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<sect1 id="translators-level2">
<title>
Level 2
</title>

<sect2>
<title>
Contents
</title>

<para>
Most level 2 translations are related to packages used during the
installation process which are not packages maintained by the &d-i;
team.
</para>

<para>
Most of these packages are installed during the <emphasis>Select and
install packages</emphasis> step of &d-i; which occurs before the
<emphasis>Finish install</emphasis> step.
</para>

<para>
Some others provide translatable strings to other parts of &d-i;.
</para>

<para>
All packages which interact with users while a Debian base system is
installed, with the default level for the asked questions
(<emphasis>high priority installs</emphasis> in &d-i; jargon) are
considered part of the <emphasis>level 2</emphasis> of &d-i;
localization.
</para>

<para>This includes one package maintained by the &d-i; team (tasksel) as well as a few
other Debian packages:
</para>
	  <itemizedlist>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>
		tasksel (&d-i; team)
	      </para>
	    </listitem>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>
		iso-codes
	      </para>
	    </listitem>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>
		console-data
	      </para>
	    </listitem>
		<listitem>
		  <para>
		    popularity-contest
		  </para>
		</listitem>
		<listitem>
		  <para>
		    eject
		  </para>
		</listitem>
	  </itemizedlist>

<para>
Iso-codes and console-data packages material is used by some level1
packages from &d-i; while others are packages installed as part of the
base system and prompting users in default installs.
</para>

<para>
Translators should translate these files in the same order they appear
in this section.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>
Tasksel
</title>

<sect3>
<title>
Package description
</title>

<para>
The &tasksel; package, called for each installation, proposes <emphasis>tasks</emphasis> to trigger
the installation of complete sets of Debian packages. A
<emphasis>task</emphasis> is a collection of several individual Debian
packages all related to a specific activity.
</para>

<para>
This package is, technically speaking, a <quote>regular</quote>
Debian package. However, the package maintainer is the &d-i; team and
the package is managed and developed the same way core &d-i; packages
are managed. More precisely, all &d-i; translators have been granted a
commit access to the tasksel <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository.
</para>

<para>
Several tasks are related to localized environments. These tasks
install packages that are likely to be useful when using Debian with
the mentioned languages. The <emphasis>language tasks</emphasis> are
automatically tagged for install when the given localized environment
has been used with &d-i;.
</para>

<para>
Translators whose language does not currently have such task should
provide one. See <xref linkend="language-tasks"/> for details about
this. Other translators should check the existing language task for
their language.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Files location and access methods
</title>

<para>
This package is a <quote>regular</quote> Debian package. The
package maintenance team uses GIT to maintain
it. 
</para>

<para>This package's l10n material is spread over three files. These are, by
order of importance:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>tasks/po/debian-tasks.pot</filename>: tasks descriptions translations. These files are named <emphasis>tasks</emphasis>
translations.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>debian/po/templates.pot</filename> : text of the screen shown to users. These files are named <emphasis>debconf</emphasis>
translations.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>po/tasksel.pot</filename> : messages displayed by the
program. These files are named <emphasis>program</emphasis>
translations.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>
Access to these files:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<acronym>GIT</acronym> access: &git-tasksel;
</listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>
      <acronym>HTTP</acronym> access: 
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-pot-link;, <filename>tasksel_tasks.pot</filename> (tasks), <filename>tasksel_debian_po.pot</filename> (debconf) and <filename>tasksel_po.pot</filename> (programs)
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-po-link;, <filename>tasksel_tasks_&language;.po</filename> (tasks), <filename>tasksel_debian_po_&language;.po</filename> (debconf) and <filename>tasksel_po_&language;.po</filename> (program)
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>


</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Updating/Adding translations
</title>

<para>
For the <emphasis>tasks</emphasis> translation, translators should
copy the <filename>debian-tasks.pot</filename> file in <filename>tasks/po</filename> as
<filename>&language;.po</filename> and work on this file, then add it to the
repository and later commit the needed updates.
</para>


<para>
For the <emphasis>debconf</emphasis> translation, translators should
copy the <filename>templates.pot</filename> file in <filename>debian/po</filename> as
<filename>&language;.po</filename> and work on this file, then add it to the
repository and later commit the needed updates.
</para>


<para>
For the <emphasis>program</emphasis> translation, translators should
copy the <filename>tasksel.pot</filename> file in <filename>po</filename> as
<filename>&language;.po</filename> and work on this file, then add it to the
repository and later commit the needed updates.
</para>

<para>
 In case <acronym>SVN</acronym> commits are
absolutely impossible, these updates can be sent as bug reports
against the <classname>tasksel</classname> package (see <xref
linkend="bug-reports"/> for details) and mention whether the file is
the <emphasis>tasks</emphasis>, <emphasis>debconf</emphasis>
or <emphasis>program</emphasis> translation.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Specific recommendations
</title>

<para>
In the program translation file, "aptitude" is a program name and
should not be translated.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>
Iso-codes
</title>

<sect3>
<title>
Package description
</title>

<para>
A core &d-i; package (<classname>localechooser</classname>) uses
country names and codes from the <classname>iso-codes</classname>
package. The country name translations are taken from this package
instead of being duplicated.  These country names translations are
likely to be used in other parts of the Debian operating system.
</para>

<para>
For this reason, translators need to translate country names
from ISO-3166 in the <classname>iso-codes</classname> package (ISO-3166 is the
standard for country (and other <quote>areas of specific geographic
interest</quote> names and codes)).
</para>


</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Files location and access methods
</title>

<para>
This package is a <quote>regular</quote> Debian package. The
package maintainer uses a <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository.
However, <classname>iso-codes</classname> domains are also registered in the <ulink url="&url-tp;">Translation Project</ulink>. <classname>iso-codes</classname> encourage translators to use the Translation project in order to update translations for ISO-3166 (as well as ISO-639 for language names, ISO-4217 for currency names, ISO-3166-2 for countries subdivisions names and ISO-15924 for language scripts names).
</para>

<para>
As a consequence, references to SVN are kept here only for reference.
</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
Anonymous SVN checkout command: <command>&svn-iso-codes;</command>
    <para>
      The translation material is in directory <filename>iso_3166</filename> (working on <filename>iso_639</filename>, which contain language names, will be appreciated by maintainers, though not directly useful for &d-i;).
    </para>

  </listitem>

  <listitem>
    <para>
      <acronym>HTTP</acronym> access: 
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="&url-level2-pot;/iso-codes_iso_3166.pot">&url-level2-pot;/iso-codes_iso_3166.pot</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-po;/iso-codes_iso_3166_&language;.po
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Updating/Adding translations
</title>

<para>
Translations should preferrably be updated through the Translation Project. Alternatively, in case a given team of the TP is unresponsive, they can be reported as bugs against the
<classname>iso-codes</classname> package.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Specific recommendations
</title>

<para>
The ISO-3166 list includes all <emphasis>countries, regions are areas of
specific geopolitical interest</emphasis> in the world. Translators
should be aware that this translation is far from being a trivial
work and may very quickly turn into some deep and complicated
political difficulties. The original English names are those used
officially by the relevant countries to design themselves. Please make
your best for staying as neutral and close to these names as
possibles. Some countries Foreign Affairs (or equivalent) ministries
keep lists of <emphasis>country</emphasis> names translations in their
own languages.
</para>

<para>
For each country, the standard defines a <emphasis>short</emphasis>
name (to be used in lists) and a <emphasis>long</emphasis> name which
is the official complete name of the country.
</para>

<para>
If in doubt, translators should contact the iso-codes package
maintainer: <email>iso-codes@packages.debian.org</email>.
</para>

<para>
The ISO-639 (language names), ISO-15924 (scripts names) and ISO-4217 files (currencies names) can
also be translated. However, this is a very tedious task which may
turn to be very difficult (translating language names is even more
difficult than translating country names). Finally, for the very courageous translators, ISO-3166-2 is available, featuring thousands of strings for the subdivisions of most countries in the world.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>
Console-data
</title>

<sect3>
<title>
Package description
</title>

<para>
A core &d-i; package (<classname>kbd-chooser</classname>) uses
keyboard names (and mapping files) from the
<classname>console-data</classname> package.  Thus, in order to get it
completely translated, translators need to translate
<classname>console-data</classname> debconf templates.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Files location and access methods
</title>

<para>
This package is a <quote>regular</quote> Debian package. The
package maintainer uses a <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository.
</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
Anonymous SVN checkout command: <command>&svn-console-data;</command>
</listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>
      <acronym>HTTP</acronym> access: 
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="&url-level2-pot;/console-data_debian_po.pot">&url-level2-pot;/console-data_debian_po.pot</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-po;/console-data_debian_po_&language;.po
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Updating/Adding translations
</title>

<para>
Translations should be reported as bugs against the <classname>console-data</classname> package.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Specific recommendations
</title>

<para>
The keyboard layout
names are most of the time language names. Translators should try to remain consistent with translations made for the <classname>iso-codes</classname> package.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>
Popularity-contest
</title>

<sect3>
<title>
Package description
</title>

<para>
The <classname>popularity-contest</classname> (very often nicknamed as
<emphasis>popcon</emphasis>) package is automatically installed on
every Debian system as it is part of what is called the
<emphasis>base</emphasis> system.
</para>

<para>
This package installs scripts which periodically send to Debian
Developers statistics about installed packages on the local
system. These statistics are used when building releases, for
instances for getting informations about the most used architecture
ports as well as the most used packages.
</para>

<para>
Of course, as the Debian Project is highly committed to the respect of
its users privacy, this survey is disabled by default. So, when the
package is installed, it prompts the user whether (s)he wants to
activate this survey system.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Files location and access methods
</title>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
Anonymous CVS checkout command: <command>&cvs-popcon;</command>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>
      <acronym>HTTP</acronym> access: 
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="&url-level2-pot;/popularity-contest_debian_po.pot">&url-level2-pot;/popularity-contest_debian_po.pot</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-po;/popularity-contest_debian_po_&language;.po
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Updating/Adding translations
</title>

<para>
Translations should be reported as bugs against the <classname>popularity-contest</classname> package.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Specific recommendations
</title>

<para>
Translators must be very careful with this specific translation: keep
the prompt very clear as it is in English and <emphasis>keep it
short</emphasis>.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>
Eject
</title>

<sect3>
<title>
Package description
</title>

<para>
The <classname>eject</classname> package is used as part of &d-i; to offer a menu entry allowing to eject the CD that is eventually in the CD-ROM drive.
</para>

<para>
The translatable part is the menu entry title.
</para>


</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Files location and access methods
</title>

<para>
This package is a <quote>regular</quote> Debian package. The
package maintenance team uses GIT to maintain
it. 
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<acronym>GIT</acronym> access: &git-eject; (documenting how to use GIT is way out of scope of this document. Some clues are given at <ulink url="&git-dpkg-doc;">&git-dpkg-doc;</ulink>)
</listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>
      <acronym>HTTP</acronym> access: 
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="&url-level2-pot;/eject_debian_po.pot">&url-level2-pot;/eject_debian_po.pot</ulink>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          &url-level2-po;/eject_debian_po_&language;.po
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>
Updating/Adding translations
</title>

<para>
Translations should be reported as bugs against the <classname>eject</classname> package.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>


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