Ubuntu Internationalization Guide

This document tries to outline:

• How Ubuntu deals with translations (and i18n in general) from a developer's perspective
• Which tools are interesting for developers to make sure that translations and i18n work fine

Getting Started

• Primer: This internationalization primer is a great place to get started.

General information

General information on the tools and processes related to the internationalization of Ubuntu

• Overview of the translations lifecycle

• Glossary of i18n-related terms

Coding

Information on writing or modifying internationalized applications for Ubuntu

• Internationalization of source code

Packaging

Information on packaging internationalized packages for Ubuntu

• Internationalization of packages

Documentation

Information on how to adapt the build system to include internationalization support

• Internationalization of documentation

Build system

Information on how to adapt the build system to include internationalization support

• Adding internationalization support to the build system

Translation process

General overview of the Ubuntu translation process, from the translators' point of view

• Overview of the Ubuntu translation process

Launchpad

Information related to Launchpad and internationalization, including best practices on how to handle translations of hosted projects

• Best practices on how to set up a project for translation in Launchpad

• Internationalization considerations and general information on Launchpad

• Automatic generation of translation templates from branch

Recipes

Recipes on how to perform common tasks related to internationalization

• Verifying translation uploads

• Checking out translations in intltool-based packages

• Adding Launchpad integration for bugs, help and translations to an application's help menu

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