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Welcome to the Hindi Ubuntu translation guide. This is an effort to make translations consistent and simple to make Ubuntu easy for both users and translators.

Rules:

• Please don’t delete words unless necessary.

  Please insert new words according to English alphabetical order.

  Please don’t change translations without holding a discussion; add a comment where you feel there ought to be a change.

  Feel free to adapt or discuss the Rules or Suggestions as you see fit.

  Feel free to add more words.

Preliminary suggestions:

• Use अं instead of अन् or अम् wherever possible, therefore अंतिम, not अन्तिम.

  Avoid the use of ॉ. That मात्रा does not appear on the Hindi Wx keyboard layout, which I believe should be the default keyboard layout in Hindi Ubuntu (Hindi Bolnagari is unnecessarily complicated). Hence, it should be बोलीवुड, not बॉलीवुड.

  The use of अं in place of अँ does not make sense. Hence, It should be माँग, not मांग.

  While English Ubuntu prefers a casual tone, a formal tone sounds better in Hindi. Hence, use आप न करें, not तुम मत करों.

  Use एँ, not यें for plurals and requests. Hence, it should be बनाएँ, not बनायें.

  Whenever an English term is more commonly used than the Hindi equivalent by Hindi speakers, use English in Devanagari script. The objective is to use understandable Hindi, not literary Hindi. Hence, use फोन, not दूरध्वनि.

  Do not translate word-by-word. Instead, grasp the entire meaning of the message and convey it in simple, concise language. (This includes not just pasting the sentence in Google Translate and using the output, since Google Translate Fails Epicly at Translating.

  Avoid small marks that are difficult to make out, unless they change the sound of the character in a very obvious way. Hence, use ज़, but not फ़.

  You can also consult an online English to Hindi Dictionary at http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/~hdict/webinterface_user/dict_search_user.php .

A growing glossary of terms is being built by the community, which can be found here. This will help clear up confusion regarding translations for technical terms which may not have easy equivalents in Hindi.