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1 1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
2 ***************************************
3
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.
9
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.
15
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.
20
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.
25
26 1.1 Quick configuration advice
27 ==============================
28
29 If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
30 should configure it using
31
32      ./configure --with-included-gettext
33
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.
44
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'.
48
49 1.2 INSTALL Matters
50 ===================
51
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'.
56
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:
65
66      ./configure --with-included-gettext
67      ./configure --disable-nls
68
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.
72
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
80
81      ./configure --with-included-gettext
82
83 to prevent auto-detection.
84
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.
89
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.
98
99 1.3 Using This Package
100 ======================
101
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.  Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code,
105 and `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code.  For example, let's
106 suppose that you speak German and live in Germany.  At the shell
107 prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'),
108 `export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash').
109 This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for
110 all.
111
112    You might think that the country code specification is redundant.
113 But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries.  For
114 example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil.  The
115 country code serves to distinguish the dialects.
116
117    The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the
118 language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based
119 on GNU libc.  On other systems, some variations of this scheme are
120 used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'.  You can get the list of
121 locales supported by your system for your language by running the
122 command `locale -a | grep '^LL''.
123
124    Not all programs have translations for all languages.  By default, an
125 English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation.  If you
126 understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages.
127 This is done through a different environment variable, called
128 `LANGUAGE'.  GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG'
129 for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG'
130 set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the
131 system libraries.  For example, some Swedish users who would rather
132 read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not
133 available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'.
134
135    Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian
136 bokma*l changed from `no' to `nb' recently (in 2003).  During the
137 transition period, while some message catalogs for this language are
138 installed under `nb' and some older ones under `no', it's recommended
139 for Norwegian users to set `LANGUAGE' to `nb:no' so that both newer and
140 older translations are used.
141
142    In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG'
143 environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL'
144 to denote the language's main dialect.  For example, `de' is equivalent
145 to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT'
146 (Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context.
147
148 1.4 Translating Teams
149 =====================
150
151 For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
152 people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
153 able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
154 Each translation team has its own mailing list.  The up-to-date list of
155 teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage,
156 `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/', in the "National teams"
157 area.
158
159    If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you
160 should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
161 The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has
162 `-request' appended.  For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
163 message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:
164
165      subscribe
166
167    Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
168 _actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
169 rather than merely lurking around.  If your team does not exist yet and
170 you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
171 get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the
172 coordinator for all translator teams.
173
174    The English team is special.  It works at improving and uniformizing
175 the terminology in use.  Proven linguistic skill are praised more than
176 programming skill, here.
177
178 1.5 Available Packages
179 ======================
180
181 Languages are not equally supported in all packages.  The following
182 matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of July
183 2006.  The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
184 PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a
185 translation percentage of at least 50%.
186
187      Ready PO files       af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
188                         +----------------------------------------------------+
189      GNUnet             |                                  []                |
190      a2ps               |             []                [] [] []     []      |
191      aegis              |                                  ()                |
192      ant-phone          |                                  ()                |
193      anubis             |                                  []                |
194      ap-utils           |                                                    |
195      aspell             |                         []    [] []        []      |
196      bash               |                      []          []             [] |
197      batchelor          |                                  []                |
198      bfd                |                                                    |
199      bibshelf           |                                  []                |
200      binutils           |                               []                   |
201      bison              |                               [] []                |
202      bison-runtime      |                                  []                |
203      bluez-pin          | []                      []       [] []          [] |
204      cflow              |                               []                   |
205      clisp              |                                  []    []          |
206      console-tools      |                         []       []                |
207      coreutils          |                []    []       [] []                |
208      cpio               |                                                    |
209      cpplib             |                      []       [] []                |
210      cryptonit          |                                  []                |
211      darkstat           |                []             () []                |
212      dialog             |                      [] [] [] [] [] []             |
213      diffutils          |                      [] []    [] [] []          [] |
214      doodle             |                                  []                |
215      e2fsprogs          |                         []       []                |
216      enscript           |                      []       [] []        []      |
217      error              |                      []       [] []        []      |
218      fetchmail          |                      []       [] () []             |
219      fileutils          |                               [] []                |
220      findutils          |                []    []       []                   |
221      flex               |                      []       [] []                |
222      fslint             |                                  []                |
223      gas                |                                                    |
224      gawk               |                      []       [] []                |
225      gbiff              |                                  []                |
226      gcal               |                      []                            |
227      gcc                |                                  []                |
228      gettext-examples   | []                   []          [] []          [] |
229      gettext-runtime    |             []       []       [] []             [] |
230      gettext-tools      |                      []          []                |
231      gimp-print         |                         []    [] []        []      |
232      gip                |                []                                  |
233      gliv               |                                  []                |
234      glunarclock        |                []                                  |
235      gmult              | []                               []                |
236      gnubiff            |                                  ()                |
237      gnucash            |                                  () ()     []      |
238      gnucash-glossary   |                               [] ()                |
239      gnuedu             |                                                    |
240      gnulib             | []          [] []    []       [] []                |
241      gnunet-gtk         |                                                    |
242      gnutls             |                                                    |
243      gpe-aerial         |                         []       []                |
244      gpe-beam           |                         []       []                |
245      gpe-calendar       |                         []       []                |
246      gpe-clock          |                         []       []                |
247      gpe-conf           |                         []       []                |
248      gpe-contacts       |                                                    |
249      gpe-edit           |                         []                         |
250      gpe-filemanager    |                                                    |
251      gpe-go             |                         []                         |
252      gpe-login          |                         []       []                |
253      gpe-ownerinfo      |                         []       []                |
254      gpe-package        |                                                    |
255      gpe-sketchbook     |                         []       []                |
256      gpe-su             |                         []       []                |
257      gpe-taskmanager    |                         []       []                |
258      gpe-timesheet      |                         []                         |
259      gpe-today          |                         []       []                |
260      gpe-todo           |                                                    |
261      gphoto2            |                         []    [] []        []      |
262      gprof              |                               [] []                |
263      gpsdrive           |                                  ()    ()          |
264      gramadoir          | []                               []                |
265      grep               | []          [] []    []          [] []             |
266      gretl              |                                                    |
267      gsasl              |                                                    |
268      gss                |                                                    |
269      gst-plugins        | []                   [] []    []                   |
270      gst-plugins-base   |                []    []       []                   |
271      gst-plugins-good   | []       []    []    [] []    []           []      |
272      gstreamer          | []             []    [] []    [] []        []      |
273      gtick              | []                               ()                |
274      gtkam              |                         []    [] []                |
275      gtkorphan          |                []                []                |
276      gtkspell           |             []                   [] []          [] |
277      gutenprint         |                               []                   |
278      hello              |                      []       [] [] []          [] |
279      id-utils           |                               [] []                |
280      impost             |                                                    |
281      indent             |                      []          []             [] |
282      iso_3166           |                                  []             [] |
283      iso_3166_1         |                      [] []    [] [] []             |
284      iso_3166_2         |                                                    |
285      iso_3166_3         |                                  []                |
286      iso_4217           |                                  []                |
287      iso_639            |                                  []             [] |
288      jpilot             |                         []                         |
289      jtag               |                                                    |
290      jwhois             |                                                    |
291      kbd                |                         []    [] [] []             |
292      keytouch           |                                                    |
293      keytouch-editor    |                                                    |
294      keytouch-keyboa... |                                                    |
295      latrine            |                                  ()                |
296      ld                 |                               []                   |
297      leafpad            |                []    [] []       [] []             |
298      libc               |                      [] []    [] [] []             |
299      libexif            |                                  []                |
300      libextractor       |                                  []                |
301      libgpewidget       |                         []    [] []                |
302      libgpg-error       |                                  []                |
303      libgphoto2         |                               [] []                |
304      libgphoto2_port    |                               [] []                |
305      libgsasl           |                                                    |
306      libiconv           |                                  []             [] |
307      libidn             |                               []                [] |
308      lifelines          |                               [] ()                |
309      lilypond           |                                  []                |
310      lingoteach         |                                                    |
311      lynx               |                      [] []    [] []                |
312      m4                 |                         []    [] [] []             |
313      mailutils          |                      []                            |
314      make               |                               [] []                |
315      man-db             |                      [] ()    [] []                |
316      minicom            |                         []    [] []                |
317      mysecretdiary      |                               [] []                |
318      nano               |                []    [] ()       []                |
319      nano_1_0           |                      [] ()    [] []                |
320      opcodes            |                                  []                |
321      parted             |                                                    |
322      pilot-qof          |                                            []      |
323      psmisc             |                []                                  |
324      pwdutils           |                                                    |
325      python             |                                                    |
326      qof                |                                                    |
327      radius             |                      []                            |
328      recode             |             []       []       [] [] []          [] |
329      rpm                |                         []    []                   |
330      screem             |                                                    |
331      scrollkeeper       |          [] []       [] [] [] [] []        []      |
332      sed                |                      []          []             [] |
333      sh-utils           |                               [] []                |
334      shared-mime-info   |                []       []                      [] |
335      sharutils          |                []    [] []    [] [] []             |
336      shishi             |                                                    |
337      silky              |                                                    |
338      skencil            |                               [] ()                |
339      sketch             |                               [] ()                |
340      solfege            |                                                    |
341      soundtracker       |                               [] []                |
342      sp                 |                                  []                |
343      stardict           |                         []                         |
344      system-tools-ba... |       []       [] [] [] []    [] [] []     []      |
345      tar                |                []                                  |
346      texinfo            |                               [] []             [] |
347      textutils          |                      []       [] []                |
348      tin                |                                  ()        ()      |
349      tp-robot           |                                  []                |
350      tuxpaint           | []             []             [] []        []      |
351      unicode-han-tra... |                                                    |
352      unicode-transla... |                                                    |
353      util-linux         |                      [] []    [] []                |
354      vorbis-tools       |             []          []    []           []      |
355      wastesedge         |                                  ()                |
356      wdiff              |                      []       [] []        []      |
357      wget               |                      []          []                |
358      xchat              |                []    []          [] []     []      |
359      xkeyboard-config   |                                                    |
360      xpad               |                []             []                   |
361                         +----------------------------------------------------+
362                           af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
363                           11  0  1  2  8 21  1 42 43  2 62 99 18  1  16   16
364
365                           es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
366                         +--------------------------------------------------+
367      GNUnet             |                                                  |
368      a2ps               |    []       [] []                             () |
369      aegis              |                                                  |
370      ant-phone          |                []                                |
371      anubis             |                []                                |
372      ap-utils           |             [] []                                |
373      aspell             |                []  []                         [] |
374      bash               | []             []                    []          |
375      batchelor          |                []  []                            |
376      bfd                | []                                               |
377      bibshelf           | []                 []                         [] |
378      binutils           | []          [] []                                |
379      bison              | [] []          []  []                   []    [] |
380      bison-runtime      |    []          []  []                   []    [] |
381      bluez-pin          |             [] []  []                [] []       |
382      cflow              |                                                  |
383      clisp              | []             []                                |
384      console-tools      |                                                  |
385      coreutils          | [] []       [] []  []                []          |
386      cpio               | []             []  []                            |
387      cpplib             | []             []                                |
388      cryptonit          |                []                                |
389      darkstat           | []             ()  []                [] []       |
390      dialog             | [] [] []    [] []  []                []       [] |
391      diffutils          | []          [] []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
392      doodle             |                    []                         [] |
393      e2fsprogs          | []             []                             [] |
394      enscript           |                []  []             []             |
395      error              | []          [] []  []                []          |
396      fetchmail          | []                                               |
397      fileutils          | [] []          []  []                []       [] |
398      findutils          |    []          []  []                []          |
399      flex               | []             []  []                            |
400      fslint             |                []                                |
401      gas                | []             []                                |
402      gawk               | []             []  []       []                   |
403      gbiff              |                []                                |
404      gcal               | []             []                                |
405      gcc                | []                                               |
406      gettext-examples   | []             []  []                []       [] |
407      gettext-runtime    | []          [] []  []                   []    [] |
408      gettext-tools      | []             []                             [] |
409      gimp-print         | []             []                                |
410      gip                | []    []       []                                |
411      gliv               |                ()                                |
412      glunarclock        |             []     []                []          |
413      gmult              |       []       []                             [] |
414      gnubiff            |                ()                             () |
415      gnucash            | ()             ()                    ()          |
416      gnucash-glossary   | []                                            [] |
417      gnuedu             | []                                               |
418      gnulib             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             []          |
419      gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
420      gnutls             |                                                  |
421      gpe-aerial         | []             []                                |
422      gpe-beam           | []             []                                |
423      gpe-calendar       | []             []                    [] []       |
424      gpe-clock          | []          [] []                    []          |
425      gpe-conf           |                []                                |
426      gpe-contacts       | []             []                                |
427      gpe-edit           | []             []                    [] []       |
428      gpe-filemanager    | []                                               |
429      gpe-go             | []             []                    []          |
430      gpe-login          | []             []                    []          |
431      gpe-ownerinfo      | []          [] []                    [] []       |
432      gpe-package        | []                                               |
433      gpe-sketchbook     | []             []                                |
434      gpe-su             | []          [] []                    []          |
435      gpe-taskmanager    | []          [] []                                |
436      gpe-timesheet      | []             []  []                   []       |
437      gpe-today          | []          [] []  []                            |
438      gpe-todo           | []                                               |
439      gphoto2            | []          [] []                    []       [] |
440      gprof              | []             []  []                   []       |
441      gpsdrive           | ()             ()                    []       () |
442      gramadoir          |                []  []                            |
443      grep               | [] [] []    [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
444      gretl              | []             []                             [] |
445      gsasl              |                    []                            |
446      gss                |                []                                |
447      gst-plugins        |                []                    []       [] |
448      gst-plugins-base   |                                      []       [] |
449      gst-plugins-good   |       []                             []       [] |
450      gstreamer          |             []                       []       [] |
451      gtick              |       []    [] []  []                         [] |
452      gtkam              | []             []                    []       [] |
453      gtkorphan          |                []                             [] |
454      gtkspell           | []    []    [] []  []                         [] |
455      gutenprint         |                                      []          |
456      hello              | [] [] [] [] [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
457      id-utils           |                []  []                [] []    [] |
458      impost             |                []  []                            |
459      indent             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             [] []    [] |
460      iso_3166           |             [] []                    []          |
461      iso_3166_1         | []    []    [] []  []                [] []       |
462      iso_3166_2         |                []                                |
463      iso_3166_3         |                []                                |
464      iso_4217           |    []       []        []             []          |
465      iso_639            |          [] [] []  []                []          |
466      jpilot             | []             []                                |
467      jtag               |                []                                |
468      jwhois             | []             []                    [] []    [] |
469      kbd                | []             []                                |
470      keytouch           |                    []                            |
471      keytouch-editor    |                    []                            |
472      keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                            |
473      latrine            |                []  []                         [] |
474      ld                 | []             []                                |
475      leafpad            | []             []  []       []       []       [] |
476      libc               | []          [] []     []             []          |
477      libexif            | []                                               |
478      libextractor       |                    []                            |
479      libgpewidget       | []             []  []                [] []       |
480      libgpg-error       |                                                  |
481      libgphoto2         | []             []                             [] |
482      libgphoto2_port    |                []                             [] |
483      libgsasl           |                []  []                            |
484      libiconv           |                    []                            |
485      libidn             |                []                             [] |
486      lifelines          |                ()                                |
487      lilypond           |                []                                |
488      lingoteach         |                []                       []    [] |
489      lynx               |    []                                []       [] |
490      m4                 |                []  [] []                []       |
491      mailutils          | []             []                                |
492      make               | []          [] []  [] []    []    []    []       |
493      man-db             | ()                                               |
494      minicom            | []          [] []                    []          |
495      mysecretdiary      | []             []                       []       |
496      nano               |       []    () []  []                []       [] |
497      nano_1_0           | []             []     []                []    [] |
498      opcodes            | []          [] []  []                            |
499      parted             | []             []                       []    [] |
500      pilot-qof          |                                                  |
501      psmisc             |       []                             []       [] |
502      pwdutils           |                                                  |
503      python             |                                                  |
504      qof                |                                                  |
505      radius             | []             []                                |
506      recode             | []             []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
507      rpm                |                []                       []       |
508      screem             |                                                  |
509      scrollkeeper       | []          []                       []          |
510      sed                | [] []          []  []                []          |
511      sh-utils           | [] []       [] []  []                []       [] |
512      shared-mime-info   | []    []    [] []                    []       [] |
513      sharutils          | [] []       [] []  [] []             []       [] |
514      shishi             |                                                  |
515      silky              |                []                                |
516      skencil            | []             []                                |
517      sketch             | []             []                                |
518      solfege            |                                               [] |
519      soundtracker       | []             []                             [] |
520      sp                 |                []                                |
521      stardict           |                                      []          |
522      system-tools-ba... | []    []    [] []                 [] [] []    [] |
523      tar                | [] []          []  []                []       [] |
524      texinfo            |                []           []                   |
525      textutils          | []             []  [] []             []          |
526      tin                |    []          ()                                |
527      tp-robot           |             [] []  []                []          |
528      tuxpaint           |                    []                []          |
529      unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
530      unicode-transla... |                []  []                            |
531      util-linux         | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
532      vorbis-tools       | []             []                                |
533      wastesedge         |                ()                                |
534      wdiff              | [] []          []  [] []             [] []    [] |
535      wget               |    []       [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
536      xchat              | []    []    [] []        []    []    []       [] |
537      xkeyboard-config   |             [] []                    []       [] |
538      xpad               | []                 []                []          |
539                         +--------------------------------------------------+
540                           es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
541                           89 21 16  2 41 119 61 14  1  8  1  6 61 30  0 53
542
543                           ja ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn no
544                         +--------------------------------------------------+
545      GNUnet             |                                                  |
546      a2ps               |    ()                      []          []     () |
547      aegis              |                                        ()        |
548      ant-phone          |                                        []        |
549      anubis             |                            []    []    []        |
550      ap-utils           |                            []                    |
551      aspell             |                         []             []        |
552      bash               |                                        []        |
553      batchelor          |                            []          []        |
554      bfd                |                                                  |
555      bibshelf           |                            []                    |
556      binutils           |                                                  |
557      bison              |                            []    []    []        |
558      bison-runtime      |                            []    []    []        |
559      bluez-pin          |       []                   []          []        |
560      cflow              |                                                  |
561      clisp              |                                        []        |
562      console-tools      |                                                  |
563      coreutils          |                                        []        |
564      cpio               |                                                  |
565      cpplib             |                                        []        |
566      cryptonit          |                                        []        |
567      darkstat           |                            []          []        |
568      dialog             |                            []          []        |
569      diffutils          | []                         []          []        |
570      doodle             |                                                  |
571      e2fsprogs          |                                        []        |
572      enscript           |                                        []        |
573      error              |                                        []        |
574      fetchmail          | []                                     []        |
575      fileutils          | []          []                                   |
576      findutils          |                                        []        |
577      flex               |    []                                  []        |
578      fslint             |                            []          []        |
579      gas                |                                                  |
580      gawk               | []                                     []        |
581      gbiff              |                                        []        |
582      gcal               |                                                  |
583      gcc                |                                                  |
584      gettext-examples   | []                                     []        |
585      gettext-runtime    | [] []                                  []        |
586      gettext-tools      | [] []                                            |
587      gimp-print         | []                                     []        |
588      gip                |                            []          []        |
589      gliv               |                                        []        |
590      glunarclock        |                            []          []        |
591      gmult              | []                         []                    |
592      gnubiff            |                                                  |
593      gnucash            | ()                               ()              |
594      gnucash-glossary   |                                        []        |
595      gnuedu             |                                                  |
596      gnulib             | [] []                      []          []        |
597      gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
598      gnutls             |                                                  |
599      gpe-aerial         |                                        []        |
600      gpe-beam           |                                        []        |
601      gpe-calendar       |                                        []        |
602      gpe-clock          |    []                                  []        |
603      gpe-conf           |    []                                  []        |
604      gpe-contacts       |    []                                            |
605      gpe-edit           |    []                                  []        |
606      gpe-filemanager    |    []                                            |
607      gpe-go             |    []                                  []        |
608      gpe-login          |    []                                  []        |
609      gpe-ownerinfo      |                                        []        |
610      gpe-package        |    []                                            |
611      gpe-sketchbook     |    []                                  []        |
612      gpe-su             |    []                                  []        |
613      gpe-taskmanager    |    [] []                               []        |
614      gpe-timesheet      |                                        []        |
615      gpe-today          |                                        []        |
616      gpe-todo           |                                                  |
617      gphoto2            | []                                     []        |
618      gprof              |                                                  |
619      gpsdrive           | ()                                     ()     () |
620      gramadoir          |                                        ()        |
621      grep               | []                               []    []        |
622      gretl              |                                                  |
623      gsasl              |                                        []        |
624      gss                |                                                  |
625      gst-plugins        |                                        []        |
626      gst-plugins-base   |                                                  |
627      gst-plugins-good   |                                        []        |
628      gstreamer          |                                        []        |
629      gtick              |                                        []        |
630      gtkam              | []                                               |
631      gtkorphan          |                                        []        |
632      gtkspell           |                         []             []        |
633      gutenprint         |                                                  |
634      hello              | [] []             []       []    []    []  [] [] |
635      id-utils           |                                        []        |
636      impost             |                                                  |
637      indent             | []                                     []        |
638      iso_3166           |                                        []        |
639      iso_3166_1         |                                        []     [] |
640      iso_3166_2         |                                        []        |
641      iso_3166_3         |                                        []        |
642      iso_4217           | []                      []             []        |
643      iso_639            | []                                     []        |
644      jpilot             | ()                                     ()     () |
645      jtag               |                                                  |
646      jwhois             |                                        []        |
647      kbd                |                                        []        |
648      keytouch           |                                        []        |
649      keytouch-editor    |                                                  |
650      keytouch-keyboa... |                                                  |
651      latrine            |                                        []        |
652      ld                 |                                                  |
653      leafpad            | []             []                                |
654      libc               | [] []                            []    []     [] |
655      libexif            |                                                  |
656      libextractor       |                                                  |
657      libgpewidget       |                                        []        |
658      libgpg-error       |                                                  |
659      libgphoto2         | []                                               |
660      libgphoto2_port    | []                                               |
661      libgsasl           |                                        []        |
662      libiconv           |                                                  |
663      libidn             | []                                     []        |
664      lifelines          |                                        []        |
665      lilypond           |                                                  |
666      lingoteach         |                                        []        |
667      lynx               | []                                     []        |
668      m4                 | []                                     []        |
669      mailutils          |                                                  |
670      make               | [] []                                  []        |
671      man-db             | ()                                               |
672      minicom            | []                                               |
673      mysecretdiary      |                                        []        |
674      nano               |                            []    []    []        |
675      nano_1_0           |                            []    []        []    |
676      opcodes            |                                        []        |
677      parted             | []                                     []        |
678      pilot-qof          |                                                  |
679      psmisc             | []                               []    []        |
680      pwdutils           |                                                  |
681      python             |                                                  |
682      qof                |                                                  |
683      radius             |                                                  |
684      recode             |                                        []        |
685      rpm                | [] []                                            |
686      screem             | []                                               |
687      scrollkeeper       |                                  [] [] []  []    |
688      sed                | []                                     []        |
689      sh-utils           | []                               []              |
690      shared-mime-info   |    []          []                []    []  []    |
691      sharutils          | []                                     []        |
692      shishi             |                                                  |
693      silky              |                                        []        |
694      skencil            |                                                  |
695      sketch             |                                                  |
696      solfege            |                                                  |
697      soundtracker       |                                                  |
698      sp                 | ()                                               |
699      stardict           |                      []                []        |
700      system-tools-ba... | [] []          []                      []        |
701      tar                | []       []                            []        |
702      texinfo            | []                               []    []        |
703      textutils          | [] []                            []              |
704      tin                |                                                  |
705      tp-robot           |                                        []        |
706      tuxpaint           |                                            []    |
707      unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
708      unicode-transla... |                                                  |
709      util-linux         | []                                     []        |
710      vorbis-tools       |                                        []        |
711      wastesedge         |                                        []        |
712      wdiff              |                            []    []              |
713      wget               | []                                     []        |
714      xchat              | [] []                []                []        |
715      xkeyboard-config   |                                        []        |
716      xpad               |    []                      []          []        |
717                         +--------------------------------------------------+
718                           ja ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn no
719                           40 24  2  1  1  3  1  2  3 21  0 15  1 101  5  3
720
721                           nso or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
722                         +------------------------------------------------------+
723      GNUnet             |                                                      |
724      a2ps               |           ()     []      [] []       []    [] []     |
725      aegis              |                          () ()                       |
726      ant-phone          |                          []                   []     |
727      anubis             |           []             [] []                       |
728      ap-utils           |           ()                                         |
729      aspell             |                          [] []                       |
730      bash               |                  []      [] []                       |
731      batchelor          |                          []                   []     |
732      bfd                |                                                      |
733      bibshelf           |                                               []     |
734      binutils           |                             []                []     |
735      bison              |           []     []      [] []                []     |
736      bison-runtime      |           []             []          []       []     |
737      bluez-pin          |           []     []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
738      cflow              |           []                                         |
739      clisp              |                             []                       |
740      console-tools      |                             []                       |
741      coreutils          |           []                []       []       []     |
742      cpio               |           []                []                []     |
743      cpplib             |                                               []     |
744      cryptonit          |                  []                           []     |
745      darkstat           |           []     []      []       []       [] []     |
746      dialog             |           [] []  []   [] [] [] []          [] []     |
747      diffutils          |           []     []      [] []             [] []     |
748      doodle             |                                         []    []     |
749      e2fsprogs          |           []                                  []     |
750      enscript           |                  []      [] []       []       []     |
751      error              |                  []      []       []          []     |
752      fetchmail          |           []                []          []           |
753      fileutils          |           []             [] []       []       []     |
754      findutils          |           [] []          []       [] []       []     |
755      flex               |           []     []      [] []                []     |
756      fslint             |                  []      []                [] []     |
757      gas                |                                                      |
758      gawk               |           []     []      []                   []     |
759      gbiff              |                          []                          |
760      gcal               |                                               []     |
761      gcc                |                                               []     |
762      gettext-examples   |           [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
763      gettext-runtime    |           [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
764      gettext-tools      |           []             [] []    [] []    [] []     |
765      gimp-print         |                                   []          []     |
766      gip                |                       []          []       [] []     |
767      gliv               |                  []      []       []          []     |
768      glunarclock        |                  []      [] []    []       [] []     |
769      gmult              |                       [] []                [] []     |
770      gnubiff            |                          ()                          |
771      gnucash            |           ()                                  []     |
772      gnucash-glossary   |              []                   []          []     |
773      gnuedu             |                                                      |
774      gnulib             |           []             [] []       []       []     |
775      gnunet-gtk         |                                               []     |
776      gnutls             |           []                                  []     |
777      gpe-aerial         |              []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
778      gpe-beam           |              []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
779      gpe-calendar       |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
780      gpe-clock          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
781      gpe-conf           |              []  []      [] []    [] []       []     |
782      gpe-contacts       |                          [] []       []    [] []     |
783      gpe-edit           |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
784      gpe-filemanager    |                                      []       []     |
785      gpe-go             |                  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
786      gpe-login          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
787      gpe-ownerinfo      |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
788      gpe-package        |                                      []       []     |
789      gpe-sketchbook     |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
790      gpe-su             |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
791      gpe-taskmanager    |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
792      gpe-timesheet      |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
793      gpe-today          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
794      gpe-todo           |                             []       []    [] []     |
795      gphoto2            |           []             []       []       [] []     |
796      gprof              |                  []      []                   []     |
797      gpsdrive           |        []                []                   []     |
798      gramadoir          |                                   []          []     |
799      grep               |           [] []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
800      gretl              |           []                                         |
801      gsasl              |           []                                  []     |
802      gss                |           []             []                   []     |
803      gst-plugins        |     []                                  [] [] []     |
804      gst-plugins-base   |                                               []     |
805      gst-plugins-good   |     []                                  [] [] []     |
806      gstreamer          |                                         [] [] []     |
807      gtick              |                          [] []                []     |
808      gtkam              |           []     []         []                []     |
809      gtkorphan          |                                               []     |
810      gtkspell           |                  []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
811      gutenprint         |                                               []     |
812      hello              |           []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
813      id-utils           |                  []      [] []                []     |
814      impost             |                                               []     |
815      indent             |                  []      [] []    []       [] []     |
816      iso_3166           |              []                []    [] [] [] []     |
817      iso_3166_1         |                                   [] [] [] []        |
818      iso_3166_2         |                                                      |
819      iso_3166_3         |                          []    []    []    []        |
820      iso_4217           |                                []    []    [] []     |
821      iso_639            |                                []    []    [] []     |
822      jpilot             |                                                      |
823      jtag               |                                   []                 |
824      jwhois             |           []     []      []                   []     |
825      kbd                |           []             []                   []     |
826      keytouch           |                                               []     |
827      keytouch-editor    |                                               []     |
828      keytouch-keyboa... |                                               []     |
829      latrine            |                          []                   []     |
830      ld                 |                                               []     |
831      leafpad            |           [] []             []    []          []  [] |
832      libc               |           []     []         []    []          []     |
833      libexif            |           []                                         |
834      libextractor       |                          []                   []     |
835      libgpewidget       |              []  []      []       [] []    [] []     |
836      libgpg-error       |           []             []                          |
837      libgphoto2         |           []                                         |
838      libgphoto2_port    |           []                []                []     |
839      libgsasl           |           []             []                [] []     |
840      libiconv           |                                                      |
841      libidn             |           []                               [] ()     |
842      lifelines          |           []                                  []     |
843      lilypond           |                                                      |
844      lingoteach         |                  []                                  |
845      lynx               |                  []         []                []     |
846      m4                 |           []     []      [] []                []     |
847      mailutils          |           []             [] []                []     |
848      make               |           []     []         []                []     |
849      man-db             |                          []                   []     |
850      minicom            |           []     []      [] []                []     |
851      mysecretdiary      |                  []      [] []                []     |
852      nano               |                          []                   []     |
853      nano_1_0           |           []             [] []                []     |
854      opcodes            |                          []                   []     |
855      parted             |           []                                         |
856      pilot-qof          |                                               []     |
857      psmisc             |           []                                  []     |
858      pwdutils           |           []                                  []     |
859      python             |                                                      |
860      qof                |                                               []     |
861      radius             |           []                []                       |
862      recode             |           [] []  []      [] []       []       []     |
863      rpm                |           [] []             []                []     |
864      screem             |                                                      |
865      scrollkeeper       |           []             [] []    []    [] [] []     |
866      sed                |           [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
867      sh-utils           |                             []       []    []        |
868      shared-mime-info   |              []  []                     [] [] []     |
869      sharutils          |           []                []             [] []     |
870      shishi             |           []                                         |
871      silky              |                                   []                 |
872      skencil            |              []  []                           []     |
873      sketch             |              []  []                           []     |
874      solfege            |                                               []     |
875      soundtracker       |                                   []          []     |
876      sp                 |                                                      |
877      stardict           |                             []    []          []     |
878      system-tools-ba... |        [] [] []  []      []             [] [] []  [] |
879      tar                |           []             [] []       []       []     |
880      texinfo            |           []             [] []                []     |
881      textutils          |                             []       []       []     |
882      tin                |                             ()                       |
883      tp-robot           |                             []                       |
884      tuxpaint           |              []                      [] [] [] []     |
885      unicode-han-tra... |                                                      |
886      unicode-transla... |                                                      |
887      util-linux         |                  []         []       []       []     |
888      vorbis-tools       |                          [] []                       |
889      wastesedge         |                                                      |
890      wdiff              |           []     []      [] []    []          []     |
891      wget               |              []             []    []          []     |
892      xchat              |        []                   []    [] [] [] [] []     |
893      xkeyboard-config   |                                      []       []     |
894      xpad               |                                   [] []       []     |
895                         +------------------------------------------------------+
896                           nso or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
897                            0   2  3 58 31  53    5 76 72  5 42 48 12 51 130  2
898
899                           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
900                         +---------------------------------------------------+
901      GNUnet             |                    []                             |  2
902      a2ps               |          [] []     []                             | 19
903      aegis              |                                                   |  0
904      ant-phone          |          []        []                             |  6
905      anubis             |          [] []     []                             | 11
906      ap-utils           |             ()     []                             |  4
907      aspell             |             []     []  []                         | 14
908      bash               |                    []                             | 11
909      batchelor          |          []        []                             |  9
910      bfd                |                                                   |  1
911      bibshelf           |                    []                             |  7
912      binutils           |          []        []                     []      |  9
913      bison              |          []        []                     []      | 19
914      bison-runtime      |                    []         []          []      | 16
915      bluez-pin          |          [] []     []  []     []          []      | 28
916      cflow              |             []     []                             |  4
917      clisp              |                                                   |  6
918      console-tools      |          []        []                             |  5
919      coreutils          |          []        []                             | 17
920      cpio               |          [] []     []                             |  9
921      cpplib             |          []        []         []          []      | 11
922      cryptonit          |                                                   |  5
923      darkstat           |                    []         ()          ()      | 15
924      dialog             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 30
925      diffutils          |          []        []         []          []      | 28
926      doodle             |                    []                             |  6
927      e2fsprogs          |          []        []                             | 10
928      enscript           |          [] []     []                             | 16
929      error              |          []        []         []          []      | 18
930      fetchmail          |          []        []                             | 12
931      fileutils          |          []                   []          []      | 18
932      findutils          |          []        []                     []      | 17
933      flex               |          []        []                             | 15
934      fslint             |                    []                             |  9
935      gas                |          []                                       |  3
936      gawk               |          []        []                             | 15
937      gbiff              |                    []                             |  5
938      gcal               |          []                                       |  5
939      gcc                |          []                   []          []      |  6
940      gettext-examples   |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 26
941      gettext-runtime    |          [] []     []         []    []    []      | 28
942      gettext-tools      |          [] []     []         []          []      | 19
943      gimp-print         |             []     []                             | 12
944      gip                |                    []                     []      | 12
945      gliv               |          []        []                             |  8
946      glunarclock        |                    []  []                 []      | 15
947      gmult              |          []        []         []          []      | 15
948      gnubiff            |                    []                             |  1
949      gnucash            |          ()                                       |  2
950      gnucash-glossary   |                    []                     []      |  9
951      gnuedu             |                    []                             |  2
952      gnulib             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 28
953      gnunet-gtk         |                                                   |  1
954      gnutls             |                                                   |  2
955      gpe-aerial         |                    []         []                  | 14
956      gpe-beam           |                    []         []                  | 14
957      gpe-calendar       |                    []  []     []          []      | 19
958      gpe-clock          |          []        []  []     []                  | 20
959      gpe-conf           |                    []         []                  | 14
960      gpe-contacts       |                    []         []                  | 10
961      gpe-edit           |          []        []  []                 []      | 19
962      gpe-filemanager    |                    []                             |  5
963      gpe-go             |          []        []                             | 14
964      gpe-login          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 20
965      gpe-ownerinfo      |          []        []         []          []      | 20
966      gpe-package        |                    []                             |  5
967      gpe-sketchbook     |          []        []                             | 16
968      gpe-su             |          []        []         []                  | 19
969      gpe-taskmanager    |          []        []         []                  | 19
970      gpe-timesheet      |          []        []         []          []      | 18
971      gpe-today          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 20
972      gpe-todo           |                    []                             |  6
973      gphoto2            |             []     []         []          []      | 20
974      gprof              |          []        []                             | 11
975      gpsdrive           |                                                   |  4
976      gramadoir          |                    []                             |  7
977      grep               |          [] []     []                     []      | 33
978      gretl              |                                                   |  4
979      gsasl              |                    []         []                  |  6
980      gss                |                    []                             |  5
981      gst-plugins        |             []     []                     []      | 15
982      gst-plugins-base   |             []     []         []                  |  9
983      gst-plugins-good   |             []     []         []                  | 18
984      gstreamer          |          [] []     []                             | 17
985      gtick              |                    []                             | 11
986      gtkam              |                    []                             | 13
987      gtkorphan          |                    []                             |  7
988      gtkspell           |             []     []  []     []    []    []      | 26
989      gutenprint         |                                                   |  3
990      hello              |          [] []     []         []          []      | 39
991      id-utils           |          []        []                             | 14
992      impost             |                    []                             |  4
993      indent             |          []        []         []          []      | 25
994      iso_3166           |       [] []        []                             | 15
995      iso_3166_1         |          []            []                         | 20
996      iso_3166_2         |                                                   |  2
997      iso_3166_3         |                        []     []                  |  9
998      iso_4217           |          []        []                             | 14
999      iso_639            |                    []                             | 14
1000      jpilot             |          [] []     []         []                  |  7
1001      jtag               |                    []                             |  3
1002      jwhois             |          []        []                     []      | 13
1003      kbd                |          []        []                             | 12
1004      keytouch           |                    []                             |  4
1005      keytouch-editor    |                                                   |  2
1006      keytouch-keyboa... |                                                   |  2
1007      latrine            |          []        []                             |  8
1008      ld                 |          []        []         []          []      |  8
1009      leafpad            |          []        []         []          []      | 23
1010      libc               |          []                   []          []      | 23
1011      libexif            |                    []                             |  4
1012      libextractor       |                    []                             |  5
1013      libgpewidget       |                    []  []     []                  | 19
1014      libgpg-error       |                    []                             |  4
1015      libgphoto2         |             []                                    |  8
1016      libgphoto2_port    |             []     []                     []      | 11
1017      libgsasl           |                    []                             |  8
1018      libiconv           |                    []                             |  4
1019      libidn             |                    []         []                  | 10
1020      lifelines          |                                                   |  4
1021      lilypond           |                                                   |  2
1022      lingoteach         |                    []                             |  6
1023      lynx               |          [] []     []                             | 15
1024      m4                 |                    []         []          []      | 18
1025      mailutils          |             []                                    |  8
1026      make               |          []        []         []                  | 20
1027      man-db             |                    []                             |  6
1028      minicom            |                    []                             | 14
1029      mysecretdiary      |          []        []                             | 12
1030      nano               |                    []                     []      | 15
1031      nano_1_0           |          [] []     []                             | 18
1032      opcodes            |          []        []                             | 10
1033      parted             |          [] []                            []      | 10
1034      pilot-qof          |                    []                             |  3
1035      psmisc             |                    []                             | 10
1036      pwdutils           |                    []                             |  3
1037      python             |                                                   |  0
1038      qof                |                    []                             |  2
1039      radius             |             []                                    |  6
1040      recode             |          []        []         []                  | 25
1041      rpm                |          [] []     []                     []      | 14
1042      screem             |                    []                             |  2
1043      scrollkeeper       |          [] []     []                     []      | 26
1044      sed                |          []        []                     []      | 22
1045      sh-utils           |          []                                       | 15
1046      shared-mime-info   |             []     []         []          []      | 23
1047      sharutils          |          []        []                     []      | 23
1048      shishi             |                                                   |  1
1049      silky              |                    []                             |  4
1050      skencil            |                    []                             |  7
1051      sketch             |                                                   |  6
1052      solfege            |                                                   |  2
1053      soundtracker       |          []        []                             |  9
1054      sp                 |          []                                       |  3
1055      stardict           |             []     []         []          []      | 11
1056      system-tools-ba... |    []    [] []     []     []  []          []      | 37
1057      tar                |          [] []     []                     []      | 19
1058      texinfo            |          []        []         []                  | 15
1059      textutils          |          []                   []          []      | 17
1060      tin                |                                                   |  1
1061      tp-robot           |                    []         []          []      | 10
1062      tuxpaint           |                    []  []                 []      | 16
1063      unicode-han-tra... |                                                   |  0
1064      unicode-transla... |                                                   |  2
1065      util-linux         |          [] []     []                             | 20
1066      vorbis-tools       |             []     []                             | 11
1067      wastesedge         |                                                   |  1
1068      wdiff              |          []        []                             | 22
1069      wget               |          []        []                     []      | 19
1070      xchat              |             []     []         []          []      | 28
1071      xkeyboard-config   |          [] []     []                     []      | 11
1072      xpad               |                    []         []          []      | 14
1073                         +---------------------------------------------------+
1074        77 teams           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
1075       172 domains          0  1  1 78 39  0  135 13  1  50     3    54    0  2054
1076
1077    Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
1078 visible blocks let us expect.  This is because a few extra PO files are
1079 used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
1080 dialects.
1081
1082    For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
1083 which it applies should also have been internationalized and
1084 distributed as such by its maintainer.  There might be an observable
1085 lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
1086 distribution.
1087
1088    If July 2006 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy of
1089 this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.  The most up-to-date
1090 matrix with full percentage details can be found at
1091 `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/matrix.html'.
1092
1093 1.6 Using `gettext' in new packages
1094 ===================================
1095
1096 If you are writing a freely available program and want to
1097 internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your
1098 package.  Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public
1099 License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library.  This means
1100 in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared
1101 library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static
1102 library or use modified versions of `libintl'.
1103
1104    Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle
1105 the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations.  The
1106 Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not
1107 developed inside the GNU project.  Therefore the information given above
1108 applies also for every other Free Software Project.  Contact
1109 `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to make the `.pot' files available to
1110 the translation teams.
1111