|  | Notes for translators | 
|  | ===================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | systemd depends on gettext for multilingual support. | 
|  | In po/ directory you'll find the needed files. | 
|  |  | 
|  | POT (Portable Object Template) | 
|  | ------------------------------ | 
|  | A text file with .pot extension, with all the extracted labels from code. | 
|  |  | 
|  | To update the template: | 
|  |  | 
|  | $ cd systemd/ | 
|  | $ ninja -C build systemd-pot | 
|  |  | 
|  | To start a new translation: | 
|  |  | 
|  | $ cd po/ | 
|  | $ cp systemd.pot <YOUR-LANG-CODE>.po | 
|  |  | 
|  | Replace <YOUR-LANG-CODE> with the two-letters codes of ISO 639 standard. | 
|  |  | 
|  | PO (Portable Object) | 
|  | -------------------- | 
|  | A text file with .po extension, with all the available labels and some additional | 
|  | metadata fields. Any editor is ok, but a good standard is 'poedit', a graphical | 
|  | application specifically designed for this kind of task. |