Make Ubuntu speak your language: a call for Ubuntu translations on the phone

[David Planella]

Just a heads up that the location indicator is now translatable in
Launchpad:

https://translations.launchpad.net/indicator-location/14.04/+pots/indicator-location

Cheers,
David.


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:22 PM, David Planella
<david.planella at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> Thanks Yaron for the heads up. Comments inline:
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Yaron Shahrabani <sh.yaron at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The following are untranslatable:
>> https://translations.launchpad.net/indicator-location
>>
>
> Indeed, I filed a bug a while ago, I'll poke the developers:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-location/+bug/1232412
>
>
>> https://translations.launchpad.net/unity-scope-home
>>
>>
> Sorry, I linked to the wrong project there. Translations are not enabled
> in the upstream project, but they are in the source package. The correct
> link is:
>
>
> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/unity-scope-home/+pots/unity-scope-home/
>
>
>>
>> Everything else is fully translated to Hebrew.
>>
>
> Awesome, nice work!
>
> Please let me know if you spot anything else with those translation
> templates.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
>
>>
>> Yaron Shahrabani
>>
>> <Hebrew translator>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:03 PM, David Planella <
>> david.planella at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Translators,
>>>
>>> I'm forwarding the [call for translations from the original blog
>>> post][1] to the list.
>>>
>>> It's going to be one of the most exciting years in the history of
>>> Ubuntu. We're seeing innovation and stunning work across the board, and a
>>> huge momentum and interest from OEMs and carriers to ship a phone with
>>> Ubuntu, with already a confirmed partner.
>>>
>>> With our favourite OS expanding to yet another order of magnitude, every
>>> contribution is becoming even more important. And with phones shipping all
>>> over the globe, multilingual support and Ubuntu translators are going to be
>>> one of the keys to Ubuntu's success.
>>>
>>> In the same way you've helped us bring an excellent localized experience
>>> to the desktop throughout the years, we now need your help ensuring the
>>> phone reaches that level of excellence too. Once more, you can bring Ubuntu
>>> on phones to millions in their language.
>>>
>>> To make it easier to focus on the most important parts, here's a summary
>>> of the main Ubuntu components that can be translated in Launchpad, our
>>> collaborative translation tool.
>>>
>>> And if you're new to translating Ubuntu, you can also help! [Check out
>>> our Translations Quickstart guide >][2]
>>>
>>> ## Unity and scopes
>>>
>>> Unity is essentially Ubuntu's UI, and version 8 is what is currently
>>> running on the phone and will ultimately run on all form factors once we
>>> achieve full convergence.
>>>
>>> By translating Unity, the most visible user interface parts will appear
>>> in your language. Scopes are also part of Unity, and enable bringing
>>> content to users in a natural and organized way.
>>>
>>> *   [Translate Unity >][3]
>>> *   [Translate the Unity scopes >][4]
>>>
>>> ## Indicators
>>>
>>> Indicators are another Unity technology that enables quick access to
>>> system settings that you access every day, such as networking, location,
>>> sound, etc., as well as the messaging menu. Translating indicators will
>>> localize their menus when you swipe from the top edge.
>>>
>>> *   [Translate the Bluetooth indicator >][5]
>>> *   [Translate the Date and Time indicator >][6]
>>> *   [Translate the Power indicator >][7]
>>> *   [Translate the Sound indicator >][8]
>>> *   [Translate the Network indicator >][9]
>>> *   [Translate the Location indicator >][10]
>>> *   [Translate the Messages indicator >][11]
>>>
>>> ## Core and system apps
>>>
>>> You can think of core and system apps as being the same thing: a set the
>>> essential apps every user would expect preinstalled on their devices.
>>> Translating core apps, you'll make it possible to have a richer localized
>>> experience with clock, camera, weather, calculator and more.
>>>
>>> *   [Translate core apps >][12]
>>> *   [Translate system apps >][13]
>>> *   [Translate the System Settings app >][14]
>>>
>>> ## Testing translations
>>>
>>> With the addition of multiple supported form factors, testing is
>>> important not only to ensure that translations are correct, but also that
>>> they fit in UI components of different widths. So please double-check that
>>> long texts fit in in the smaller factors such as the phone.
>>>
>>> Translation testing on a running phone or on the emulator deserves an
>>> article of its own, so please stay tuned for the next update coming soon.
>>>
>>> Happy translating!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David.
>>>
>>>  [1]: http://davidplanella.org/make-ubuntu-speak-your-language/
>>>  [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/QuickStartGuide
>>>  [3]: https://translations.launchpad.net/unity8
>>>  [4]: https://translations.launchpad.net/unity-scope-home
>>>  [5]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/indicator-bluetooth/+pots/indicator-bluetooth
>>>  [6]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/indicator-datetime/+pots/indicator-datetime/
>>>  [7]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/indicator-power/+pots/indicator-power/
>>>  [8]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/indicator-sound/+pots/indicator-sound/
>>>  [9]: https://translations.launchpad.net/indicator-network
>>>  [10]: https://translations.launchpad.net/indicator-location
>>>  [11]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/indicator-messages/+pots/indicator-messages/
>>>  [12]: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone-coreapps
>>>  [13]: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-touch-preview
>>>  [14]:
>>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-settings/trunk/+translations
>>>  [15]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/david-planella/11947627275/
>>>  [16]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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