doc/TRANSLATORS

   1 Notes for translators
   2 =====================
   3
   4 systemd depends on gettext for multilingual support.
   5 In po/ directory you'll find the needed files.
   6
   7 POT (Portable Object Template)
   8 ------------------------------
   9 A text file with .pot extension, with all the extracted labels from code.
  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.