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Localization, also known as L10n, is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

Localization, also known as L10n, is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

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How do I add English-UK thesaurus and other locales to LibreOffice?

I have been trying to use English-UK thesaurus in LibreOffice but so far cannot get it to work. I have installed mythes-en-us as only it was available in repos. As suggested in some forums I searched for openoffice.org thesaurus, but again US…
Chethan S.
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How to make Glade load translations from /opt

I've created an application that I'd like to submit through the Ubuntu app developer process. One of the requirements for the process is that when installed, all files go into the /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/ directory. Through changes in…
David Planella
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How to change month name to english?

My calender screenshot : How I can change to English day names or other things?
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How do I translate a quickly project?

I am just getting started with using quickly and I have a small project that's starting to take shape. Right now I would like to add a translation to my project. I already noticed that quickly automatically generates po/.pot but I can't quite figure…
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How to disable unused asiatic fonts?

I'm configuring Ubuntu 18.04 LTS PCs for a school in Italy, and I've seen that more than 200 fonts got installed as dependencies of ubuntu-desktop package. We don't need most of them, we don't expect tipycal users to write or read documents in…
gerlos
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How can I update my languages from the terminal?

After installing Ubuntu and updating the system, the first thing I usually do is make sure that all applications use the preferred locale. To do so, I start Language Support from the Dash which automatically downloads the remaining localisation…
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Why is the month and day of week always in English, even if the system language is Spanish?

I tried restarting, changing settings, etc, but as you can see, it is still in English. Edit: I downloaded the source for indicator-datetime; from what I can see, the problem may be deeper. GTK?
Bryan Agee
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Unity .desktop Actions internationalization and localization?

How can we translate Desktop Action Names? Is it supported by quickly, launchpad?
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What can I do if I want to help localize the Ubuntu official website for Hong Kong people?

I see that there is a simplified chinese version of the ubuntu official website for people in mainland China but no traditional Chinese version for people in Hong Kong (or Taiwan). If I want to help localize the official website to make Ubuntu more…
Casper LI
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Will Ubuntu One be available in spanish?

¿ Estará disponible Ubuntu One en español? Tanto la web, como los foros y las FAQs están en inglés solamente, al parecer. Gracias por su generoso esfuerzo e invaluable trabajo. PD: Uso la versión 11.04 Natty Narval de Ubuntu. Will Ubuntu One (The…
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How to change the Ubuntu Touch calendar to Hijri?

I want to change the calendar to Hijri Calender in the Ubuntu-Phone. How to change those month settings?
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Ubuntu Localization

We are a language translation company and a strong believer in Ubuntu as we use it internally for almost everything. Some of our clients have asked us for software recommendations (OS in particular) and we have told them we can provide them…
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Caps lock key won't switch between Hebrew and alternative characters

I am very new to Ubuntu and I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 in English and than added Hebrew to it (as a second language). When I switch from English to Hebrew via Left-Alt+Shift (The combination I defined) I can use the language itself just fine but I…
user423047
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Use English for installation, but user language in installed Ubuntu

We would like to use the English language during the installation process. After that, we want to be able to add another language. We tried that by selecting English in the installation stage and add the user's language after the installation…
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Localised Unix shell?

Is it possible to get a localised Unix shell, for example, in japanese, arabic or hebrew? Since it should fit on a CD, I want to save space by using Byobu instead of a GUI. But I would like to have an localised command-line interface (at least for…
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