Localization effort for Saucy

Registered by Anthony Wong

For identifying what need to be done about localization for 13.10.

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
None
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Anthony Wong
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Drafting
Series goal:
Accepted for saucy
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

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Whiteboard

Translation resources
 * 小组 Wiki:http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/UbuntuTranslations
 * 翻译指南:http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/TranslatorsGuideline
 * Instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/
 * Team: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-china-trans-contributors
 * Team: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-zh-cn
 * Where to work: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu
 * Existing mailing lists:
    * <email address hidden>
    * <email address hidden>

* People who work in translation should join the above mailing lists and teams.

* Do we need a localization team at LP? Such as ubuntukylin-l10n team
 --not currently. we'd better work together with ubuntu-l10n team at the beginning. If we found that there are much work besides ubuntu l10n, we will create a ubuntukylin-l10n team. [Jack]

* Translation cadence
  * Saucy translation has been started.
  * langpack are released twice per week during development, align it.
  * Ubuntukylin Team Wiki for Saucy translation: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuKylin/Translations [Lei]

* Need translation plan
  * General workflow: Identify what to test -> Test -> Translate/Localize/Bug fix
  * what to test (prioritize)?
  * how to write test cases for translations?
  * who will test?
  * can we handle the job or we need third-party translation vendor to help?

* Development
  * Maintain an English-Chinese phrase check list to maintain the translation consistences of the entire system (or the unity Environment at least). [Lei]
  * Build an Unity tranlation search engine? [Lei]
    -- Do we need it? Rossata generates several suggestion from the Launchpad database for each translatable item automaticlly.

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