Launchpad is a website that allows users to develop and maintain open source software projects. It has components for community support, tracking new features, reporting bugs, hosting source code, and facilitating translations of software into different languages. The summary describes how volunteers can use Launchpad to translate Ubuntu into their own language by creating an account, selecting their language, and contributing translations through the translations site.

1. LAUNCHPAD
https://launchpad.net

2. What is LAUNCHPAD?
• Launchpad is a web application and website that allow users to develop and
maintain software, particularly free software. Launchpad is developed and
maintained by Canonical Ltd.
• Established in January 2004
• Launchpad’s Conponents
Answers: a community support site and knowledge base.
Blueprints:a system for tracking Specifications and new features.
Bugs: a bug tracker that allows bugs to be tracked in multiple contexts (e.g. in an Ubuntu
package, as an upstream, or in remote bug trackers).
Code: source code hosting using the Bazaar version control system.
Translations: a site for localising applications into different human languages.
Src:Wikipedia

3. Translating Ubuntu
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4. What will You need?
• Internet: a device with Internet connection. This can be from home, a cafe, a
public access point... - basically anywhere you can connect to the Internet from
• E-mail: a stable e-mail address that Launchpad can use to contact you
• Language knowledge: it's important that you know English and the language you
are going to translate into. English will always be the source language for
translations
• Spare time: some time to dedicate to the translation of Free Software. You decide
how much you want to get involved - from some spare minutes to some hours a
week
• Be collaborative: be keen to work collaboratively and be part of the awesome
Ubuntu translation teams!

5. First Steps
• Create Account @ Launchpad
https://launchpad.net/+login
• Tell Launchpad abt ur language
• Our Language is (Burmese)

6. Great ! You can Now Translate Ubuntu to Your
Language.
https://translations.launchpad.net/
Let’s Translate Latest Version
Ubuntu Natty 11.04

7. Our Burmese(Ubuntu – MY)

8. Ubuntu Burmese Status

9. What font we will USE?
• Keymagic
http://ttkz.me/blog/2011/02/10/keymagic-1-3-
3-installer-with-myanmar3-layout/
Shift+Ctrl+Z for Zawgyi-Uni

10. Untraslated & Translated
• 369495>353695=15800
• Untraslated=353695
• Translated=15800
• Total=369495

11. • In Our Country, There is 802 Public Acess
Centre (Src:Eleven Group)
• Daily User in One PAC= At Least 60 people
• If one internet user translate one sentence
802*60= 48120 Sentence Per Day
• How many day in Ubuntu Burmese finished?

12. ?

13. • Only 7.350270157938487
Only 8 Days!!!!!
To Finish Ubuntu My

14. Difficulty in Translating
• Some Computer Words
e.g. Boot options
How we will translate this words?

15. U4MM’s Groups
• http://groups.google.com/group/u4mm
You can Join and Ask for the words.
Members will suggest other meanings.

16. 70 %

17. https://launchpad.net/+login

18. Help Translate

19. Choose Ubuntu Version!

20. It is time for Your Language!

24. Any Suggestions?

25. Thank You!
Pyae Sone (Gipsy)
gipsyhnh@gmail.com
www.gipsy3.co.cc