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 * Working with upstream
 * Assessing new team members
 * Team communication		 This is the home of the Ubuntu translations knowledgebase, the purpose of which is to contain all information around translating Ubuntu.
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==== Policies ==== === Frequently Asked Questions ===
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 * Translation team coordinator roles ''Frequently asked questions about translating Ubuntu and using Launchpad for translations''
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==== Developer documentation ====  * [[https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+faqs|Ubuntu Translations FAQ]]
 * [[https://answers.launchpad.net/rosetta/+faqs|Launchpad Translations FAQ]] — ''Launchpad Translations is the collaborative online tool we use to translate Ubuntu''
 * [[../TranslatorsQuestions|Old Ubuntu Translations FAQ]] — ''deprecated, but left here for reference purposes. The content should be moved to the [[https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+faqs|Ubuntu Translations FAQ]]''
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 * [[/UbuntuDevelopment/Internationalisation]] === Guidelines ===
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''Set of recommended guidelines and best practices, aimed at translation team coordinators, but also interesting for all translators.''

 * [[https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/Guide|Generic translation guidelines]] — ''See also [[http://adi.roiban.ro/2009/03/20/localization-guidelines-in-launchpad-towards-improving-quality/|Adi's post on translation guidelines]]''
 * [[/AssessingNewTeamMembers|Assessing new team members in moderated teams]]
 * [[/QualityAssurance|Quality assurance and working with upstreams]]
 * [[/TeamCommunication|Team communication]]

=== Policies ===

''Set of policies governing those teams in the [[https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators|Ubuntu Translators]] group''

 * [[UbuntuTranslationsCoordinators|The Ubuntu Translations Coordinators team]]
 * [[/StartingTeam|Starting a new Ubuntu translation team]]
 * [[/AddingNewLanguage|Adding a new language to Ubuntu]]
 * [[/TeamCoordinatorRoles|Translation team coordinator roles]]
 * [[/TeamCoordinatorResponsibilities |Team Coordinator Responsibilities]]
 * [[/RoleReassignmentPolicy |Role Reassignment Policy]]
 * [[/TranslationsPrecedence|Translations precedence policy]]
 * [[/PoliciesBrainstorming|Brainstorming section]]

=== General documentation ===

 * [[../TranslationLifecycle|Translations lifecycle]]
 * [[../LanguagePacks|Language packs]]
 * [[Translations/TemplatesPriority | Templates priority and lists of Ubuntu specific packages]]
 * [[/Milestones|Translation milestones]]

=== QA ===

 * [[../LanguagePackUpdatesQA|Language pack testing]]
 * [[/ReportingBugs|How to report translation bugs]]
 * [[/HandlingBugs| How to handle translations bugs]] - triage and resolution

=== Special translations ===

''These are translations that do not follow the usual [[Translations/TranslationLifecycle|translation lifecycle]]''.

 * [[/OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org]]
 * [[/Firefox|Firefox]]
 * [[/Ubufox|Ubufox]]
 * [[/BrowserStartPage|Browser start page]]
 * [[/BrowserStartPageOffline|Offline browser start page]]
 * [[/UbuntuDocs|K/Ubuntu documentation]] — Note: add a description to the "Assistive Tools" string translation
 * [[/DDTP|Long package descriptions]]
 * [[/AppInstallDataUbuntu|Short package descriptions]]
 * [[/DebianInstaller|Debian Installer]]
 * [[/InstallerTimezones|Installer timezones]]
 * [[/PackagesDotUbuntuDotCom|packages.ubuntu.com]]
 * [[/IsoCodes|ISO codes]]
 * [[/ReleaseNotes|Release Notes]]
 * [[https://translations.launchpad.net/wubi|WUBI]]
 * [[/WebFav|Webfav]]
 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHebrewTranslators/CLI | Command Line Interface packages ]] useful for disabling translations for RTL languages

=== Utilities and translation helping tools ===

 * [[Nightmonkey | Nightmonkey]] - Helps you translate package description
 * [[http://l10n.ubuntu.tla.ro/karmic-report/ | Karmic Translations Report ]] - a better view over translation templates (search, see upstream and sort over all templates)

=== Developer documentation ===

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

 * [[../../UbuntuDevelopment/Internationalisation|Internationalization Guide for Developers]]


=== General resources ===

 * [[https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-langpack/+archive/ppa | Language Pack PPA]] - weekly update. Please use this PPA for testing translations.
 * [[https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+language-packs | Language Pack Source archive for Karmic ]]

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about translating Ubuntu and using Launchpad for translations

Guidelines

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

Policies

Set of policies governing those teams in the Ubuntu Translators group

General documentation

QA

Special translations

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

Utilities and translation helping tools

Developer documentation

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

General resources

CategoryTranslations

Translations/KnowledgeBase (last edited 2012-02-29 21:10:23 by kelemeng)