1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
***************************************

Free software is going international!  The Free Translation Project is
a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all
together, so that free software will gradually become able to speak many
languages.  A few packages already provide translations for their
messages.

   If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may
assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally,
itself available at your nearest GNU archive site.  But you do _not_
need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using
this package with messages translated.

   Installers will find here some useful hints.  These notes also
explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the
available translations.  They tell how people wanting to contribute and
work on translations can contact the appropriate team.

1.1 Quick configuration advice
==============================

[obsolete]

1.2 INSTALL Matters
===================

Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the programs
they contain can be made to speak your own native language.  Most such
packages use GNU `gettext'.  Other packages have their own ways to
internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'.

   By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of
messages.  It will automatically detect whether the system already
provides the GNU `gettext' functions.  If not, the package will not
be translated.
Installers may use special options at configuration time for changing
the default behaviour.  The command:

     ./configure --disable-nls

will, _totally_ disable translation of messages.

   Internationalized packages usually have many `po/LL.po' files, where
LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language.  Unless
translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the
`--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed
together with the package.  However, the environment variable `LINGUAS'
may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set.
`LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter
codes, stating which languages are allowed.

1.3 Using This Package
======================

As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you
only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate
`LL_CC' combination.  Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code,
and `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code.  For example, let's
suppose that you speak German and live in Germany.  At the shell
prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'),
`export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash').
This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for
all.

   You might think that the country code specification is redundant.
But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries.  For
example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil.  The
country code serves to distinguish the dialects.

   The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the
language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based
on GNU libc.  On other systems, some variations of this scheme are
used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'.  You can get the list of
locales supported by your system for your country by running the command
`locale -a | grep '^LL''.

   Not all programs have translations for all languages.  By default, an
English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation.  If you
understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages.
This is done through a different environment variable, called
`LANGUAGE'.  GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG'
for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG'
set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the
system libraries.  For example, some Swedish users who would rather
read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not
available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'.

   Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian
bokma*l changed from `no' to `nb' recently (in 2003).  During the
transition period, while some message catalogs for this language are
installed under `nb' and some older ones under `no', it's recommended
for Norwegian users to set `LANGUAGE' to `nb:no' so that both newer and
older translations are used.

   In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG'
environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL'
to denote the language's main dialect.  For example, `de' is equivalent
to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT'
(Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context.

1.4 Translating Teams
=====================

For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
Each translation team has its own mailing list.  The up-to-date list of
teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage,
`http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/', in the "National teams"
area.

   If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you
should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has
`-request' appended.  For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:

     subscribe

   Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
_actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
rather than merely lurking around.  If your team does not exist yet and
you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the
coordinator for all translator teams.

   The English team is special.  It works at improving and uniformizing
the terminology in use.  Proven linguistic skill are praised more than
programming skill, here.

1.5 Available Packages
======================

Languages are not equally supported in all packages.  The following
matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of June
2006.  The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a
translation percentage of at least 50%.

     Ready PO files       af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
                        +----------------------------------------------------+
     GNUnet             |                                  []                |
     a2ps               |             []                [] [] []     []      |
     aegis              |                                  ()                |
     ant-phone          |                                  ()                |
     anubis             |                                  []                |
     ap-utils           |                                                    |
     aspell             |                         []    [] []        []      |
     bash               |                      []          []             [] |
     batchelor          |                                  []                |
     bfd                |                                                    |
     bibshelf           |                                  []                |
     binutils           |                               []                   |
     bison              |                               [] []                |
     bison-runtime      |                                                    |
     bluez-pin          | []                      []       [] []          [] |
     cflow              |                               []                   |
     clisp              |                                  []    []          |
     console-tools      |                         []       []                |
     coreutils          |                []    []       [] []                |
     cpio               |                                                    |
     cpplib             |                      []       [] []                |
     cryptonit          |                                  []                |
     darkstat           |                []             () []                |
     dialog             |                      [] [] [] [] [] []             |
     diffutils          |                      [] []    [] [] []          [] |
     doodle             |                                  []                |
     e2fsprogs          |                         []       []                |
     enscript           |                      []       [] []        []      |
     error              |                      []       [] []        []      |
     fetchmail          |                      []       [] () []             |
     fileutils          |                               [] []                |
     findutils          |                []    []       []                   |
     flex               |                      []       [] []                |
     fslint             |                                  []                |
     gas                |                                                    |
     gawk               |                      []       [] []                |
     gbiff              |                                  []                |
     gcal               |                      []                            |
     gcc                |                                  []                |
     gettext-examples   | []                   []          [] []             |
     gettext-runtime    |             []       []       [] []                |
     gettext-tools      |                      []          []                |
     gimp-print         |                         []    [] []        []      |
     gip                |                []                                  |
     gliv               |                                  []                |
     glunarclock        |                []                                  |
     gmult              | []                               []                |
     gnubiff            |                                  ()                |
     gnucash            |                                  () ()     []      |
     gnucash-glossary   |                               [] ()                |
     gnuedu             |                                                    |
     gnulib             | []          [] []    []       [] []                |
     gnunet-gtk         |                                                    |
     gnutls             |                                                    |
     gpe-aerial         |                         []       []                |
     gpe-beam           |                         []       []                |
     gpe-calendar       |                         []       []                |
     gpe-clock          |                         []       []                |
     gpe-conf           |                         []       []                |
     gpe-contacts       |                                                    |
     gpe-edit           |                         []                         |
     gpe-filemanager    |                                                    |
     gpe-go             |                         []                         |
     gpe-login          |                         []       []                |
     gpe-ownerinfo      |                         []       []                |
     gpe-package        |                                                    |
     gpe-sketchbook     |                         []       []                |
     gpe-su             |                         []       []                |
     gpe-taskmanager    |                         []       []                |
     gpe-timesheet      |                         []                         |
     gpe-today          |                         []       []                |
     gpe-todo           |                                                    |
     gphoto2            |                         []    [] []        []      |
     gprof              |                               [] []                |
     gpsdrive           |                                  ()    ()          |
     gramadoir          | []                               []                |
     grep               | []          [] []    []          [] []             |
     gretl              |                                                    |
     gsasl              |                                                    |
     gss                |                                                    |
     gst-plugins        | []                   [] []    []                   |
     gst-plugins-base   |                []    []       []                   |
     gst-plugins-good   | []       []    []    [] []    []           []      |
     gstreamer          | []             []    [] []    [] []        []      |
     gtick              | []                               ()                |
     gtkam              |                         []    [] []                |
     gtkorphan          |                []                []                |
     gtkspell           |             []                   [] []          [] |
     gutenprint         |                               []                   |
     hello              |                      []       [] [] []          [] |
     id-utils           |                               [] []                |
     impost             |                                                    |
     indent             |                      []          []             [] |
     iso_3166           |                                  []             [] |
     iso_3166_1         |                      [] []    [] [] []             |
     iso_3166_2         |                                                    |
     iso_3166_3         |                                  []                |
     iso_4217           |                                  []                |
     iso_639            |                                  []             [] |
     jpilot             |                         []                         |
     jtag               |                                                    |
     jwhois             |                                                    |
     kbd                |                         []    [] [] []             |
     keytouch           |                                                    |
     keytouch-editor    |                                                    |
     keytouch-keyboa... |                                                    |
     latrine            |                                  ()                |
     ld                 |                               []                   |
     leafpad            |                []    [] []       [] []             |
     libc               |                      [] []    [] [] []             |
     libexif            |                                  []                |
     libextractor       |                                  []                |
     libgpewidget       |                         []    [] []                |
     libgpg-error       |                                  []                |
     libgphoto2         |                               [] []                |
     libgphoto2_port    |                               [] []                |
     libgsasl           |                                                    |
     libiconv           |                                                    |
     libidn             |                               []                [] |
     lifelines          |                               [] ()                |
     lilypond           |                                  []                |
     lingoteach         |                                                    |
     lynx               |                      [] []    [] []                |
     m4                 |                         []    [] [] []             |
     mailutils          |                      []                            |
     make               |                               [] []                |
     man-db             |                      [] ()    [] []                |
     minicom            |                         []    [] []                |
     mysecretdiary      |                               [] []                |
     nano               |                []    [] ()       []                |
     nano_1_0           |                      [] ()    [] []                |
     opcodes            |                                  []                |
     parted             |                                                    |
     pilot-qof          |                                            []      |
     psmisc             |                []                                  |
     pwdutils           |                                                    |
     python             |                                                    |
     qof                |                                                    |
     radius             |                      []                            |
     recode             |             []       []       [] [] []          [] |
     rpm                |                         []    []                   |
     screem             |                                                    |
     scrollkeeper       |          [] []       [] [] [] [] []        []      |
     sed                |                      []          []             [] |
     sh-utils           |                               [] []                |
     shared-mime-info   |                []       []                      [] |
     sharutils          |                []    [] []    [] [] []             |
     shishi             |                                                    |
     silky              |                                                    |
     skencil            |                               [] ()                |
     sketch             |                               [] ()                |
     solfege            |                                                    |
     soundtracker       |                               [] []                |
     sp                 |                                  []                |
     stardict           |                         []                         |
     system-tools-ba... |       []       [] [] [] []    [] [] []     []      |
     tar                |                                                    |
     texinfo            |                               [] []             [] |
     textutils          |                      []       [] []                |
     tin                |                                  ()        ()      |
     tp-robot           |                                  []                |
     tuxpaint           | []             []             [] []        []      |
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                    |
     unicode-transla... |                                                    |
     util-linux         |                      [] []    [] []                |
     vorbis-tools       |             []          []    []           []      |
     wastesedge         |                                  ()                |
     wdiff              |                      []       [] []        []      |
     wget               |                      []          []                |
     xchat              |                []    []          [] []     []      |
     xkeyboard-config   |                                                    |
     xpad               |                []             []                   |
                        +----------------------------------------------------+
                          af am ar az be bg bs ca cs cy da de el en en_GB eo
                          11  0  1  2  8 20  1 42 43  2 62 97 18  1  16   13

                          es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
     GNUnet             |                                                  |
     a2ps               |    []       [] []                             () |
     aegis              |                                                  |
     ant-phone          |                []                                |
     anubis             |                []                                |
     ap-utils           |             [] []                                |
     aspell             |                []  []                         [] |
     bash               | []             []                    []          |
     batchelor          |                []  []                            |
     bfd                | []                                               |
     bibshelf           | []                 []                         [] |
     binutils           | []          [] []                                |
     bison              | [] []          []  []                   []    [] |
     bison-runtime      |    []          []  []                   []    [] |
     bluez-pin          |             [] []  []                [] []       |
     cflow              |                                                  |
     clisp              | []             []                                |
     console-tools      |                                                  |
     coreutils          | [] []       [] []  []                []          |
     cpio               | []             []  []                            |
     cpplib             | []             []                                |
     cryptonit          |                []                                |
     darkstat           | []             ()  []                [] []       |
     dialog             | [] [] []    [] []  []                []       [] |
     diffutils          | []          [] []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
     doodle             |                    []                         [] |
     e2fsprogs          | []             []                             [] |
     enscript           |                []  []             []             |
     error              | []          [] []  []                []          |
     fetchmail          | []                                               |
     fileutils          | [] []          []  []                []       [] |
     findutils          |    []          []  []                []          |
     flex               | []             []  []                            |
     fslint             |                []                                |
     gas                | []             []                                |
     gawk               | []             []  []       []                   |
     gbiff              |                []                                |
     gcal               | []             []                                |
     gcc                | []                                               |
     gettext-examples   | []             []  []                []       [] |
     gettext-runtime    | []          [] []  []                   []    [] |
     gettext-tools      | []             []                             [] |
     gimp-print         | []             []                                |
     gip                | []    []       []                                |
     gliv               |                ()                                |
     glunarclock        |             []     []                []          |
     gmult              |       []       []                             [] |
     gnubiff            |                ()                             () |
     gnucash            | ()             ()                    ()          |
     gnucash-glossary   | []                                            [] |
     gnuedu             | []                                               |
     gnulib             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             []          |
     gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
     gnutls             |                                                  |
     gpe-aerial         | []             []                                |
     gpe-beam           | []             []                                |
     gpe-calendar       | []             []                    [] []       |
     gpe-clock          | []          [] []                    []          |
     gpe-conf           |                []                                |
     gpe-contacts       | []             []                                |
     gpe-edit           | []             []                    [] []       |
     gpe-filemanager    | []                                               |
     gpe-go             | []             []                    []          |
     gpe-login          | []             []                    []          |
     gpe-ownerinfo      | []          [] []                    [] []       |
     gpe-package        | []                                               |
     gpe-sketchbook     | []             []                                |
     gpe-su             | []          [] []                    []          |
     gpe-taskmanager    | []          [] []                                |
     gpe-timesheet      | []             []  []                   []       |
     gpe-today          | []          [] []  []                            |
     gpe-todo           | []                                               |
     gphoto2            | []          [] []                    []       [] |
     gprof              | []             []  []                   []       |
     gpsdrive           | ()             ()                    []       () |
     gramadoir          |                []  []                            |
     grep               | [] [] []    [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
     gretl              | []             []                             [] |
     gsasl              |                    []                            |
     gss                |                []                                |
     gst-plugins        |                []                    []       [] |
     gst-plugins-base   |                                      []       [] |
     gst-plugins-good   |       []                             []       [] |
     gstreamer          |             []                       []       [] |
     gtick              |       []    [] []  []                         [] |
     gtkam              | []             []                    []       [] |
     gtkorphan          |                []                             [] |
     gtkspell           | []    []    [] []  []                         [] |
     gutenprint         |                                      []          |
     hello              | [] [] [] [] [] []  [] []    []    [] [] []    [] |
     id-utils           |                []  []                [] []    [] |
     impost             |                []  []                            |
     indent             | [] [] []    [] []  [] []             [] []    [] |
     iso_3166           |             [] []                    []          |
     iso_3166_1         | []    []    [] []  []                [] []       |
     iso_3166_2         |                []                                |
     iso_3166_3         |                []                                |
     iso_4217           |    []       []        []             []          |
     iso_639            |          [] [] []  []                []          |
     jpilot             | []             []                                |
     jtag               |                []                                |
     jwhois             | []             []                    [] []    [] |
     kbd                | []             []                                |
     keytouch           |                    []                            |
     keytouch-editor    |                    []                            |
     keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                            |
     latrine            |                []  []                         [] |
     ld                 | []             []                                |
     leafpad            | []             []  []       []       []       [] |
     libc               | []          [] []     []             []          |
     libexif            | []                                               |
     libextractor       |                    []                            |
     libgpewidget       | []             []  []                [] []       |
     libgpg-error       |                                                  |
     libgphoto2         | []             []                                |
     libgphoto2_port    |                []                             [] |
     libgsasl           |                []  []                            |
     libiconv           |                                                  |
     libidn             |                []                             [] |
     lifelines          |                ()                                |
     lilypond           |                []                                |
     lingoteach         |                []                       []    [] |
     lynx               |    []                                []       [] |
     m4                 |                []  [] []                []       |
     mailutils          | []             []                                |
     make               | []          [] []  [] []    []    []    []       |
     man-db             | ()                                               |
     minicom            | []          [] []                    []          |
     mysecretdiary      | []             []                       []       |
     nano               |       []    () []  []                []       [] |
     nano_1_0           | []             []     []                []    [] |
     opcodes            | []          [] []  []                            |
     parted             | []                                      []    [] |
     pilot-qof          |                                                  |
     psmisc             |       []                             []       [] |
     pwdutils           |                                                  |
     python             |                                                  |
     qof                |                                                  |
     radius             | []             []                                |
     recode             | []             []  [] []    []       [] []    [] |
     rpm                |                []                       []       |
     screem             |                                                  |
     scrollkeeper       | []          []                       []          |
     sed                | [] []          []  []                []          |
     sh-utils           | [] []       [] []  []                []       [] |
     shared-mime-info   | []    []    [] []                    []       [] |
     sharutils          | [] []       [] []  [] []             []       [] |
     shishi             |                                                  |
     silky              |                []                                |
     skencil            | []             []                                |
     sketch             | []             []                                |
     solfege            |                                               [] |
     soundtracker       | []             []                             [] |
     sp                 |                []                                |
     stardict           |                                      []          |
     system-tools-ba... | []    []    [] []                 [] [] []    [] |
     tar                | [] []          []  []                         [] |
     texinfo            |                []           []                   |
     textutils          | []             []  [] []             []          |
     tin                |    []          ()                                |
     tp-robot           |             [] []                    []          |
     tuxpaint           |                    []                []          |
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
     unicode-transla... |                []  []                            |
     util-linux         | [] []       [] []                    [] []    [] |
     vorbis-tools       | []             []                                |
     wastesedge         |                ()                                |
     wdiff              | [] []          []  [] []             [] []    [] |
     wget               |    []       [] []  []             [] [] []    [] |
     xchat              | []    []    [] []        []    []    []       [] |
     xkeyboard-config   |             [] []                    []       [] |
     xpad               | []                 []                []          |
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
                          es et eu fa fi fr  ga gl gu he hi hr hu id is it
                          89 21 16  2 41 118 59 14  1  8  1  6 60 30  0 52

                          ja ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn no
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
     GNUnet             |                                                  |
     a2ps               |    ()                      []          []     () |
     aegis              |                                        ()        |
     ant-phone          |                                        []        |
     anubis             |                            []    []    []        |
     ap-utils           |                            []                    |
     aspell             |                         []             []        |
     bash               |                                        []        |
     batchelor          |                            []          []        |
     bfd                |                                                  |
     bibshelf           |                            []                    |
     binutils           |                                                  |
     bison              |                            []    []    []        |
     bison-runtime      |                            []    []    []        |
     bluez-pin          |       []                   []          []        |
     cflow              |                                                  |
     clisp              |                                        []        |
     console-tools      |                                                  |
     coreutils          |                                        []        |
     cpio               |                                                  |
     cpplib             |                                        []        |
     cryptonit          |                                        []        |
     darkstat           |                            []          []        |
     dialog             |                            []          []        |
     diffutils          | []                         []          []        |
     doodle             |                                                  |
     e2fsprogs          |                                        []        |
     enscript           |                                        []        |
     error              |                                        []        |
     fetchmail          | []                                     []        |
     fileutils          | []          []                                   |
     findutils          |                                        []        |
     flex               |    []                                  []        |
     fslint             |                            []          []        |
     gas                |                                                  |
     gawk               | []                                     []        |
     gbiff              |                                        []        |
     gcal               |                                                  |
     gcc                |                                                  |
     gettext-examples   | []                                     []        |
     gettext-runtime    | [] []                                  []        |
     gettext-tools      | [] []                                            |
     gimp-print         | []                                     []        |
     gip                |                            []          []        |
     gliv               |                                        []        |
     glunarclock        |                            []          []        |
     gmult              | []                         []                    |
     gnubiff            |                                                  |
     gnucash            | ()                               ()              |
     gnucash-glossary   |                                        []        |
     gnuedu             |                                                  |
     gnulib             | [] []                      []          []        |
     gnunet-gtk         |                                                  |
     gnutls             |                                                  |
     gpe-aerial         |                                        []        |
     gpe-beam           |                                        []        |
     gpe-calendar       |                                        []        |
     gpe-clock          |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-conf           |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-contacts       |    []                                            |
     gpe-edit           |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-filemanager    |    []                                            |
     gpe-go             |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-login          |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-ownerinfo      |                                        []        |
     gpe-package        |    []                                            |
     gpe-sketchbook     |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-su             |    []                                  []        |
     gpe-taskmanager    |    [] []                               []        |
     gpe-timesheet      |                                        []        |
     gpe-today          |                                        []        |
     gpe-todo           |                                                  |
     gphoto2            | []                                     []        |
     gprof              |                                                  |
     gpsdrive           | ()                                     ()     () |
     gramadoir          |                                        ()        |
     grep               | []                               []    []        |
     gretl              |                                                  |
     gsasl              |                                        []        |
     gss                |                                                  |
     gst-plugins        |                                        []        |
     gst-plugins-base   |                                                  |
     gst-plugins-good   |                                        []        |
     gstreamer          |                                        []        |
     gtick              |                                        []        |
     gtkam              | []                                               |
     gtkorphan          |                                        []        |
     gtkspell           |                         []             []        |
     gutenprint         |                                                  |
     hello              | [] []             []       []    []    []  [] [] |
     id-utils           |                                        []        |
     impost             |                                                  |
     indent             | []                                     []        |
     iso_3166           |                                        []        |
     iso_3166_1         |                                        []     [] |
     iso_3166_2         |                                        []        |
     iso_3166_3         |                                        []        |
     iso_4217           | []                      []             []        |
     iso_639            | []                                     []  []    |
     jpilot             | ()                                     ()     () |
     jtag               |                                                  |
     jwhois             |                                        []        |
     kbd                |                                        []        |
     keytouch           |                                        []        |
     keytouch-editor    |                                                  |
     keytouch-keyboa... |                                        []        |
     latrine            |                                        []        |
     ld                 |                                                  |
     leafpad            | []             []                                |
     libc               | [] []                            []    []     [] |
     libexif            |                                                  |
     libextractor       |                                                  |
     libgpewidget       |                                        []        |
     libgpg-error       |                                                  |
     libgphoto2         | []                                               |
     libgphoto2_port    | []                                               |
     libgsasl           |                                        []        |
     libiconv           |                                                  |
     libidn             | []                                     []        |
     lifelines          |                                        []        |
     lilypond           |                                                  |
     lingoteach         |                                        []        |
     lynx               | []                                     []        |
     m4                 | []                                     []        |
     mailutils          |                                                  |
     make               | [] []                                  []        |
     man-db             | ()                                               |
     minicom            | []                                               |
     mysecretdiary      |                                        []        |
     nano               |                            []    []    []        |
     nano_1_0           |                            []    []        []    |
     opcodes            |                                        []        |
     parted             | []                                     []        |
     pilot-qof          |                                                  |
     psmisc             | []                               []    []        |
     pwdutils           |                                                  |
     python             |                                                  |
     qof                |                                                  |
     radius             |                                                  |
     recode             |                                        []        |
     rpm                | [] []                                            |
     screem             | []                                               |
     scrollkeeper       |                                  [] [] []  []    |
     sed                | []                                     []        |
     sh-utils           | []                               []              |
     shared-mime-info   |    []          []                []    []  []    |
     sharutils          | []                                     []        |
     shishi             |                                                  |
     silky              |                                        []        |
     skencil            |                                                  |
     sketch             |                                                  |
     solfege            |                                                  |
     soundtracker       |                                                  |
     sp                 | ()                                               |
     stardict           |                      []                []        |
     system-tools-ba... | [] []          []                      []        |
     tar                | []       []                            []        |
     texinfo            | []                               []    []        |
     textutils          | [] []                            []              |
     tin                |                                                  |
     tp-robot           |                                        []        |
     tuxpaint           |                                            []    |
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                  |
     unicode-transla... |                                                  |
     util-linux         | []                                     []        |
     vorbis-tools       |                                        []        |
     wastesedge         |                                        []        |
     wdiff              |                            []    []              |
     wget               | []                                     []        |
     xchat              | [] []                []                []        |
     xkeyboard-config   |                                        []        |
     xpad               |    []                      []          []        |
                        +--------------------------------------------------+
                          ja ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms mt nb ne nl  nn no
                          40 24  2  1  1  3  1  2  3 21  0 15  1 102  6  3

                          nso or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
                        +------------------------------------------------------+
     GNUnet             |                                                      |
     a2ps               |           ()     []      [] []       []    [] []     |
     aegis              |                          () ()                       |
     ant-phone          |                          []                   []     |
     anubis             |           []             [] []                       |
     ap-utils           |           ()                                         |
     aspell             |                          [] []                       |
     bash               |                  []      [] []                       |
     batchelor          |                          []                   []     |
     bfd                |                                                      |
     bibshelf           |                                               []     |
     binutils           |                             []                []     |
     bison              |           []     []      [] []                []     |
     bison-runtime      |           []             []          []       []     |
     bluez-pin          |           []     []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     cflow              |           []                                         |
     clisp              |                             []                       |
     console-tools      |                             []                       |
     coreutils          |           []                []       []       []     |
     cpio               |           []                []                []     |
     cpplib             |                                               []     |
     cryptonit          |                  []                           []     |
     darkstat           |           []     []      []       []       [] []     |
     dialog             |           [] []  []   [] [] [] []          [] []     |
     diffutils          |           []     []      [] []             [] []     |
     doodle             |                                         []    []     |
     e2fsprogs          |           []                                  []     |
     enscript           |                  []      [] []       []       []     |
     error              |                  []      []       []          []     |
     fetchmail          |           []                []          []           |
     fileutils          |           []             [] []       []       []     |
     findutils          |           [] []          []       [] []       []     |
     flex               |           []     []      [] []                []     |
     fslint             |                  []      []                [] []     |
     gas                |                                                      |
     gawk               |           []     []      []                   []     |
     gbiff              |                          []                          |
     gcal               |                                               []     |
     gcc                |                                                      |
     gettext-examples   |           [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gettext-runtime    |           [] []          [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gettext-tools      |           []             [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gimp-print         |                                   []          []     |
     gip                |                       []          []       [] []     |
     gliv               |                  []      []       []          []     |
     glunarclock        |                  []      [] []    []       [] []     |
     gmult              |                       [] []                [] []     |
     gnubiff            |                          ()                          |
     gnucash            |           ()                                  []     |
     gnucash-glossary   |              []                   []          []     |
     gnuedu             |                                                      |
     gnulib             |           []             [] []       []       []     |
     gnunet-gtk         |                                               []     |
     gnutls             |           []                                  []     |
     gpe-aerial         |              []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
     gpe-beam           |              []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
     gpe-calendar       |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-clock          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-conf           |              []  []      [] []    [] []       []     |
     gpe-contacts       |                          [] []       []    [] []     |
     gpe-edit           |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-filemanager    |                                      []       []     |
     gpe-go             |                  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
     gpe-login          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-ownerinfo      |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-package        |                                      []       []     |
     gpe-sketchbook     |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-su             |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-taskmanager    |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-timesheet      |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-today          |              []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gpe-todo           |                             []       []    [] []     |
     gphoto2            |           []             []       []       [] []     |
     gprof              |                  []      []                   []     |
     gpsdrive           |        []                []                   []     |
     gramadoir          |                                   []          []     |
     grep               |           [] []  []      [] []       []    [] []     |
     gretl              |           []                                         |
     gsasl              |           []                                  []     |
     gss                |           []             []                   []     |
     gst-plugins        |     []                                  [] [] []     |
     gst-plugins-base   |                                               []     |
     gst-plugins-good   |     []                                  [] [] []     |
     gstreamer          |                                         [] [] []     |
     gtick              |                          [] []                []     |
     gtkam              |           []     []         []                []     |
     gtkorphan          |                                               []     |
     gtkspell           |                  []   [] [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     gutenprint         |                                               []     |
     hello              |           []     []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     id-utils           |                  []      [] []                []     |
     impost             |                                               []     |
     indent             |                  []      [] []    []       [] []     |
     iso_3166           |              []                []    [] [] [] []     |
     iso_3166_1         |                                   [] [] [] []        |
     iso_3166_2         |                                                      |
     iso_3166_3         |                          []    []    []    []        |
     iso_4217           |                                []    []    [] []     |
     iso_639            |                                []    []    [] []     |
     jpilot             |                                                      |
     jtag               |                                   []                 |
     jwhois             |           []     []      []                   []     |
     kbd                |           []             []                   []     |
     keytouch           |                                               []     |
     keytouch-editor    |                                               []     |
     keytouch-keyboa... |                                               []     |
     latrine            |                          []                   []     |
     ld                 |                                               []     |
     leafpad            |           [] []             []    []          []  [] |
     libc               |           []     []         []    []          []     |
     libexif            |           []                                         |
     libextractor       |                          []                   []     |
     libgpewidget       |              []  []      []       [] []    [] []     |
     libgpg-error       |           []             []                          |
     libgphoto2         |           []                                         |
     libgphoto2_port    |           []                []                       |
     libgsasl           |           []             []                [] []     |
     libiconv           |                                                      |
     libidn             |           []                               [] ()     |
     lifelines          |           []                                  []     |
     lilypond           |                                                      |
     lingoteach         |                  []                                  |
     lynx               |                  []         []                []     |
     m4                 |           []     []      [] []                []     |
     mailutils          |           []             [] []                []     |
     make               |           []     []         []                []     |
     man-db             |                          []                   []     |
     minicom            |           []     []      [] []                []     |
     mysecretdiary      |                  []      [] []                []     |
     nano               |                          []                   []     |
     nano_1_0           |           []             [] []                []     |
     opcodes            |                          []                   []     |
     parted             |           []                                         |
     pilot-qof          |                                               []     |
     psmisc             |           []                                  []     |
     pwdutils           |           []                                  []     |
     python             |                                                      |
     qof                |                                               []     |
     radius             |           []                []                       |
     recode             |           [] []  []      [] []       []       []     |
     rpm                |           [] []             []                []     |
     screem             |                                                      |
     scrollkeeper       |           []             [] []    []    [] [] []     |
     sed                |           [] []  []      [] []    [] []    [] []     |
     sh-utils           |                             []       []    []        |
     shared-mime-info   |              []  []                     [] [] []     |
     sharutils          |           []                []             [] []     |
     shishi             |           []                                         |
     silky              |                                   []                 |
     skencil            |              []  []                           []     |
     sketch             |              []  []                           []     |
     solfege            |                                               []     |
     soundtracker       |                                   []          []     |
     sp                 |                                                      |
     stardict           |                             []    []          []     |
     system-tools-ba... |        [] [] []  []      []             [] [] []  [] |
     tar                |           []             [] []       []       []     |
     texinfo            |           []             [] []                []     |
     textutils          |                             []       []       []     |
     tin                |                             ()                       |
     tp-robot           |                             []                       |
     tuxpaint           |              []                      [] [] [] []     |
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                      |
     unicode-transla... |                                                      |
     util-linux         |                  []         []       []       []     |
     vorbis-tools       |                          [] []                       |
     wastesedge         |                                                      |
     wdiff              |           []     []      [] []    []          []     |
     wget               |              []             []    []          []     |
     xchat              |        []                   []    [] [] [] [] []     |
     xkeyboard-config   |                                      []       []     |
     xpad               |                                   [] []       []     |
                        +------------------------------------------------------+
                          nso or pa pl pt pt_BR rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv  ta
                           0   2  3 58 31  53    5 76 72  5 42 48 12 51 128  2

                          tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
                        +---------------------------------------------------+
     GNUnet             |                    []                             |  2
     a2ps               |          [] []     []                             | 19
     aegis              |                                                   |  0
     ant-phone          |          []        []                             |  6
     anubis             |          [] []     []                             | 11
     ap-utils           |             ()     []                             |  4
     aspell             |             []     []  []                         | 14
     bash               |                    []                             | 11
     batchelor          |          []        []                             |  9
     bfd                |                                                   |  1
     bibshelf           |                    []                             |  7
     binutils           |          []        []                     []      |  9
     bison              |          []        []                     []      | 19
     bison-runtime      |                    []         []          []      | 15
     bluez-pin          |          [] []     []  []     []          []      | 28
     cflow              |             []     []                             |  4
     clisp              |                                                   |  6
     console-tools      |          []        []                             |  5
     coreutils          |          []        []                             | 17
     cpio               |          [] []     []                             |  9
     cpplib             |          []        []         []          []      | 11
     cryptonit          |                                                   |  5
     darkstat           |                    []         ()          ()      | 15
     dialog             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 30
     diffutils          |          []        []         []          []      | 28
     doodle             |                    []                             |  6
     e2fsprogs          |          []        []                             | 10
     enscript           |          [] []     []                             | 16
     error              |          []        []         []          []      | 18
     fetchmail          |          []        []                             | 12
     fileutils          |          []                   []          []      | 18
     findutils          |          []        []                     []      | 17
     flex               |          []        []                             | 15
     fslint             |                    []                             |  9
     gas                |          []                                       |  3
     gawk               |          []        []                             | 15
     gbiff              |                    []                             |  5
     gcal               |          []                                       |  5
     gcc                |          []                   []          []      |  5
     gettext-examples   |          [] []     []         []          []      | 24
     gettext-runtime    |          [] []     []         []          []      | 26
     gettext-tools      |          [] []     []         []          []      | 19
     gimp-print         |             []     []                             | 12
     gip                |                    []                     []      | 12
     gliv               |          []        []                             |  8
     glunarclock        |                    []  []                 []      | 15
     gmult              |          []        []         []          []      | 15
     gnubiff            |                    []                             |  1
     gnucash            |          ()                                       |  2
     gnucash-glossary   |                    []                     []      |  9
     gnuedu             |                    []                             |  2
     gnulib             |          [] []     []         []          []      | 28
     gnunet-gtk         |                                                   |  1
     gnutls             |                                                   |  2
     gpe-aerial         |                    []         []                  | 14
     gpe-beam           |                    []         []                  | 14
     gpe-calendar       |                    []  []     []          []      | 19
     gpe-clock          |          []        []  []     []                  | 20
     gpe-conf           |                    []         []                  | 14
     gpe-contacts       |                    []         []                  | 10
     gpe-edit           |          []        []  []                 []      | 19
     gpe-filemanager    |                    []                             |  5
     gpe-go             |          []        []                             | 14
     gpe-login          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 20
     gpe-ownerinfo      |          []        []         []          []      | 20
     gpe-package        |                    []                             |  5
     gpe-sketchbook     |          []        []                             | 16
     gpe-su             |          []        []         []                  | 19
     gpe-taskmanager    |          []        []         []                  | 19
     gpe-timesheet      |          []        []         []          []      | 18
     gpe-today          |          []        []  []     []          []      | 20
     gpe-todo           |                    []                             |  6
     gphoto2            |             []     []         []          []      | 20
     gprof              |          []        []                             | 11
     gpsdrive           |                                                   |  4
     gramadoir          |                    []                             |  7
     grep               |          [] []     []                     []      | 33
     gretl              |                                                   |  4
     gsasl              |                    []         []                  |  6
     gss                |                    []                             |  5
     gst-plugins        |             []     []                     []      | 15
     gst-plugins-base   |             []     []         []                  |  9
     gst-plugins-good   |             []     []         []                  | 18
     gstreamer          |          [] []     []                             | 17
     gtick              |                    []                             | 11
     gtkam              |                    []                             | 13
     gtkorphan          |                    []                             |  7
     gtkspell           |             []     []  []     []    []    []      | 26
     gutenprint         |                                                   |  3
     hello              |          [] []     []         []          []      | 39
     id-utils           |          []        []                             | 14
     impost             |                    []                             |  4
     indent             |          []        []         []          []      | 25
     iso_3166           |       [] []        []                             | 15
     iso_3166_1         |          []            []                         | 20
     iso_3166_2         |                                                   |  2
     iso_3166_3         |                        []     []                  |  9
     iso_4217           |          []        []                             | 14
     iso_639            |                    []  []                         | 16
     jpilot             |          [] []     []         []                  |  7
     jtag               |                    []                             |  3
     jwhois             |          []        []                     []      | 13
     kbd                |          []        []                             | 12
     keytouch           |                    []                             |  4
     keytouch-editor    |                                                   |  2
     keytouch-keyboa... |                    []                             |  4
     latrine            |          []        []                             |  8
     ld                 |          []        []         []                  |  7
     leafpad            |          []        []         []          []      | 23
     libc               |          []                   []          []      | 23
     libexif            |                    []                             |  4
     libextractor       |                    []                             |  5
     libgpewidget       |                    []  []     []                  | 19
     libgpg-error       |                    []                             |  4
     libgphoto2         |             []                                    |  7
     libgphoto2_port    |             []     []                     []      | 10
     libgsasl           |                    []                             |  8
     libiconv           |                                                   |  0
     libidn             |                    []         []                  | 10
     lifelines          |                                                   |  4
     lilypond           |                                                   |  2
     lingoteach         |                    []                             |  6
     lynx               |          [] []     []                             | 15
     m4                 |                    []         []          []      | 18
     mailutils          |             []                                    |  8
     make               |          []        []         []                  | 20
     man-db             |                    []                             |  6
     minicom            |                    []                             | 14
     mysecretdiary      |          []        []                             | 12
     nano               |                    []                     []      | 15
     nano_1_0           |          [] []     []                             | 18
     opcodes            |          []        []                             | 10
     parted             |          [] []                            []      |  9
     pilot-qof          |                    []                             |  3
     psmisc             |                    []                             | 10
     pwdutils           |                    []                             |  3
     python             |                                                   |  0
     qof                |                    []                             |  2
     radius             |             []                                    |  6
     recode             |          []        []         []                  | 25
     rpm                |          [] []     []                             | 13
     screem             |                    []                             |  2
     scrollkeeper       |          [] []     []                     []      | 26
     sed                |          []        []                     []      | 22
     sh-utils           |          []                                       | 15
     shared-mime-info   |             []     []         []          []      | 23
     sharutils          |          []        []                     []      | 23
     shishi             |                                                   |  1
     silky              |                    []                             |  4
     skencil            |                    []                             |  7
     sketch             |                                                   |  6
     solfege            |                                                   |  2
     soundtracker       |          []        []                             |  9
     sp                 |          []                                       |  3
     stardict           |             []     []         []          []      | 11
     system-tools-ba... |    []    [] []     []     []  []          []      | 37
     tar                |          [] []     []                     []      | 17
     texinfo            |          []        []         []                  | 15
     textutils          |          []                   []          []      | 17
     tin                |                                                   |  1
     tp-robot           |                    []         []          []      |  9
     tuxpaint           |                    []  []                 []      | 16
     unicode-han-tra... |                                                   |  0
     unicode-transla... |                                                   |  2
     util-linux         |          [] []     []                             | 20
     vorbis-tools       |             []     []                             | 11
     wastesedge         |                                                   |  1
     wdiff              |          []        []                             | 22
     wget               |          []        []                     []      | 19
     xchat              |             []     []         []          []      | 28
     xkeyboard-config   |          [] []     []                     []      | 11
     xpad               |                    []         []          []      | 14
                        +---------------------------------------------------+
       77 teams           tg th tk tr uk ven vi  wa xh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW zu
      172 domains          0  1  1 78 39  0  135 14  1  50     1    52    0  2040

   Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
visible blocks let us expect.  This is because a few extra PO files are
used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
dialects.

   For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
which it applies should also have been internationalized and
distributed as such by its maintainer.  There might be an observable
lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
distribution.

   If June 2006 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy of
this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.  The most up-to-date
matrix with full percentage details can be found at
`http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/matrix.html'.

1.6 Using `gettext' in new packages
===================================

If you are writing a freely available program and want to
internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your
package.  Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public
License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library.  This means
in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared
library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static
library or use modified versions of `libintl'.

   Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle
the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations.  The
Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not
developed inside the GNU project.  Therefore the information given above
applies also for every other Free Software Project.  Contact
`translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to make the `.pot' files available to
the translation teams.

