Ubuntu Wiki

Unlike other distributions we do not ship upstream translations from source packages directly in binary application packages in main and restricted, since this does not allow us any flexibility in editing them on a central place (Launchpad), update them independently from the applications, and update them post release. That is why we separate packages and their translations in Ubuntu and maintain/package them independently.

The complete lifecycle of translations (import, maintenance, export, and language pack structure) is described on TranslationLifecycle.

You can check the latest language packaged (.mo files) from https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-langpack/+archive.

You can get the source langauge packs (.po files) from Language packs for Jaunty

Translations in Rosetta but not included in lang-packs

All packages that do not generate .mo files will not be included in lang-packs.

There are a couple of translations done using Rosetta that are not included or updated via language pack. Those translations are Ubuntu Documentation, Ubuntu Start Page and other tools only available on the Live CD or install media.

• Name	Contact	Notes
  Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu /Edubunu Docs	Matthew East	The are manualy extracted from Rosetta and converted to xml by Matthew East
  Firefox / xulrunner	Alexander Sack

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  Ubuntu Start Page || Matthew Nuzum or AdiRoiban || || || Debian Installer || Colin Watson || ||

  OpenOffice.org

  Chris Cheney