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  1. .. _translations:
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  3. Translations
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  5. .. toctree::
  6. :maxdepth: 1
  7. zh_CN/index
  8. it_IT/index
  9. ko_KR/index
  10. ja_JP/index
  11. .. _translations_disclaimer:
  12. Disclaimer
  13. ----------
  14. Translation's purpose is to ease reading and understanding in languages other
  15. than English. Its aim is to help people who do not understand English or have
  16. doubts about its interpretation. Additionally, some people prefer to read
  17. documentation in their native language, but please bear in mind that the
  18. *only* official documentation is the English one: :ref:`linux_doc`.
  19. It is very unlikely that an update to :ref:`linux_doc` will be propagated
  20. immediately to all translations. Translations' maintainers - and
  21. contributors - follow the evolution of the official documentation and they
  22. maintain translations aligned as much as they can. For this reason there is
  23. no guarantee that a translation is up to date. If what you read in a
  24. translation does not sound right compared to what you read in the code, please
  25. inform the translation maintainer and - if you can - check also the English
  26. documentation.
  27. A translation is not a fork of the official documentation, therefore
  28. translations' users should not find information that differs from the official
  29. English documentation. Any content addition, removal or update, must be
  30. applied to the English documents first. Afterwards and when possible, the
  31. same change should be applied to translations. Translations' maintainers
  32. accept only contributions that are merely translation related (e.g. new
  33. translations, updates, fixes).
  34. Translations try to be as accurate as possible but it is not possible to map
  35. one language directly to all other languages. Each language has its own
  36. grammar and culture, so the translation of an English statement may need to be
  37. adapted to fit a different language. For this reason, when viewing
  38. translations, you may find slight differences that carry the same message but
  39. in a different form.
  40. If you need to communicate with the Linux community but you do not feel
  41. comfortable writing in English, you can ask the translation's maintainers
  42. for help.