Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: > Frank Ludolph wrote: >> At today's meeting, during a discussion about localization, a >> question came up about how Ubuntu handles multiple languages. A quick >> check of Ubuntu 7.10 shows: >> >> * I changed Language (F2) on Grub screen to Russian (Cyrillic >> text). All text on the GRUB screen immediately changed to Russian. >> * The text output during the boot sequence remained in English. >> * The desktop came up a mix of English and Russian. >> o Menu titles in English, but application names mostly >> Russian with a few English >> o Date time in top panel in Russian format >> o Some file system elements, e.g. Documents directory, in >> English but others in Russian >> o Help text in Russian >> * Installer icon on desktop labeled in Russian >> * Installer itself displayed Russian text and a full list of >> language choices >> > I wonder if this is the compromise they made to include all the > languages on a single CD ? Or is it just a bug ? It looks to me like 1) Nautilus/Panels weren't localized (the desktop items that were still in English were Nautilus and Panel items) and 2) the OS messages aren't localized (if Linux is actually localized). The latter might be considered reasonable to save space, but not 1).
Frank
