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diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml index c16a7716..e3fe4c8c 100644 --- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml +++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml @@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ <para>It is up to third party programs to convert the Nagios plugins performance data into graphs.</para> </section> + + <section><title>Translations</title> + <para>If possible, use translation tools for all output. Currently, most of the core C plugins + use gettext for translation. General guidelines are:</para> + + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>short help is not translated</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>long help has options in English language, but text translated</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>"Copyright" kept in English</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>copyright holder names kept in original text</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> </section> <section id="SysCmdAuxFiles"><title>System Commands and Auxiliary Files</title> |