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Notes for translators
=====================

systemd depends on gettext for multilingual support.
In po/ directory you'll find the needed files.

POT (Portable Object Template)
------------------------------
A text file with .pot extension, with all the extracted labels from code.

To update the template:

$ cd systemd/
$ ninja -C build systemd-pot

To start a new translation:

$ cd po/
$ cp systemd.pot <YOUR-LANG-CODE>.po

Replace <YOUR-LANG-CODE> with the two-letters codes of ISO 639 standard.

PO (Portable Object)
--------------------
A text file with .po extension, with all the available labels and some additional
metadata fields. Any editor is ok, but a good standard is 'poedit', a graphical
application specifically designed for this kind of task.
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69a653b6 DM	1	Notes for translators
	2	=====================
	3
f09eb768	4	systemd depends on gettext for multilingual support.
69a653b6 DM	5	In po/ directory you'll find the needed files.
	6
	7	POT (Portable Object Template)
	8	------------------------------
f09eb768	9	A text file with .pot extension, with all the extracted labels from code.
69a653b6 DM	10
	11	To update the template:
	12
	13	$ cd systemd/
	14	$ ninja -C build systemd-pot
	15
	16	To start a new translation:
	17
	18	$ cd po/
	19	$ cp systemd.pot <YOUR-LANG-CODE>.po
	20
	21	Replace <YOUR-LANG-CODE> with the two-letters codes of ISO 639 standard.
	22
	23	PO (Portable Object)
	24	--------------------
	25	A text file with .po extension, with all the available labels and some additional
	26	metadata fields. Any editor is ok, but a good standard is 'poedit', a graphical
	27	application specifically designed for this kind of task.