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How to modify the localised messages?

Asked by Uqbar

I've found a number of localised messages is incomplete or wrong.
This problem is affecting both KDE programs and console based ones.
I'd like to modify them at least on my system, but could also send fixes for review.
Is there a "place" where those mesages are stored?
Thanks.

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Best Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

Almost all localisations are in /usr/share/locale, but they are in binary format (recognisable from the .mo in the name).
To correct them, you need the modifiable form (usually a .po file), which is available from the source package.
Note that some packages creates .mo from .po at build time, some others (unfortunately we still have some of those) do it upstream and ships the two in the tarball; for these you have to send the corrections upstream to see the results (note that it is always a good idea to send these corrections upstream).

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#2

Thanks Cesare Tirabassi, that solved my question.