iso_639 | [] [] [] | 733 jpilot | | 734 jtag | [] | 735 jwhois | [] [] [] () () | 736 kbd | [] [] [] | 737 latrine | [] [] | 738 ld | [] | 739 libc | [] [] [] [] [] | 740 libextractor | [] | 741 libgpewidget | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 742 libgsasl | [] [] [] | 743 libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 744 libidn | [] () | 745 lifelines | [] [] | 746 lilypond | [] | 747 lingoteach | [] | 748 lynx | [] [] [] | 749 m4 | [] [] [] [] [] | 750 mailutils | [] [] [] | 751 make | [] [] [] [] | 752 man-db | [] [] | 753 minicom | [] [] [] [] | 754 mysecretdiary | [] [] [] [] | 755 nano | [] [] [] | 756 nano_1_0 | [] [] [] [] | 757 opcodes | [] [] | 758 parted | [] [] [] [] | 759 psmisc | [] [] | 760 ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 761 pwdutils | [] | 762 python | | 763 radius | [] [] | 764 recode | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 765 rpm | [] [] [] [] | 766 screem | | 767 scrollkeeper | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 768 sed | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 769 sh-utils | [] [] [] | 770 shared-mime-info | [] [] [] [] [] | 771 sharutils | [] [] [] | 772 silky | [] | 773 skencil | [] [] [] | 774 sketch | [] [] [] | 775 solfege | | 776 soundtracker | [] [] | 777 sp | | 778 stardict | [] [] | 779 tar | [] [] [] [] | 780 texinfo | [] [] [] [] | 781 textutils | [] [] [] | 782 tin | | 783 tp-robot | [] | 784 tuxpaint | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 785 unicode-han-tra... | | 786 unicode-transla... | | 787 util-linux | [] [] [] | 788 vorbis-tools | [] [] | 789 wastesedge | | 790 wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 791 wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 792 xchat | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 793 xkeyboard-config | | 794 xpad | | 795 +-------------------------------------------------+ 796 or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv ta 797 1 0 48 30 58 6 79 71 5 45 13 12 50 86 0 798 799 tg th tk tr uk ven vi wa xh zh_CN zh_TW zu 800 +--------------------------------------------+ 801 GNUnet | | 0 802 a2ps | [] [] [] | 19 803 aegis | | 0 804 ant-phone | [] | 4 805 anubis | [] | 9 806 ap-utils | () | 1 807 aspell | [] [] [] | 13 808 bash | | 10 809 batchelor | [] [] | 7 810 bfd | | 1 811 bibshelf | [] | 5 812 binutils | [] | 6 813 bison | [] | 17 814 bluez-pin | [] [] [] [] [] | 24 815 clisp | | 7 816 console-tools | [] | 4 817 coreutils | [] | 16 818 cpio | [] [] | 6 819 cpplib | [] [] | 7 820 darkstat | [] () () | 15 821 dialog | [] [] [] | 25 822 diffutils | [] [] [] [] | 28 823 doodle | [] | 5 824 e2fsprogs | [] | 8 825 enscript | [] | 12 826 error | [] [] [] | 16 827 fetchmail | [] | 12 828 fileutils | [] [] [] | 18 829 findutils | [] [] | 17 830 flex | [] [] | 15 831 fslint | [] | 7 832 gas | [] | 3 833 gawk | [] | 14 834 gbiff | | 4 835 gcal | [] | 5 836 gcc | [] | 3 837 gettext-examples | [] [] [] [] | 20 838 gettext-runtime | [] [] [] [] [] | 25 839 gettext-tools | [] [] [] | 17 840 gimp-print | [] | 11 841 gip | [] | 8 842 gliv | [] | 6 843 glunarclock | [] [] | 13 844 gmult | [] [] [] | 13 845 gnubiff | [] | 3 846 gnucash | () [] | 10 847 gnucash-glossary | [] | 8 848 gpe-aerial | [] [] | 13 849 gpe-beam | [] [] | 13 850 gpe-calendar | [] [] [] [] | 18 851 gpe-clock | [] [] [] [] | 17 852 gpe-conf | [] [] | 12 853 gpe-contacts | [] [] | 6 854 gpe-edit | [] [] [] [] | 15 855 gpe-go | [] [] | 11 856 gpe-login | [] [] [] [] [] | 18 857 gpe-ownerinfo | [] [] [] [] | 19 858 gpe-sketchbook | [] [] | 14 859 gpe-su | [] [] [] | 16 860 gpe-taskmanager | [] [] [] | 17 861 gpe-timesheet | [] [] [] [] | 17 862 gpe-today | [] [] [] [] [] | 19 863 gpe-todo | [] [] [] | 16 864 gphoto2 | [] [] | 17 865 gprof | [] [] | 10 866 gpsdrive | | 2 867 gramadoir | [] | 6 868 grep | [] [] [] [] | 32 869 gretl | | 4 870 gsasl | [] [] | 12 871 gss | [] | 5 872 gst-plugins | [] [] | 16 873 gstreamer | [] [] [] | 14 874 gtick | [] | 11 875 gtkspell | [] [] [] | 20 876 hello | [] [] [] [] | 37 877 id-utils | [] [] | 13 878 impost | [] | 3 879 indent | [] [] [] | 24 880 iso_3166 | [] [] [] | 12 881 iso_3166_1 | [] [] | 20 882 iso_3166_2 | | 2 883 iso_3166_3 | [] [] | 8 884 iso_4217 | [] [] | 10 885 iso_639 | [] [] | 12 886 jpilot | [] [] [] | 6 887 jtag | | 2 888 jwhois | [] [] [] | 12 889 kbd | [] [] | 12 890 latrine | [] [] | 8 891 ld | [] | 5 892 libc | [] [] | 22 893 libextractor | | 1 894 libgpewidget | [] [] | 17 895 libgsasl | [] | 7 896 libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] | 32 897 libidn | [] [] | 5 898 lifelines | | 4 899 lilypond | [] | 5 900 lingoteach | | 5 901 lynx | [] [] | 14 902 m4 | [] [] | 17 903 mailutils | [] | 7 904 make | [] [] | 18 905 man-db | | 5 906 minicom | | 11 907 mysecretdiary | [] [] | 12 908 nano | | 11 909 nano_1_0 | [] [] | 17 910 opcodes | [] | 7 911 parted | [] [] [] | 17 912 psmisc | [] | 7 913 ptx | [] [] | 23 914 pwdutils | | 1 915 python | | 0 916 radius | [] | 6 917 recode | [] [] | 22 918 rpm | [] [] | 11 919 screem | | 1 920 scrollkeeper | [] [] | 23 921 sed | [] [] | 19 922 sh-utils | [] | 15 923 shared-mime-info | [] [] | 19 924 sharutils | [] [] [] | 20 925 silky | | 3 926 skencil | | 6 927 sketch | | 6 928 solfege | | 4 929 soundtracker | [] | 8 930 sp | [] | 3 931 stardict | [] [] [] [] | 10 932 tar | [] [] | 13 933 texinfo | [] [] | 14 934 textutils | [] [] [] | 17 935 tin | | 1 936 tp-robot | [] [] | 7 937 tuxpaint | [] [] [] [] | 34 938 unicode-han-tra... | | 0 939 unicode-transla... | | 2 940 util-linux | [] [] | 17 941 vorbis-tools | [] | 10 942 wastesedge | | 1 943 wdiff | [] [] | 22 944 wget | [] [] [] [] | 31 945 xchat | [] [] [] | 22 946 xkeyboard-config | | 1 947 xpad | [] | 5 948 +--------------------------------------------+ 949 72 teams tg th tk tr uk ven vi wa xh zh_CN zh_TW zu 950 147 domains 0 0 1 78 29 0 71 16 0 41 20 0 1711 951 952 Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of 953visible blocks let us expect. This is because a few extra PO files are 954used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language 955dialects. 956 957 For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to 958which it applies should also have been internationalized and 959distributed as such by its maintainer. There might be an observable 960lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a 961distribution. 962 963 If April 2005 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy of 964this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites. The most up-to-date 965matrix with full percentage details can be found at 966`http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/matrix.html'. 967 9681.6 Using `gettext' in new packages 969=================================== 970 971If you are writing a freely available program and want to 972internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your 973package. Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public 974License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library. This means 975in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared 976library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static 977library or use modified versions of `libintl'. 978 979 Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle 980the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations. The 981Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not 982developed inside the GNU project. Therefore the information given above 983applies also for every other Free Software Project. Contact 984`translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to make the `.pot' files available to 985the translation teams. 986 987