Translations for "retrieving files" are not being used

[Victor Zhou]

ISO version: precise-desktop-amd64.iso
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120418.2)
Installation language: Traditional Chinese

Description:
Select Traditional Chinese as the installation language,"retrieving files" is not translated to Traditional Chinese during the retrieving file process . Please refer to the attached picture for more info.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This string is in apt, but it appears to be translated to zh_TW there. I don't currently know what level of the stack is responsible for failing to translate it.

[Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)]

@David, perhaps you cuold help Victor get this string translated?

[David Planella (dpm)]

Hi Rick,

As Colin was mentioning, the string is translated already (seems to have been since 2009):

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/apt/+pots/apt-all/zh_TW/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=retrieving

The issue seems to be that the translation is not getting loaded at some level. I'm familiar with how translations are loaded for regular desktop apps, but I'm not familiar enough with the ubiquity and the rest of the installer code to know how exactly they are loaded.

I can provide advice to Victor and research how ubiquity translations are loaded, but ultimately the fix should be done by someone familiar with the code.

This looks like a duplicate of bug 644736

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu localized ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://localized-iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/985652

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[David Planella (dpm)]

This might be a duplicate of bug 644736, and this comment might also shed some more light on it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/644736/comments/15

[Victor Zhou (victor.zhou)]

verified OK in build 20121009