Bug 244

Summary: Sudo lacks i18n/translations
Product: Sudo Reporter: Martin Böhm <martin.bohm>
Component: SudoAssignee: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: enhancement CC: gintautas.m, michael.moroni
Priority: low    
Version: 1.6.8   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   

Description Martin Böhm 2007-05-01 17:12:11 MDT 
The "sudo" application is a heavily used one, especially in the OSes/distributions that prefer it over "su". Many different users interact with it, including the non-English ones. I believe "sudo" should be made translatable as other console-based applications do - using gettext, probably. Is there an issue blocking the i18n?
Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2007-06-19 12:18:55 MDT 
There's no issue blocking internationalization, a gettext-enabled sudo is probably a good idea.
Comment 2 Gintautas Miliauskas 2008-07-08 18:36:51 MDT 
I am also interested in i18n of sudo.  Has there been any progress in the year since the bug was opened?
Comment 3 Todd C. Miller 2011-03-22 10:11:33 MDT 
*** Bug 476 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Todd C. Miller 2011-05-29 07:19:37 MDT 
Sudo 1.8.2 will include several NLS support.  NLS translations for sudo are coordinated through the Translation Project, at http://translationproject.org/

If you would like to contribute a translation for sudo, please join a translation team at the Translation Project instead of contributing a po file directly.  This will avoid duplicated work if there is already a translation in progress.  If you would like to become a member of a translation team, please follow the instructions at http://translationproject.org/html/translators.html
Comment 5 Todd C. Miller 2011-08-24 11:02:12 MDT 
Sudo 1.8.2 is out now and has been translated into Basque, Chinese (simplified), Danish, Finish, Polish, Russian and Ukranian.