I can confirm this bug too, although I have no idea how this could've happened 'cause the latest updates should've inherited the langpack- support:
synaptic (0.75.9) unstable; urgency=low * generate synaptic.pot during the package build to really enable langpack support -- Michael Vogt <m...@debian.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:45:48 +0200 synaptic (0.75.8) unstable; urgency=low * debian/control: - add X-Ubuntu-Use-Langpack to enable langpack support * debian/rules: - run dh_translations if available, this will enable langpack support * po/*.po, configure.in: - refresh translations from LP and update ALL_LINGUAS to match the new translations (LP: #889351) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978396 Title: [Precise] Synaptic Package Manager lost it's entire translation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/978396/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs