Where do ubuntu-docs translations go?

[Fotis Tsamis]

Hello Matthew,

Thanks for your valuable information! We have already started the
process of converting/uploading the docs to the Greek site.

Maybe it's better every translation to go in the correct loco site...
I'm not sure though, as I think it's also good idea to have things
organized in a certain place and offer language auto-detection functions
like in http://ubuntu-manual.org/ ... (I really like it), maybe avoid
possible mistakes or omissions and update the site automatically from
launchpad for all languages at the same time. It would be more
"solid" :-)

Launchpad is confusing... why is this empty
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs ? (Just to understand...)


P.S: continue forwarding your message(s) to my address as you did in
your first e-mail as I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks!


--------Αρχικό Μήνυμα --------
Από: Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com>
Προς: Fotis Tsamis <ftsamis at gmail.com>
Αντίγραφο:: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
Θέμα: Re: Where do ubuntu-docs translations go?
Ημ/νία: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:01:54 +0100

Hi Fotis,

On 31 August 2010 23:07, Fotis Tsamis <ftsamis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> We have translated a very large part of ubuntu-docs in Greek (el), and
> wondering if it's possible to add the translation in the official ubuntu
> documentation site (https://help.ubuntu.com/) as there are no other
> directories except from C in every project e.g. in:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/

At present we do not include translated documentation on
help.ubuntu.com. That's not because of any technical difficulty in
doing so, but rather because the Ubuntu websites (such as
www.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com) currently have a policy of
publishing in English only, and encouraging local teams to publish
material on their dedicated websites (in your case
http://www.ubuntu-gr.org/). That ensures that users know that they can
find all material related to Ubuntu in their language in one place,
the dedicated local website, and avoids confusion.

There has previously been some discussion about this and I personally
am open to discussing this position with the translation or local
teams if they have views against this policy. But having contributed
for a long time to the Italian local team, I have seen the advantages
of having a single dedicated local website with material all in one
place and I believe that it is a powerful consideration.

There is also an initiative to develop a system whereby users of the
international website are given prominent information about where they
can find material in their language automatically - see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/WebsiteLocalization. I do not know
what stage that initiative has got to but once it is ready we can
certainly use it on help.ubuntu.com.

Building and publishing translated documentation is quite simple. We
have some instructions to help with this here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/BuildingDocumentation

> Also, we had to take the PO files from the branch. Why don't you use the
> appropriate launchpad feature for translations
> (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs)

We do use it. See
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/ubuntu-docs

All translations should be submitted there.