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diff --git a/README.translators b/README.translators new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2f38ec --- /dev/null +++ b/README.translators @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Some notes for translators +========================== + +There are three directories containing translations: + + po/ + + Contains the phrases used in the tasksel program. + + tasks/po/ + + Contain the phrases used in (a few of) the tasks themselves. + + debian/po/ + + Contains the debconf templates. + +Your language should be listed in LANGS and LANGS_DESC variables +in Makefile. (LANGS is for translations in po/, and LANGS_DESC +is for translations in tasks/po/.) + +You should also translate the Descriptions of the task-* packages. +These are shown to the user when tasksel runs, so are actually +the most important thing to translate. This can be done via the +The Debian Description Translation Project: +<http://www.debian.org/intl/l10n/ddtp> + +When translating the Descriptions, the ones that matter are those +tasks that are displayed to the user. Translating the Descriptions +of the language-specific tasks, which are not shown to the user, +is not a priority. |