Notes about translation of Ubuntu 18.04

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Hi Ask!

On 2018-04-01 22:05, Ask Hjorth Larsen wrote:
> 2018-04-01 21:25 GMT+02:00 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com>:
>> After the switch to GNOME, some of the core GNOME packages are
>> more important than when Unity was default in Ubuntu. The GNOME
>> packages are translated upstream, and in many cases the upstream
>> translations are simply imported to LP and added to our language
>> packs and there is not much to do for the translators on the Ubuntu
>> side.
>> 
>> But..
>> 
>> Some of the GNOME packages have Ubuntu modifications with
>> translatable strings which have to be translated via Launchpad.
>> 
>> gnome-software
>> gnome-control-center
>> gnome-online-accounts
>> gnome-session
> 
> Thank you very much for this useful information.
> 
> One question: Is there a way to see, or to know by means of some
> public schedule, at what time imports will be done from upstream to
> Launchpad?  The idea is to know whether to upload a translation
> manually or simply wait for an automatic process.  We can upload our
> upstream translations manually, but that's a lot of work when there
> many modules.

I wish I could say there is, but I'm afraid I can't.

For many (most?) GNOME packages, both template updates and translation 
imports from upstream happen when respective package is uploaded to 
Ubuntu. Unless the upstream .po file is complete at that time, the 
untranslated strings in the LP interface may include both upstream and 
Ubuntu specific strings.

The information about in which file a string is located may serve as 
guidance, admittedly not always easy to interpret, in this respect.

Some packages are set up so the translations are synced with upstream 
and thus LP is continually updated with upstream translations. But 
AFAIU, the problem with distinguishing between upstream and Ubuntu 
specific strings is present also for those packages.

-- 
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj