New translation for Ubuntu

[Josef Andersson]

Den 2017-06-03 kl. 14:00, skrev ubuntu-translators-request at lists.ubuntu.com:
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> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 13:49:28 -0600
> From: "Demuxer @gmail" <demuxer at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: New translation for Ubuntu
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> Hi team, Im from Guatemala and we have an interested group in create a new
> language option/pack.
> I use to translate some english strings and know how those process works
> https://launchpad.net/~demuxer but now at Ubuntu Guatemala
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GuatemalanTeam we have a large mayan people using
> Kaqchikel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaqchikel_people and we would like
> to create this translation,
> 
> What is the first step?
> Is it possible to have a branch from the SPANISH - LATAM ? the translators
> are better with spanish than english, of course this would change in
> another Ubuntu Release, but we prefer 'spanish' as a base.
> 
> Thanks for your reply
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> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 22:28:01 +0200
> From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>
> To: Demuxer <demuxer at gmail.com>, ubuntu-translators at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: New translation for Ubuntu
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> Hi!
> 
> On 2017-06-02 21:49, Demuxer @gmail wrote:
>> Hi team, Im from Guatemala and we have an interested group in create
>> a new language option/pack.
>> I use to translate some english strings and know how those process
>> works https://launchpad.net/~demuxer but now at Ubuntu Guatemala 
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GuatemalanTeam we have a large mayan people 
>> using Kaqchikel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaqchikel_people and we
>>  would like to create this translation,
>>
>> What is the first step?
> 
> First I'd like to emphasize that translating Ubuntu into a new language 
> is quite a big undertaking. This check list may give you an idea of 
> what's involved:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/KnowledgeBase/StartingTeam
> 
> One thing I'd recommend is that you talk with some members of the 
> Spanish translators team to get an idea of the amount of work involved 
> to achieve and - not least - maintain sufficient translation coverage to 
> justify the creation of a new language.
> 
> Otherwise, as a direct answer to your question, creating a locale for 
> the new language would probably be step #1.
> 
>> Is it possible to have a branch from the SPANISH - LATAM ? the 
>> translators are better with spanish than english, of course this
>> would change in another Ubuntu Release, but we prefer 'spanish' as a
>> base.
> 
> No, the translation infrastructure of Ubuntu does not allow for such an 
> arrangement. The original language is English, and all translations are 
> based on English directly.
> 

Also, I would recommend anyone starting out with a new language translation for Ubuntu to focus on the GNOME desktop. GNOME desktop is going to be the default in Ubuntu in the near future. Therefore, I would recommend you to join the GNOME Translation project, https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject/ and start there.

/Josef