| 1 | Notes on the Free Translation Project |
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| 2 | ************************************* |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | Free software is going international! The Free Translation Project |
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| 5 | is a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all |
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| 6 | together, so that will gradually become able to speak many languages. |
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| 7 | A few packages already provide translations for their messages. |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may |
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| 10 | assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally, |
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| 11 | itself available at your nearest GNU archive site. But you do _not_ |
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| 12 | need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using |
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| 13 | this package with messages translated. |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | Installers will find here some useful hints. These notes also |
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| 16 | explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the |
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| 17 | available translations. They tell how people wanting to contribute and |
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| 18 | work at translations should contact the appropriate team. |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be |
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| 21 | related to internationalization, you should tell about the version of |
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| 22 | `gettext' which is used. The information can be found in the |
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| 23 | `intl/VERSION' file, in internationalized packages. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | Quick configuration advice |
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| 26 | ========================== |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you |
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| 29 | should configure it using |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | ./configure --with-included-gettext |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this |
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| 34 | package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the |
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| 35 | operating system where this package is being installed. So far, only |
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| 36 | the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as |
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| 37 | many features (such as locale alias, message inheritance, automatic |
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| 38 | charset conversion or plural form handling) as the implementation here. |
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| 39 | It is also not possible to offer this additional functionality on top |
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| 40 | of a `catgets' implementation. Future versions of GNU `gettext' will |
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| 41 | very likely convey even more functionality. So it might be a good idea |
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| 42 | to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible. |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | So you need _not_ provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or |
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| 45 | you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the |
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| 46 | included `libintl'. |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | INSTALL Matters |
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| 49 | =============== |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the |
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| 52 | programs they contain can be made to speak your own native language. |
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| 53 | Most such packages use GNU `gettext'. Other packages have their own |
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| 54 | ways to internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'. |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of |
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| 57 | messages. It will automatically detect whether the system already |
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| 58 | provides the GNU `gettext' functions. If not, the GNU `gettext' own |
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| 59 | library will be used. This library is wholly contained within this |
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| 60 | package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior installation of |
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| 61 | the GNU `gettext' package is _not_ required. Installers may use |
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| 62 | special options at configuration time for changing the default |
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| 63 | behaviour. The commands: |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | ./configure --with-included-gettext |
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| 66 | ./configure --disable-nls |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | will respectively bypass any pre-existing `gettext' to use the |
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| 69 | internationalizing routines provided within this package, or else, |
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| 70 | _totally_ disable translation of messages. |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run |
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| 73 | configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will |
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| 74 | probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and |
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| 75 | will decide to use this. This might be not what is desirable. You |
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| 76 | should use the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library. I.e. |
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| 77 | if the file `intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this |
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| 78 | package is more recent, you should use |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | ./configure --with-included-gettext |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | to prevent auto-detection. |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | The configuration process will not test for the `catgets' function |
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| 85 | and therefore it will not be used. The reason is that even an |
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| 86 | emulation of `gettext' on top of `catgets' could not provide all the |
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| 87 | extensions of the GNU `gettext' library. |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | Internationalized packages have usually many `po/LL.po' files, where |
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| 90 | LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language. Unless |
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| 91 | translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the |
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| 92 | `--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed |
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| 93 | together with the package. However, the environment variable `LINGUAS' |
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| 94 | may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set. |
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| 95 | `LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter |
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| 96 | codes, stating which languages are allowed. |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | Using This Package |
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| 99 | ================== |
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| 100 | |
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| 101 | As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you |
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| 102 | only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate |
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| 103 | `LL_CC' combination. Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code, |
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| 104 | and `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code. For example, let's |
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| 105 | suppose that you speak German and live in Germany. At the shell |
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| 106 | prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'), |
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| 107 | `export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash'). |
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| 108 | This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for |
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| 109 | all. |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | You might think that the country code specification is redundant. |
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| 112 | But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries. For |
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| 113 | example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil. The |
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| 114 | country code serves to distinguish the dialects. |
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| 115 | |
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| 116 | The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the |
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| 117 | language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based |
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| 118 | on GNU libc. On other systems, some variations of this scheme are |
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| 119 | used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'. You can get the list of |
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| 120 | locales supported by your system for your country by running the command |
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| 121 | `locale -a | grep '^LL''. |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | Not all programs have translations for all languages. By default, an |
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| 124 | English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation. If you |
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| 125 | understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages. |
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| 126 | This is done through a different environment variable, called |
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| 127 | `LANGUAGE'. GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG' |
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| 128 | for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG' |
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| 129 | set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the |
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| 130 | system libraries. For example, some Swedish users who would rather |
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| 131 | read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not |
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| 132 | available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'. |
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| 133 | |
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| 134 | In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG' |
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| 135 | environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL' |
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| 136 | to denote the language's main dialect. For example, `de' is equivalent |
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| 137 | to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT' |
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| 138 | (Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context. |
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| 139 | |
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| 140 | Translating Teams |
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| 141 | ================= |
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| 142 | |
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| 143 | For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested |
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| 144 | people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also |
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| 145 | able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language. |
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| 146 | Each translation team has its own mailing list. The up-to-date list of |
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| 147 | teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage, |
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| 148 | `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/', in the "National teams" |
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| 149 | area. |
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| 150 | |
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| 151 | If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you |
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| 152 | should become a member of the translating team for your own language. |
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| 153 | The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has |
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| 154 | `-request' appended. For example, speakers of Swedish can send a |
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| 155 | message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body: |
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| 156 | |
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| 157 | subscribe |
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| 158 | |
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| 159 | Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate |
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| 160 | _actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties, |
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| 161 | rather than merely lurking around. If your team does not exist yet and |
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| 162 | you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to |
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| 163 | get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the |
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| 164 | coordinator for all translator teams. |
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| 165 | |
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| 166 | The English team is special. It works at improving and uniformizing |
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| 167 | the terminology in use. Proven linguistic skill are praised more than |
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| 168 | programming skill, here. |
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| 169 | |
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| 170 | Available Packages |
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| 171 | ================== |
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| 172 | |
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| 173 | Languages are not equally supported in all packages. The following |
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| 174 | matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of February |
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| 175 | 2003. The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages |
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| 176 | PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a |
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| 177 | translation percentage of at least 50%. |
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| 178 | |
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| 179 | Ready PO files az be bg ca cs da de el en en_GB eo es et fa fi |
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| 180 | +-------------------------------------------------+ |
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| 181 | a2ps | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 182 | aegis | () | |
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| 183 | anubis | | |
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| 184 | ap-utils | | |
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| 185 | bash | [] [] [] | |
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| 186 | batchelor | | |
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| 187 | bfd | [] [] | |
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| 188 | binutils | [] [] | |
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| 189 | bison | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 190 | clisp | [] [] [] | |
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| 191 | clisp | | |
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| 192 | coreutils | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 193 | cpio | [] [] [] | |
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| 194 | darkstat | () [] | |
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| 195 | diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 196 | enscript | [] [] [] | |
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| 197 | error | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 198 | fetchmail | [] () [] [] [] | |
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| 199 | fileutils | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 200 | findutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 201 | flex | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 202 | gas | [] | |
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| 203 | gawk | [] [] [] | |
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| 204 | gcal | [] | |
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| 205 | gcc | [] [] | |
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| 206 | gettext | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 207 | gimp-print | | |
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| 208 | gliv | | |
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| 209 | gnucash | [] () | |
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| 210 | gnucash-glossary| [] () [] | |
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| 211 | gnupg | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 212 | gpe-todo | | |
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| 213 | gphoto2 | [] [] | |
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| 214 | gprof | [] [] | |
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| 215 | gpsdrive | () () () () | |
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| 216 | grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 217 | gretl | [] | |
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| 218 | hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 219 | id-utils | [] [] | |
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| 220 | indent | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 221 | jpilot | () [] [] [] | |
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| 222 | jwhois | [] | |
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| 223 | kbd | [] [] [] | |
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| 224 | ld | [] [] | |
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| 225 | libc | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 226 | libgpewidget | | |
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| 227 | libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 228 | lifelines | [] () | |
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| 229 | lilypond | [] | |
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| 230 | lingoteach | [] | |
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| 231 | lingoteach_lessons| () () | |
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| 232 | lynx | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 233 | m4 | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 234 | mailutils | [] [] | |
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| 235 | make | [] [] [] | |
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| 236 | man-db | [] () [] () | |
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| 237 | mysecretdiary | [] [] [] | |
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| 238 | nano | [] () [] [] [] | |
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| 239 | nano_1_0 | [] () [] [] [] | |
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| 240 | opcodes | [] [] | |
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| 241 | parted | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 242 | ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 243 | python | | |
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| 244 | radius | | |
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| 245 | recode | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 246 | sed | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 247 | sh-utils | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 248 | sharutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 249 | sketch | [] () [] | |
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| 250 | soundtracker | [] [] [] | |
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| 251 | sp | [] | |
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| 252 | tar | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 253 | texinfo | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 254 | textutils | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 255 | tin | () () [] | |
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| 256 | util-linux | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 257 | vorbis-tools | [] [] | |
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| 258 | wastesedge | () | |
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| 259 | wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 260 | wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 261 | xchat | | |
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| 262 | xpad | | |
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| 263 | +-------------------------------------------------+ |
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| 264 | az be bg ca cs da de el en en_GB eo es et fa fi |
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| 265 | 0 1 2 26 9 49 46 9 1 1 11 52 19 1 15 |
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| 266 | |
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| 267 | fr gl he hr hu id it ja ko lg lv ms nb nl |
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| 268 | +-------------------------------------------+ |
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| 269 | a2ps | [] () () [] [] | |
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| 270 | aegis | () | |
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| 271 | anubis | [] [] | |
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| 272 | ap-utils | [] | |
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| 273 | bash | [] [] | |
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| 274 | batchelor | | |
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| 275 | bfd | [] [] | |
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| 276 | binutils | [] [] | |
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| 277 | bison | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 278 | clisp | [] [] | |
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| 279 | clisp | | |
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| 280 | coreutils | [] [] [] | |
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| 281 | cpio | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 282 | darkstat | () [] [] [] | |
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| 283 | diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 284 | enscript | [] [] [] | |
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| 285 | error | [] [] [] | |
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| 286 | fetchmail | [] | |
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| 287 | fileutils | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 288 | findutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 289 | flex | [] [] | |
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| 290 | gas | [] | |
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| 291 | gawk | [] [] | |
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| 292 | gcal | [] | |
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| 293 | gcc | [] | |
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| 294 | gettext | [] [] [] | |
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| 295 | gimp-print | | |
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| 296 | gliv | () | |
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| 297 | gnucash | [] [] [] | |
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| 298 | gnucash-glossary| [] [] | |
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| 299 | gnupg | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 300 | gpe-todo | | |
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| 301 | gphoto2 | [] [] [] | |
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| 302 | gprof | [] [] | |
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| 303 | gpsdrive | () [] () () | |
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| 304 | grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 305 | gretl | [] | |
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| 306 | hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 307 | id-utils | [] [] [] | |
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| 308 | indent | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 309 | jpilot | [] () () | |
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| 310 | jwhois | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 311 | kbd | [] | |
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| 312 | ld | [] | |
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| 313 | libc | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 314 | libgpewidget | | |
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| 315 | libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 316 | lifelines | () | |
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| 317 | lilypond | [] [] | |
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| 318 | lingoteach | [] | |
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| 319 | lingoteach_lessons| | |
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| 320 | lynx | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 321 | m4 | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 322 | mailutils | | |
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| 323 | make | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 324 | man-db | [] () () | |
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| 325 | mysecretdiary | [] [] | |
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| 326 | nano | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 327 | nano_1_0 | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 328 | opcodes | [] [] [] | |
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| 329 | parted | [] [] [] | |
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| 330 | ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 331 | python | | |
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| 332 | radius | | |
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| 333 | recode | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 334 | sed | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 335 | sh-utils | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 336 | sharutils | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 337 | sketch | [] | |
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| 338 | soundtracker | [] [] [] | |
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| 339 | sp | [] () | |
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| 340 | tar | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 341 | texinfo | [] [] [] [] | |
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| 342 | textutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 343 | tin | | |
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| 344 | util-linux | [] [] () [] [] | |
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| 345 | vorbis-tools | [] | |
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| 346 | wastesedge | () | |
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| 347 | wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 348 | wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | |
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| 349 | xchat | | |
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| 350 | xpad | | |
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| 351 | +-------------------------------------------+ |
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| 352 | fr gl he hr hu id it ja ko lg lv ms nb nl |
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| 353 | 59 23 8 10 26 20 18 26 8 0 1 8 7 24 |
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| 354 | |
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| 355 | nn no pl pt pt_BR ro ru sk sl sv tr uk zh_CN zh_TW |
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| 356 | +----------------------------------------------------+ |
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| 357 | a2ps | () () () [] [] [] [] [] [] | 14 |
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| 358 | aegis | () | 0 |
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| 359 | anubis | [] [] | 4 |
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| 360 | ap-utils | () () | 1 |
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| 361 | bash | [] [] | 7 |
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| 362 | batchelor | | 0 |
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| 363 | bfd | [] [] | 6 |
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| 364 | binutils | [] [] | 6 |
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| 365 | bison | [] [] [] | 11 |
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| 366 | clisp | | 5 |
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| 367 | clisp | | 0 |
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| 368 | coreutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 12 |
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| 369 | cpio | [] [] [] [] [] | 13 |
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| 370 | darkstat | [] [] () () | 6 |
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| 371 | diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 19 |
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| 372 | enscript | [] [] [] [] | 10 |
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| 373 | error | [] [] [] [] | 11 |
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| 374 | fetchmail | () () [] | 6 |
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| 375 | fileutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 14 |
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| 376 | findutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 24 |
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| 377 | flex | [] [] [] [] | 10 |
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| 378 | gas | [] | 3 |
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| 379 | gawk | [] [] | 7 |
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| 380 | gcal | [] [] | 4 |
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| 381 | gcc | [] | 4 |
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| 382 | gettext | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 14 |
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| 383 | gimp-print | | 0 |
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| 384 | gliv | [] | 1 |
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| 385 | gnucash | [] [] [] [] [] | 9 |
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| 386 | gnucash-glossary| [] [] [] [] | 8 |
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| 387 | gnupg | [] [] [] [] | 16 |
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| 388 | gpe-todo | | 0 |
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| 389 | gphoto2 | [] [] | 7 |
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| 390 | gprof | [] [] [] | 7 |
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| 391 | gpsdrive | [] [] | 3 |
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| 392 | grep | [] [] [] [] [] | 20 |
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| 393 | gretl | | 2 |
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| 394 | hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 31 |
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| 395 | id-utils | [] [] [] [] | 9 |
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| 396 | indent | [] [] [] [] [] | 17 |
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| 397 | jpilot | () [] [] [] [] | 8 |
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| 398 | jwhois | [] () () [] [] | 8 |
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| 399 | kbd | [] [] | 6 |
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| 400 | ld | [] [] | 5 |
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| 401 | libc | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 20 |
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| 402 | libgpewidget | | 0 |
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| 403 | libiconv | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 18 |
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| 404 | lifelines | [] | 2 |
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| 405 | lilypond | [] | 4 |
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| 406 | lingoteach | [] [] | 4 |
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| 407 | lingoteach_lessons| () | 0 |
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| 408 | lynx | [] [] [] [] | 13 |
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| 409 | m4 | [] [] [] [] | 13 |
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| 410 | mailutils | | 2 |
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| 411 | make | [] [] [] [] [] | 15 |
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| 412 | man-db | [] | 4 |
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| 413 | mysecretdiary | [] [] [] | 8 |
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| 414 | nano | [] [] [] | 13 |
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| 415 | nano_1_0 | [] [] [] [] [] | 15 |
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| 416 | opcodes | [] [] [] | 8 |
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| 417 | parted | [] [] [] [] [] | 12 |
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| 418 | ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 20 |
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| 419 | python | | 0 |
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| 420 | radius | | 0 |
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| 421 | recode | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 16 |
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| 422 | sed | [] [] [] [] [] | 16 |
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| 423 | sh-utils | [] [] [] | 12 |
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| 424 | sharutils | [] [] [] [] | 16 |
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| 425 | sketch | [] [] | 5 |
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| 426 | soundtracker | [] | 7 |
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| 427 | sp | [] | 3 |
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| 428 | tar | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 24 |
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| 429 | texinfo | [] [] [] [] | 12 |
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| 430 | textutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 15 |
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| 431 | tin | | 1 |
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| 432 | util-linux | [] [] [] | 14 |
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| 433 | vorbis-tools | [] | 4 |
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| 434 | wastesedge | | 0 |
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| 435 | wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] | 15 |
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| 436 | wget | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 24 |
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| 437 | xchat | | 0 |
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| 438 | xpad | | 0 |
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| 439 | +----------------------------------------------------+ |
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| 440 | 43 teams nn no pl pt pt_BR ro ru sk sl sv tr uk zh_CN zh_TW |
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| 441 | 82 domains 3 4 14 4 34 1 29 14 13 53 46 6 9 13 723 |
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| 442 | |
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| 443 | Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of |
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| 444 | visible blocks let us expect. This is because a few extra PO files are |
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| 445 | used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language |
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| 446 | dialects. |
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| 447 | |
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| 448 | For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to |
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| 449 | which it applies should also have been internationalized and |
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| 450 | distributed as such by its maintainer. There might be an observable |
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| 451 | lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a |
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| 452 | distribution. |
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| 453 | |
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| 454 | If February 2003 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy |
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| 455 | of this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites. The most |
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| 456 | up-to-date matrix with full percentage details can be found at |
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| 457 | `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/matrix.html'. |
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| 458 | |
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| 459 | Using `gettext' in new packages |
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| 460 | =============================== |
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| 461 | |
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| 462 | If you are writing a freely available program and want to |
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| 463 | internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your |
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| 464 | package. Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public |
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| 465 | License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library. This means |
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| 466 | in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared |
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| 467 | library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static |
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| 468 | library or use modified versions of `libintl'. |
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| 469 | |
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| 470 | Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle |
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| 471 | the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations. The |
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| 472 | Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not |
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| 473 | developed inside the GNU project. Therefore the information given above |
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| 474 | applies also for every other Free Software Project. Contact |
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| 475 | `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to make the `.pot' files available to |
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| 476 | the translation teams. |
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| 477 | |
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