Hi all, Now that the infrastructure for sublevels has been implemented, we can warn users if the language they have selected is not fully translated. The advantage of that is that we can be a bit more relaxed about having translations at (near) 100% for a release because the user will be warned in advance that he may encounter some strings in a different language and (s)he will have the option of either continuing, switching to a different language, or aborting the installation before e.g. his harddisk has been erased...
The warnings are in 5 different levels of severity depending on the sublevel which is incomplete. One example of a warning is: The translation of the installer is incomplete for the selected language. This means that there is a significant chance that some dialogs will be displayed in English instead. Unless you have a good understanding of the alternative language, it is recommended to either select a different language or abort the installation. Continue the installation in the selected language? As you can see, the warnings include the language that the installer will fall back to. For most languages this will always be English, but a few have other fallbacks that are tried first. For these languages we have added extra strings that list these fallback languages. These extra strings will not be included in the normal l10n processes, but will be maintained separately. Request for *ONLY* Chinese and Portuguese translators ----------------------------------------------------- In order to do some final testing, I would appreciate translations of these extra strings *only for the following languages*: - Simplified Chinese - Traditional Chinese - Portuguese - Brazilian Portuguese Please send me (either privately or on the list) the translation the attached file that ends in your language code; i.e: you only need to translate the strings in one file. See the comments at the top of the file for instructions. Background info --------------- An overview of the new changes in localechooser can be found here: - http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00290.html The current patch for the warnings for incomplete translations is here: - http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00385.html Thanks in advance, FJP
# The commented text in the templates below should be translated into # *Portuguese* in the Description field (on a single line!). # After that has been done, the templates can be uncommented (the # example text should remain commented!). #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_incomplete/pt #Type: text # This means that there is a significant chance that some dialogs will be # displayed in Brazilian Portuguese or, if that is also not available, in # English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_normal-ok/pt #Type: text # If you do anything other than a purely default installation, there is a # real chance that some dialogs will be displayed in Brazilian Portuguese # or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_partial/pt #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, most dialogs # should be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the more # advanced options of the installer - some may be displayed in Brazilian # Portuguese or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_mostly-ok/pt #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, dialogs should # normally be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the more # advanced options of the installer - there is a slight chance some may be # displayed in Brazilian Portuguese or, if that is also not available, in # English. #Description:
# The commented text in the templates below should be translated into # *Simplified Chinese* in the Description field (on a single line!). # After that has been done, the templates can be uncommented (the # example text should remain commented!). #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_incomplete/zh_CN #Type: text # This means that there is a significant chance that some dialogs will be # displayed in Traditional Chinese or, if that is also not available, in # English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_normal-ok/zh_CN #Type: text # If you do anything other than a purely default installation, there is a # real chance that some dialogs will be displayed in Traditional Chinese or, # if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_partial/zh_CN #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, most dialogs # should be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the more # advanced options of the installer - some may be displayed in Traditional # Chinese or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_mostly-ok/zh_CN #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, dialogs # should normally be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the # more advanced options of the installer - there is a slight chance some # may be displayed in Traditional Chinese or, if that is also not available, # in English. #Description:
# The commented text in the templates below should be translated into # *Brazilian Portuguese* in the Description field (on a single line!). # After that has been done, the templates can be uncommented (the # example text should remain commented!). #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_incomplete/pt_BR #Type: text # This means that there is a significant chance that some dialogs will be # displayed in Portuguese or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_normal-ok/pt_BR #Type: text # If you do anything other than a purely default installation, there is a # real chance that some dialogs will be displayed in Portuguese or, if that # is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_partial/pt_BR #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, most dialogs # should be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the more # advanced options of the installer - some may be displayed in Portuguese # or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_mostly-ok/pt_BR #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, dialogs # should normally be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the # more advanced options of the installer - there is a slight chance some # may be displayed in Portuguese or, if that is also not available, in # English. #Description:
# The commented text in the templates below should be translated into # *Traditional Chinese* in the Description field (on a single line!). # After that has been done, the templates can be uncommented (the # example text should remain commented!). #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_incomplete/zh_TW #Type: text # This means that there is a significant chance that some dialogs will be # displayed in Simplified Chinese or, if that is also not available, in # English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_normal-ok/zh_TW #Type: text # If you do anything other than a purely default installation, there is a # real chance that some dialogs will be displayed in Simplified Chinese or, # if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_partial/zh_TW #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, most dialogs # should be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the more # advanced options of the installer - some may be displayed in Simplified # Chinese or, if that is also not available, in English. #Description: #Template: localechooser/translation/text/warn_mostly-ok/zh_TW #Type: text # If you continue the installation in the selected language, dialogs # should normally be displayed correctly but - especially if you use the # more advanced options of the installer - there is a slight chance some # may be displayed in Simplified Chinese or, if that is also not available, # in English. #Description:
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