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1 1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
2 ***************************************
4 Free software is going international!  The Free Translation Project is
5 a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all
6 together, so that free software will gradually become able to speak many
7 languages.  A few packages already provide translations for their
8 messages.
10    If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may
11 assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally,
12 itself available at your nearest GNU archive site.  But you do _not_
13 need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using
14 this package with messages translated.
16    Installers will find here some useful hints.  These notes also
17 explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the
18 available translations.  They tell how people wanting to contribute and
19 work on translations can contact the appropriate team.
21    When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be
22 related 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.
26 1.1 Quick configuration advice
27 ==============================
29 If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
30 should configure it using
32      ./configure --with-included-gettext
34 to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this
35 package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the
36 operating system where this package is being installed.  So far, only
37 the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as
38 many features (such as locale alias, message inheritance, automatic
39 charset conversion or plural form handling) as the implementation here.
40 It is also not possible to offer this additional functionality on top
41 of a `catgets' implementation.  Future versions of GNU `gettext' will
42 very likely convey even more functionality.  So it might be a good idea
43 to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible.
45    So you need _not_ provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or
46 you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the
47 included `libintl'.
49 1.2 INSTALL Matters
50 ===================
52 Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the programs
53 they contain can be made to speak your own native language.  Most such
54 packages use GNU `gettext'.  Other packages have their own ways to
55 internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'.
57    By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of
58 messages.  It will automatically detect whether the system already
59 provides the GNU `gettext' functions.  If not, the included GNU
60 `gettext' library will be used.  This library is wholly contained
61 within this package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior
62 installation of the GNU `gettext' package is _not_ required.
63 Installers may use special options at configuration time for changing
64 the default behaviour.  The commands:
66      ./configure --with-included-gettext
67      ./configure --disable-nls
69 will, respectively, bypass any pre-existing `gettext' to use the
70 internationalizing routines provided within this package, or else,
71 _totally_ disable translation of messages.
73    When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run
74 configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will
75 probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and
76 will decide to use this.  This might not be desirable.  You should use
77 the 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
79 more recent, you should use
81      ./configure --with-included-gettext
83 to prevent auto-detection.
85    The configuration process will not test for the `catgets' function
86 and therefore it will not be used.  The reason is that even an
87 emulation of `gettext' on top of `catgets' could not provide all the
88 extensions of the GNU `gettext' library.
90    Internationalized packages usually have many `po/LL.po' files, where
91 LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language.  Unless
92 translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the
93 `--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed
94 together with the package.  However, the environment variable `LINGUAS'
95 may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set.
96 `LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter
97 codes, stating which languages are allowed.
99 1.3 Using This Package
100 ======================
102 As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you
103 only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate
104 `LL_CC' combination.  If you happen to have the `LC_ALL' or some other
105 `LC_xxx' environment variables set, you should unset them before
106 setting `LANG', otherwise the setting of `LANG' will not have the
107 desired effect.  Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code, and
108 `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code.  For example, let's
109 suppose that you speak German and live in Germany.  At the shell
110 prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'),
111 `export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash').
112 This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for
113 all.
115    You might think that the country code specification is redundant.
116 But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries.  For
117 example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil.  The
118 country code serves to distinguish the dialects.
120    The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the
121 language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based
122 on GNU libc.  On other systems, some variations of this scheme are
123 used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'.  You can get the list of
124 locales supported by your system for your language by running the
125 command `locale -a | grep '^LL''.
127    Not all programs have translations for all languages.  By default, an
128 English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation.  If you
129 understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages.
130 This is done through a different environment variable, called
131 `LANGUAGE'.  GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG'
132 for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG'
133 set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the
134 system libraries.  For example, some Swedish users who would rather
135 read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not
136 available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'.
138    Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian
139 bokma*l changed from `no' to `nb' recently (in 2003).  During the
140 transition period, while some message catalogs for this language are
141 installed under `nb' and some older ones under `no', it's recommended
142 for Norwegian users to set `LANGUAGE' to `nb:no' so that both newer and
143 older translations are used.
145    In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG'
146 environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL'
147 to denote the language's main dialect.  For example, `de' is equivalent
148 to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT'
149 (Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context.
151 1.4 Translating Teams
152 =====================
154 For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
155 people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
156 able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
157 Each translation team has its own mailing list.  The up-to-date list of
158 teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage,
159 `http://translationproject.org/', in the "Teams" area.
161    If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you
162 should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
163 The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has
164 `-request' appended.  For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
165 message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:
167      subscribe
169    Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
170 _actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
171 rather than merely lurking around.  If your team does not exist yet and
172 you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
173 get started, please write to `coordinator@translationproject.org' to
174 reach the coordinator for all translator teams.
176    The English team is special.  It works at improving and uniformizing
177 the terminology in use.  Proven linguistic skills are praised more than
178 programming skills, here.
180 1.5 Available Packages
181 ======================
183 Languages are not equally supported in all packages.  The following
184 matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of November
185 2007.  The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
186 PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a
187 translation percentage of at least 50%.
189      Ready PO files       af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
190                         +----------------------------------------------------+
191      Compendium         |                      []       [] []        []      |
192      a2ps               |             []                [] [] []     []      |
193      aegis              |                                  ()                |
194      ant-phone          |                                  ()                |
195      anubis             |                                  []                |
196      ap-utils           |                                                    |
197      aspell             |                      [] []    [] []        []      |
198      bash               |                                                 [] |
199      bfd                |                                                    |
200      bibshelf           |                                  []                |
201      binutils           |                                                    |
202      bison              |                               [] []                |
203      bison-runtime      |                                  []                |
204      bluez-pin          | []                      []       [] []          [] |
205      cflow              |                               []                   |
206      clisp              |                               [] []    []          |
207      console-tools      |                         []       []                |
208      coreutils          |                []    [] []       []                |
209      cpio               |                                                    |
210      cpplib             |                      []       [] []                |
211      cryptonit          |                                  []                |
212      dialog             |                                                    |
213      diffutils          |                      [] []    [] [] []          [] |
214      doodle             |                                  []                |
215      e2fsprogs          |                         []       []                |
216      enscript           |                      []       [] []        []      |
217      fetchmail          |                      []       [] () []     []      |
218      findutils          |                []                                  |
219      findutils_stable   |                []    []       []                   |
220      flex               |                      []       [] []                |
221      fslint             |                                                    |
222      gas                |                                                    |
223      gawk               |                      []       [] []                |
224      gcal               |                      []                            |
225      gcc                |                                  []                |
226      gettext-examples   | []                   []          [] []          [] |
227      gettext-runtime    |             []       []       [] []             [] |
228      gettext-tools      |                      []          []                |
229      gip                |                []                                  |
230      gliv               |                []                []                |
231      glunarclock        |                []                                  |
232      gmult              | []                               []                |
233      gnubiff            |                                  ()                |
234      gnucash            |                      [] []       () ()     []      |
235      gnuedu             |                                                    |
236      gnulib             |                []                                  |
237      gnunet             |                                                    |
238      gnunet-gtk         |                                                    |
239      gnutls             |                                  []                |
240      gpe-aerial         |                         []       []                |
241      gpe-beam           |                         []       []                |
242      gpe-calendar       |                                                    |
243      gpe-clock          |                         []       []                |
244      gpe-conf           |                         []       []                |
245      gpe-contacts       |                                                    |
246      gpe-edit           |                         []                         |
247      gpe-filemanager    |                                                    |
248      gpe-go             |                         []                         |
249      gpe-login          |                         []       []                |
250      gpe-ownerinfo      |                         []       []                |
251      gpe-package        |                                                    |
252      gpe-sketchbook     |                         []       []                |
253      gpe-su             |                         []       []                |
254      gpe-taskmanager    |                         []       []                |
255      gpe-timesheet      |                         []                         |
256      gpe-today          |                         []       []                |
257      gpe-todo           |                                                    |
258      gphoto2            |                         []    [] []        []      |
259      gprof              |                               [] []                |
260      gpsdrive           |                                                    |
261      gramadoir          | []                               []                |
262      grep               |                         []                      [] |
263      gretl              |                                  ()                |
264      gsasl              |                                                    |
265      gss                |                                                    |
266      gst-plugins-bad    |                []             []                   |
267      gst-plugins-base   |                []             []                   |
268      gst-plugins-good   |                []    []       []                   |
269      gst-plugins-ugly   |                []             []                   |
270      gstreamer          | []             []    [] []    [] []        []      |
271      gtick              |                                  ()                |
272      gtkam              |             []          []    [] []                |
273      gtkorphan          |                []                []                |
274      gtkspell           |             []                   [] []          [] |
275      gutenprint         |                               []                   |
276      hello              |                []    []       [] []             [] |
277      herrie             |                                  []                |
278      hylafax            |                                                    |
279      idutils            |                               [] []                |
280      indent             |                      [] []       []             [] |
281      iso_15924          |                                                    |
282      iso_3166           |       []    [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []          [] |
283      iso_3166_2         |                                                    |
284      iso_4217           |                         []    [] []                |
285      iso_639            |                         []    [] []             [] |
286      jpilot             |                         []                         |
287      jtag               |                                                    |
288      jwhois             |                                                    |
289      kbd                |                         []    [] [] []             |
290      keytouch           |                      []          []                |
291      keytouch-editor    |                                  []                |
292      keytouch-keyboa... |                      []                            |
293      latrine            |                                  ()                |
294      ld                 |                               []                   |
295      leafpad            |                []    [] []       [] []             |
296      libc               |                      [] []    [] []                |
297      libexif            |                                  []                |
298      libextractor       |                                  []                |
299      libgpewidget       |                         []    [] []                |
300      libgpg-error       |                                  []                |
301      libgphoto2         |                               [] []                |
302      libgphoto2_port    |                               [] []                |
303      libgsasl           |                                                    |
304      libiconv           |                                  []             [] |
305      libidn             |                         []    []                [] |
306      lifelines          |                               [] ()                |
307      lilypond           |                                  []                |
308      lingoteach         |                                                    |
309      lprng              |                                                    |
310      lynx               |                      [] []    [] []                |
311      m4                 |                         []    [] [] []             |
312      mailfromd          |                                                    |
313      mailutils          |                      []                            |
314      make               |                               [] []                |
315      man-db             |                      []       [] []                |
316      minicom            |                         []    [] []                |
317      nano               |                []    []          []                |
318      opcodes            |                                  []                |
319      parted             |                         []       []                |
320      pilot-qof          |                                                    |
321      popt               |                         []    [] []                |
322      psmisc             |                []                                  |
323      pwdutils           |                                                    |
324      qof                |                                                    |
325      radius             |                      []                            |
326      recode             |             []       []       [] [] []          [] |
327      rpm                |                               []                   |
328      screem             |                                                    |
329      scrollkeeper       |          [] []       [] [] [] [] []        []      |
330      sed                |                      []          []             [] |
331      shared-mime-info   |                []    [] []    [] () []     []   [] |
332      sharutils          |                []    [] []    [] [] []             |
333      shishi             |                                                    |
334      skencil            |                               [] ()                |
335      solfege            |                                                    |
336      soundtracker       |                               [] []                |
337      sp                 |                                  []                |
338      system-tools-ba... |       []       [] [] [] []    [] [] []     []      |
339      tar                |                []                []                |
340      texinfo            |                               [] []             [] |
341      tin                |                                  ()        ()      |
342      tuxpaint           | []             []             [] []        []   [] |
343      unicode-han-tra... |                                                    |
344      unicode-transla... |                                                    |
345      util-linux         |                      [] []    [] []                |
346      util-linux-ng      |                      [] []    [] []                |
347      vorbis-tools       |                         []                         |
348      wastesedge         |                                  ()                |
349      wdiff              |                      []       [] []        []      |
350      wget               |                      [] []       []                |
351      xchat              |             [] []    [] []       [] []     []      |
352      xkeyboard-config   |                []                                  |
353      xpad               |                []             []           []      |
354                         +----------------------------------------------------+
355                           af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
356                            6  0  2  1  8 26  2 40 48  2 56 88 15  1  15   18
358                           es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
359                         +--------------------------------------------------+
360      Compendium         | []          [] []  []                []          |
361      a2ps               |    []       [] []                             () |
362      aegis              |                                                  |
363      ant-phone          |                []                                |
364      anubis             |                []                                |
365      ap-utils           |             [] []                                |
366      aspell             |                []  []                         [] |
367      bash               | []                                               |
368      bfd                | []          []                                   |
369      bibshelf           | []                 []                         [] |
370      binutils           | []          [] []                                |
371      bison              | [] []          []  []                   []    [] |
372      bison-runtime      |    []          []  []                   []    [] |
373      bluez-pin          |             [] []  []                [] []       |
374      cflow              |                    []                            |
375      clisp              | []             []                                |
376      console-tools      |                                                  |
377      coreutils          | [] []       [] []  []                []          |
378      cpio               | []             []  []                            |
379      cpplib             | []             []                                |
380      cryptonit          |                []                                |
381      dialog             |       []           []                         [] |
382      diffutils          | []          [] []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
383      doodle             |                    []                         [] |
384      e2fsprogs          | []             []                             [] |
385      enscript           |                []  []             []             |
386      fetchmail          | []                                               |
387      findutils          |    []              []                []          |
388      findutils_stable   |    []          []  []                []          |
389      flex               | []             []  []                            |
390      fslint             |                                                  |
391      gas                | []             []                                |
392      gawk               | []             []  []       []                () |
393      gcal               | []             []                                |
394      gcc                | []                                               |
395      gettext-examples   | []          [] []  []                [] []    [] |
396      gettext-runtime    | []          [] []  []                   []    [] |
397      gettext-tools      | []    []       []                             [] |
398      gip                | []    []       []  []                            |
399      gliv               |                ()                                |
400      glunarclock        |             []     []                []          |
401      gmult              |       []       []                             [] |
402      gnubiff            |                ()                             () |
403      gnucash            | ()             ()                    ()          |
404      gnuedu             | []                                               |
405      gnulib             | [] []              []                            |
406      gnunet             |                                                  |
407      gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
408      gnutls             |                                                  |
409      gpe-aerial         | []             []                                |
410      gpe-beam           | []             []                                |
411      gpe-calendar       |                                                  |
412      gpe-clock          | []          [] []                    []          |
413      gpe-conf           |                []                                |
414      gpe-contacts       | []             []                                |
415      gpe-edit           | []             []                    [] []       |
416      gpe-filemanager    | []                                               |
417      gpe-go             | []             []                    []          |
418      gpe-login          | []             []                    []          |
419      gpe-ownerinfo      | []          [] []                    [] []       |
420      gpe-package        | []                                               |
421      gpe-sketchbook     | []             []                                |
422      gpe-su             | []          [] []                    []          |
423      gpe-taskmanager    | []          [] []                                |
424      gpe-timesheet      | []             []  []                   []       |
425      gpe-today          | []          [] []  []                            |
426      gpe-todo           | []                                               |
427      gphoto2            | []          [] []                    []       [] |
428      gprof              | []          [] []  []                   []       |
429      gpsdrive           |    []                                            |
430      gramadoir          |                []  []                            |
431      grep               | []          []     []                            |
432      gretl              | []    []       []                             () |
433      gsasl              |                    []                   []       |
434      gss                |                []  []                            |
435      gst-plugins-bad    | []          []                       []       [] |
436      gst-plugins-base   | []          []                       []       [] |
437      gst-plugins-good   | []    []    []                       []       [] |
438      gst-plugins-ugly   | []          []                       []       [] |
439      gstreamer          |             []                       []       [] |
440      gtick              |             []     []                         [] |
441      gtkam              | []             []                    []       [] |
442      gtkorphan          |                []                             [] |
443      gtkspell           | []    []    [] []  []                []       [] |
444      gutenprint         |                                      []          |
445      hello              | [] [] [] [] [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
446      herrie             |                    []                            |
447      hylafax            |                                                  |
448      idutils            |                []  []                [] []    [] |
449      indent             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             [] []    [] |
450      iso_15924          |                []                                |
451      iso_3166           | [] [] []    [] []     [] [] [] [] [] [] []    [] |
452      iso_3166_2         |                []                                |
453      iso_4217           | [] []       [] []                    []       [] |
454      iso_639            | []       [] [] []  []                []          |
455      jpilot             | []             []                                |
456      jtag               |                []                                |
457      jwhois             | []             []                    [] []    [] |
458      kbd                | []             []                                |
459      keytouch           |                []  []                         [] |
460      keytouch-editor    |                    []                            |
461      keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                         [] |
462      latrine            |                    []                         [] |
463      ld                 | []          [] []  []                            |
464      leafpad            | []             []  []       []       []       [] |
465      libc               | []          [] []     []             []          |
466      libexif            | []                                               |
467      libextractor       |                    []                            |
468      libgpewidget       | []             []  []                [] []       |
469      libgpg-error       |                []                                |
470      libgphoto2         | []             []                             [] |
471      libgphoto2_port    |                []                             [] |
472      libgsasl           |                []  []                            |
473      libiconv           |    []       []     []                            |
474      libidn             |                []                             [] |
475      lifelines          |                ()                                |
476      lilypond           | []          [] []                                |
477      lingoteach         |                []                       []    [] |
478      lprng              |                                                  |
479      lynx               |    []                                []       [] |
480      m4                 |                []  [] []                []       |
481      mailfromd          |                                                  |
482      mailutils          | []             []                                |
483      make               | []          [] []  [] []    []    []    []       |
484      man-db             |                                               [] |
485      minicom            | []          [] []                    []          |
486      nano               | []    []       []  [] []             []       [] |
487      opcodes            | []          [] []  []                            |
488      parted             |                []                       []    [] |
489      pilot-qof          |                                                  |
490      popt               |                []  [] []                   []    |
491      psmisc             |                                      []       [] |
492      pwdutils           |                                                  |
493      qof                |                                         []       |
494      radius             | []             []                                |
495      recode             | []             []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
496      rpm                |                []                       []       |
497      screem             |                                                  |
498      scrollkeeper       | []          []                       []          |
499      sed                | [] []          []  []                []          |
500      shared-mime-info   | []    []    [] []                    []       [] |
501      sharutils          | [] []       [] []  [] []             []       [] |
502      shishi             |                []                                |
503      skencil            | []             []                                |
504      solfege            |                                               [] |
505      soundtracker       | []             []                             [] |
506      sp                 |                []                                |
507      system-tools-ba... | []    []    [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
508      tar                |    [] []    []     []                []          |
509      texinfo            |                []           []       []          |
510      tin                |    []          ()                                |
511      tuxpaint           |                    []                []          |
512      unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
513      unicode-transla... |                []  []                            |
514      util-linux         | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
515      util-linux-ng      | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
516      vorbis-tools       |                                                  |
517      wastesedge         |                ()                                |
518      wdiff              | [] []          []  [] []             [] []    [] |
519      wget               |    []       [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
520      xchat              | []          [] []        []    []    []       [] |
521      xkeyboard-config   | []          [] []                    []          |
522      xpad               | []                 []                []          |
523                         +--------------------------------------------------+
524                           es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
525                           85 22 14  2 48 101 61 12  2  8  2  6 53 29  1 52
527                           ja ka ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn
528                         +--------------------------------------------------+
529      Compendium         |                                           []     |
530      a2ps               |       ()                      []          []     |
531      aegis              |                                           ()     |
532      ant-phone          |                                           []     |
533      anubis             |                               []    []    []     |
534      ap-utils           |                               []                 |
535      aspell             |                            []             []     |
536      bash               |                                           []     |
537      bfd                |                                                  |
538      bibshelf           |                               []                 |
539      binutils           |                                                  |
540      bison              |                               []    []    []     |
541      bison-runtime      |                               []    []    []     |
542      bluez-pin          |          []                   []          []     |
543      cflow              |                                                  |
544      clisp              |                                           []     |
545      console-tools      |                                                  |
546      coreutils          |                                           []     |
547      cpio               |                                           []     |
548      cpplib             |                                           []     |
549      cryptonit          |                                           []     |
550      dialog             |                               []          []     |
551      diffutils          | []                            []          []     |
552      doodle             |                                                  |
553      e2fsprogs          |                                           []     |
554      enscript           |                                           []     |
555      fetchmail          | []                                        []     |
556      findutils          |                                           []     |
557      findutils_stable   |                                           []     |
558      flex               |       []                                  []     |
559      fslint             |                                                  |
560      gas                |                                                  |
561      gawk               | []                                        []     |
562      gcal               |                                                  |
563      gcc                |                                                  |
564      gettext-examples   | []                            []          []     |
565      gettext-runtime    | []    []                                  []     |
566      gettext-tools      | []    []                                         |
567      gip                |                               []          []     |
568      gliv               |                                           []     |
569      glunarclock        |                               []          []     |
570      gmult              | []                            []          []     |
571      gnubiff            |                                                  |
572      gnucash            | ()                                  () ()        |
573      gnuedu             |                                                  |
574      gnulib             | []                                        []     |
575      gnunet             |                                                  |
576      gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
577      gnutls             |                               []                 |
578      gpe-aerial         |                                           []     |
579      gpe-beam           |                                           []     |
580      gpe-calendar       | []                                               |
581      gpe-clock          | []    []                                  []     |
582      gpe-conf           | []    []                                  []     |
583      gpe-contacts       |       []                                         |
584      gpe-edit           | []    []                                  []     |
585      gpe-filemanager    | []    []                                         |
586      gpe-go             | []    []                                  []     |
587      gpe-login          | []    []                                  []     |
588      gpe-ownerinfo      | []                                        []     |
589      gpe-package        | []    []                                         |
590      gpe-sketchbook     |       []                                  []     |
591      gpe-su             | []    []                                  []     |
592      gpe-taskmanager    | []    [] []                               []     |
593      gpe-timesheet      |                                           []     |
594      gpe-today          | []                                        []     |
595      gpe-todo           | []                                               |
596      gphoto2            | []                                        []     |
597      gprof              |                               []                 |
598      gpsdrive           |                                           []     |
599      gramadoir          |                                           ()     |
600      grep               |             []                            []     |
601      gretl              |                                                  |
602      gsasl              |                                           []     |
603      gss                |                                                  |
604      gst-plugins-bad    |                                           []     |
605      gst-plugins-base   |                                           []     |
606      gst-plugins-good   |                                           []     |
607      gst-plugins-ugly   |                                           []     |
608      gstreamer          |                                           []     |
609      gtick              |                                           []     |
610      gtkam              | []                                        []     |
611      gtkorphan          |                                           []     |
612      gtkspell           |                            []             []     |
613      gutenprint         |                                           []     |
614      hello              | [] [] []                      []    []    []  [] |
615      herrie             |                                           []     |
616      hylafax            |                                                  |
617      idutils            |                                           []     |
618      indent             | []                                        []     |
619      iso_15924          |                                           []     |
620      iso_3166           | []    [] []       []    []          []    []  [] |
621      iso_3166_2         |                                           []     |
622      iso_4217           | []                []                      []     |
623      iso_639            | []                []                      []  [] |
624      jpilot             | ()                                        ()     |
625      jtag               |                                                  |
626      jwhois             |                                           []     |
627      kbd                |                                           []     |
628      keytouch           |                                           []     |
629      keytouch-editor    |                                           []     |
630      keytouch-keyboa... |                                                  |
631      latrine            |                                           []     |
632      ld                 |                                                  |
633      leafpad            | []                []                             |
634      libc               | []    []                                  []     |
635      libexif            |                                                  |
636      libextractor       |                                                  |
637      libgpewidget       |                                           []     |
638      libgpg-error       |                                                  |
639      libgphoto2         | []                                               |
640      libgphoto2_port    | []                                               |
641      libgsasl           |                                           []     |
642      libiconv           |                                           []     |
643      libidn             | []                                        []     |
644      lifelines          |                                           []     |
645      lilypond           |                                           []     |
646      lingoteach         |                                           []     |
647      lprng              |                                                  |
648      lynx               | []                                        []     |
649      m4                 | []                                        []     |
650      mailfromd          |                                                  |
651      mailutils          |                                                  |
652      make               | []    []                                  []     |
653      man-db             |                                                  |
654      minicom            | []                                               |
655      nano               |                               []    []    []     |
656      opcodes            |                                           []     |
657      parted             | []                                        []     |
658      pilot-qof          |                                                  |
659      popt               | []    []                                  []     |
660      psmisc             | []                                  []    []     |
661      pwdutils           |                                                  |
662      qof                |                                                  |
663      radius             |                                                  |
664      recode             |                                           []     |
665      rpm                | []    []                                         |
666      screem             | []                                               |
667      scrollkeeper       |                                     [] [] []  [] |
668      sed                | []                                        []     |
669      shared-mime-info   | []    []          []          []    []    []  [] |
670      sharutils          | []                                        []     |
671      shishi             |                                                  |
672      skencil            |                                                  |
673      solfege            |                                     ()        () |
674      soundtracker       |                                                  |
675      sp                 | ()                                               |
676      system-tools-ba... | []    []          []                      []     |
677      tar                | []          []                            []     |
678      texinfo            |                                     []    []     |
679      tin                |                                                  |
680      tuxpaint           |                                     ()    []  [] |
681      unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
682      unicode-transla... |                                                  |
683      util-linux         | []                                        []     |
684      util-linux-ng      | []                                        []     |
685      vorbis-tools       |                                                  |
686      wastesedge         |                                           []     |
687      wdiff              |                               []    []           |
688      wget               | []                                        []     |
689      xchat              | []    []                []                []     |
690      xkeyboard-config   |    [] []                                  []     |
691      xpad               |       []                      []          []     |
692                         +--------------------------------------------------+
693                           ja ka ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn
694                           51  2 25  3  2  0  6  0  2  2 20  0 11  1 103  6
696                           or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
697                         +--------------------------------------------------+
698      Compendium         |          []  []      []       []          []     |
699      a2ps               |       ()     []      [] []       []    [] []     |
700      aegis              |                      () ()                       |
701      ant-phone          |                      []                   []     |
702      anubis             |       []             [] []                       |
703      ap-utils           |       ()                                         |
704      aspell             |                      [] []    []                 |
705      bash               |       []                      []                 |
706      bfd                |                                                  |
707      bibshelf           |                                           []     |
708      binutils           |                         []    []                 |
709      bison              |       []     []      [] []                []     |
710      bison-runtime      |       []     []      []          []       []     |
711      bluez-pin          |       []     []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
712      cflow              |       []                                         |
713      clisp              |                         []                       |
714      console-tools      |                         []                       |
715      coreutils          |       []                []       []       []     |
716      cpio               |       []                []                []     |
717      cpplib             |                                           []     |
718      cryptonit          |              []                           []     |
719      dialog             |                                           []     |
720      diffutils          |       []     []      [] []             [] []     |
721      doodle             |                                     []    []     |
722      e2fsprogs          |       []                                  []     |
723      enscript           |              []      [] []       []       []     |
724      fetchmail          |       []                []          []           |
725      findutils          |       [] []                               []     |
726      findutils_stable   |       [] []          []       [] []       []     |
727      flex               |       []     []      [] []                []     |
728      fslint             |                                           []     |
729      gas                |                                                  |
730      gawk               |       []     []      []                   []     |
731      gcal               |                                           []     |
732      gcc                |                                        [] []     |
733      gettext-examples   |       [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
734      gettext-runtime    |       [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
735      gettext-tools      |       []             [] []    [] []    [] []     |
736      gip                |                   []          []       [] []     |
737      gliv               |       []     []      [] []    []          []     |
738      glunarclock        |              []      [] []    []       [] []     |
739      gmult              |                   [] []                [] []     |
740      gnubiff            |                      ()                   []     |
741      gnucash            |       ()                                  []     |
742      gnuedu             |                                                  |
743      gnulib             |       []                         []       []     |
744      gnunet             |                                                  |
745      gnunet-gtk         |                                           []     |
746      gnutls             |       []                                  []     |
747      gpe-aerial         |          []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
748      gpe-beam           |          []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
749      gpe-calendar       |                         []       []    [] []     |
750      gpe-clock          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
751      gpe-conf           |          []  []      [] []    [] []       []     |
752      gpe-contacts       |                      [] []       []    [] []     |
753      gpe-edit           |       [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
754      gpe-filemanager    |                                  []       []     |
755      gpe-go             |       []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
756      gpe-login          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
757      gpe-ownerinfo      |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
758      gpe-package        |                                  []       []     |
759      gpe-sketchbook     |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
760      gpe-su             |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
761      gpe-taskmanager    |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
762      gpe-timesheet      |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
763      gpe-today          |          []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
764      gpe-todo           |                         []       []    [] []     |
765      gphoto2            |    [] []             []       []       [] []     |
766      gprof              |              []      []                   []     |
767      gpsdrive           |                         []                []     |
768      gramadoir          |                               []          []     |
769      grep               |       []                      [] []       []     |
770      gretl              |       [] []  []                                  |
771      gsasl              |       []                               [] []     |
772      gss                |       []             []       []          []     |
773      gst-plugins-bad    |       []     []                           []     |
774      gst-plugins-base   |       []                                  []     |
775      gst-plugins-good   |       []                                  []     |
776      gst-plugins-ugly   |       []     []                           []     |
777      gstreamer          |       []                            [] [] []     |
778      gtick              |                         []                       |
779      gtkam              |    [] []     []         []                []     |
780      gtkorphan          |                                           []     |
781      gtkspell           |              []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
782      gutenprint         |                                           []     |
783      hello              |       []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
784      herrie             |       []                []                []     |
785      hylafax            |                                                  |
786      idutils            |       []     []      [] []                []     |
787      indent             |       []     []      [] []    []       [] []     |
788      iso_15924          |                                                  |
789      iso_3166           |    [] [] []  []      [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []  [] |
790      iso_3166_2         |                                                  |
791      iso_4217           |       [] []             [] []    []    [] []     |
792      iso_639            |       []                [] [] [] []    [] []     |
793      jpilot             |                                                  |
794      jtag               |                               []                 |
795      jwhois             |       []     []      []                   []     |
796      kbd                |       []             []                   []     |
797      keytouch           |                                           []     |
798      keytouch-editor    |                                           []     |
799      keytouch-keyboa... |                                           []     |
800      latrine            |                                                  |
801      ld                 |                                           []     |
802      leafpad            |       [] []             []    []          []  [] |
803      libc               |       []                []    []          []     |
804      libexif            |       []                      []                 |
805      libextractor       |                      []                   []     |
806      libgpewidget       |       [] []  []      []       [] []    [] []     |
807      libgpg-error       |       []             []                   []     |
808      libgphoto2         |       []                                         |
809      libgphoto2_port    |       []                []                []     |
810      libgsasl           |       []             []                [] []     |
811      libiconv           |                                  []    [] []     |
812      libidn             |       []                               [] ()     |
813      lifelines          |       []                                  []     |
814      lilypond           |                                                  |
815      lingoteach         |              []                                  |
816      lprng              |       []                                         |
817      lynx               |              []         []                []     |
818      m4                 |       []     []      [] []                []     |
819      mailfromd          |       []                                         |
820      mailutils          |       []                []                []     |
821      make               |       []     []         []                []     |
822      man-db             |       []             [] []                []     |
823      minicom            |       []     []      [] []                []     |
824      nano               |              []      [] []                []     |
825      opcodes            |                      []                   []     |
826      parted             |       []                                         |
827      pilot-qof          |                                                  |
828      popt               |       [] []             []                []     |
829      psmisc             |       []                                  []     |
830      pwdutils           |       []                                  []     |
831      qof                |              []                           []     |
832      radius             |       []                []                       |
833      recode             |       [] []  []      [] []       []       []     |
834      rpm                |       [] []             []                []     |
835      screem             |                                                  |
836      scrollkeeper       |       []             [] []    []    [] [] []     |
837      sed                |       [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
838      shared-mime-info   |       [] []  []                     [] [] []     |
839      sharutils          |       []                []             [] []     |
840      shishi             |       []                                         |
841      skencil            |          []  []                           []     |
842      solfege            |              []                                  |
843      soundtracker       |                               []          []     |
844      sp                 |                                                  |
845      system-tools-ba... |    [] [] []  []      []             [] [] []  [] |
846      tar                |       []                []       []       []     |
847      texinfo            |       []             [] []                []     |
848      tin                |                         ()                       |
849      tuxpaint           |       [] []                      [] [] [] []     |
850      unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
851      unicode-transla... |                                                  |
852      util-linux         |              []         []       []       []     |
853      util-linux-ng      |              []         []       []       []     |
854      vorbis-tools       |                         []                       |
855      wastesedge         |                                                  |
856      wdiff              |       []     []      [] []    [] []       []     |
857      wget               |          []             []    []          []     |
858      xchat              |    []                   []    [] [] [] [] []     |
859      xkeyboard-config   |                               [] []       []     |
860      xpad               |                               [] []       []     |
861                         +--------------------------------------------------+
862                           or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
863                            0  5 77 31  53    4 58 72  3 45 46  9 45 122  3
865                           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
866                         +---------------------------------------------------+
867      Compendium         |          []        []         []          []      | 19
868      a2ps               |          [] []     []                             | 19
869      aegis              |                    []                             |  1
870      ant-phone          |          []        []                             |  6
871      anubis             |          [] []     []                             | 11
872      ap-utils           |             ()     []                             |  4
873      aspell             |             []     []  []                         | 16
874      bash               |          []                                       |  6
875      bfd                |                                                   |  2
876      bibshelf           |                    []                             |  7
877      binutils           |          [] []     []                     []      |  9
878      bison              |          [] []     []                     []      | 20
879      bison-runtime      |             []     []         []          []      | 18
880      bluez-pin          |          [] []     []  []     []          []      | 28
881      cflow              |             []     []                             |  5
882      clisp              |                                                   |  9
883      console-tools      |          []        []                             |  5
884      coreutils          |          [] []     []                             | 18
885      cpio               |          [] []     []         []                  | 11
886      cpplib             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 12
887      cryptonit          |                    []                             |  6
888      dialog             |                    []  []     []                  |  9
889      diffutils          |          [] []     []         []          []      | 29
890      doodle             |                    []                             |  6
891      e2fsprogs          |          []        []                             | 10
892      enscript           |          [] []     []                             | 16
893      fetchmail          |          []        []                             | 12
894      findutils          |          [] []     []                             | 11
895      findutils_stable   |          [] []     []                     []      | 18
896      flex               |          []        []                             | 15
897      fslint             |                    []                             |  2
898      gas                |          []                                       |  3
899      gawk               |          []        []         []                  | 16
900      gcal               |          []                                       |  5
901      gcc                |          []                   []          []      |  7
902      gettext-examples   |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 29
903      gettext-runtime    |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 28
904      gettext-tools      |          [] []     []         []          []      | 20
905      gip                |                    []                     []      | 13
906      gliv               |          []        []                             | 11
907      glunarclock        |                    []  []                 []      | 15
908      gmult              |          []        []         []          []      | 16
909      gnubiff            |                    []                             |  2
910      gnucash            |          () []                                    |  5
911      gnuedu             |                    []                             |  2
912      gnulib             |                    []                             | 10
913      gnunet             |                                                   |  0
914      gnunet-gtk         |          []        []                             |  3
915      gnutls             |                                                   |  4
916      gpe-aerial         |                    []         []                  | 14
917      gpe-beam           |                    []         []                  | 14
918      gpe-calendar       |                    []  []                         |  7
919      gpe-clock          |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
920      gpe-conf           |                    []  []     []                  | 16
921      gpe-contacts       |                    []         []                  | 10
922      gpe-edit           |          []        []  []     []          []      | 22
923      gpe-filemanager    |                    []  []                         |  7
924      gpe-go             |          []        []  []     []                  | 19
925      gpe-login          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 21
926      gpe-ownerinfo      |          []        []         []          []      | 21
927      gpe-package        |                    []                             |  6
928      gpe-sketchbook     |          []        []                             | 16
929      gpe-su             |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
930      gpe-taskmanager    |          []        []  []     []                  | 21
931      gpe-timesheet      |          []        []         []          []      | 18
932      gpe-today          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 21
933      gpe-todo           |                    []  []                         |  8
934      gphoto2            |             []     []         []          []      | 21
935      gprof              |          []        []                             | 13
936      gpsdrive           |                    []                             |  5
937      gramadoir          |                    []                             |  7
938      grep               |                    []                             | 12
939      gretl              |                                                   |  6
940      gsasl              |                    []         []          []      |  9
941      gss                |                    []                             |  7
942      gst-plugins-bad    |             []     []         []                  | 13
943      gst-plugins-base   |             []     []                             | 11
944      gst-plugins-good   |             []     []         []    []    []      | 16
945      gst-plugins-ugly   |             []     []         []                  | 13
946      gstreamer          |          [] []     []                             | 18
947      gtick              |             []     []                             |  7
948      gtkam              |                    []                             | 16
949      gtkorphan          |                    []                             |  7
950      gtkspell           |             []     []  []     []    []    []      | 27
951      gutenprint         |                                                   |  4
952      hello              |          [] []     []         []          []      | 38
953      herrie             |          []        []                             |  8
954      hylafax            |                                                   |  0
955      idutils            |          []        []                             | 15
956      indent             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 28
957      iso_15924          |                    []         []                  |  4
958      iso_3166           |    [] [] [] []     []  []     []    []    []      | 54
959      iso_3166_2         |                    []         []                  |  4
960      iso_4217           |    []    []        []         []    []            | 24
961      iso_639            |             []     []  []     []    []            | 26
962      jpilot             |          [] []     []         []                  |  7
963      jtag               |                    []                             |  3
964      jwhois             |          []        []                     []      | 13
965      kbd                |          [] []     []                             | 13
966      keytouch           |                    []                             |  8
967      keytouch-editor    |                    []                             |  5
968      keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                             |  5
969      latrine            |          []        []                             |  5
970      ld                 |          []        []         []          []      | 10
971      leafpad            |          [] []     []         []          []      | 24
972      libc               |          []                   []          []      | 19
973      libexif            |                    []                             |  5
974      libextractor       |                    []                             |  5
975      libgpewidget       |                    []  []     []                  | 20
976      libgpg-error       |                    []                             |  6
977      libgphoto2         |             []     []                             |  9
978      libgphoto2_port    |             []     []                     []      | 11
979      libgsasl           |                    []                             |  8
980      libiconv           |                    []  []                         | 11
981      libidn             |                    []         []                  | 11
982      lifelines          |                                                   |  4
983      lilypond           |                    []                             |  6
984      lingoteach         |                    []                             |  6
985      lprng              |                    []                             |  2
986      lynx               |          [] []     []                             | 15
987      m4                 |                    []         []          []      | 18
988      mailfromd          |             []     []                             |  3
989      mailutils          |             []     []                             |  8
990      make               |          []        []         []                  | 20
991      man-db             |                    []                             |  9
992      minicom            |                    []                             | 14
993      nano               |                    []         []          []      | 20
994      opcodes            |          []        []                             | 10
995      parted             |          [] []                            []      | 11
996      pilot-qof          |                    []                             |  1
997      popt               |          []        []         []          []      | 18
998      psmisc             |                    []         []                  | 10
999      pwdutils           |                    []                             |  3
1000      qof                |                    []                             |  4
1001      radius             |             []     []                             |  7
1002      recode             |          []        []         []                  | 25
1003      rpm                |          [] []     []                     []      | 13
1004      screem             |                    []                             |  2
1005      scrollkeeper       |          [] []     []                     []      | 26
1006      sed                |          []        []         []          []      | 23
1007      shared-mime-info   |             []     []         []                  | 29
1008      sharutils          |          []        []                     []      | 23
1009      shishi             |                    []                             |  3
1010      skencil            |                    []                             |  7
1011      solfege            |                    []                             |  3
1012      soundtracker       |          []        []                             |  9
1013      sp                 |          []                                       |  3
1014      system-tools-ba... |    []    [] []     []     []  []          []      | 38
1015      tar                |          [] []     []                             | 17
1016      texinfo            |          []        []         []                  | 15
1017      tin                |                                                   |  1
1018      tuxpaint           |                    []  []                 []      | 19
1019      unicode-han-tra... |                                                   |  0
1020      unicode-transla... |                                                   |  2
1021      util-linux         |          [] []     []                             | 20
1022      util-linux-ng      |          [] []     []                             | 20
1023      vorbis-tools       |             []     []                             |  4
1024      wastesedge         |                                                   |  1
1025      wdiff              |          []        []                             | 23
1026      wget               |          []        []                     []      | 20
1027      xchat              |             []     []         []          []      | 29
1028      xkeyboard-config   |          [] []     []                             | 14
1029      xpad               |                    []         []          []      | 15
1030                         +---------------------------------------------------+
1031        76 teams           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
1032       163 domains          0  3  1 74 51  0  143 21  1  57     7    45    0  2036
1034    Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
1035 visible blocks let us expect.  This is because a few extra PO files are
1036 used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
1037 dialects.
1039    For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
1040 which it applies should also have been internationalized and
1041 distributed as such by its maintainer.  There might be an observable
1042 lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
1043 distribution.
1045    If November 2007 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy
1046 of this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.  The most
1047 up-to-date matrix with full percentage details can be found at
1048 `http://translationproject.org/extra/matrix.html'.
1050 1.6 Using `gettext' in new packages
1051 ===================================
1053 If you are writing a freely available program and want to
1054 internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your
1055 package.  Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public
1056 License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library.  This means
1057 in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared
1058 library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static
1059 library or use modified versions of `libintl'.
1061    Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle
1062 the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations.  The
1063 Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not
1064 developed inside the GNU project.  Therefore the information given above
1065 applies also for every other Free Software Project.  Contact
1066 `coordinator@translationproject.org' to make the `.pot' files available
1067 to the translation teams.