| .. _translations: |
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| Translations |
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| .. toctree:: |
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| zh_CN/index |
| it_IT/index |
| ko_KR/index |
| ja_JP/index |
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| .. _translations_disclaimer: |
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| Disclaimer |
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| .. raw:: latex |
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| \kerneldocCJKoff |
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| Translation's purpose is to ease reading and understanding in languages other |
| than English. Its aim is to help people who do not understand English or have |
| doubts about its interpretation. Additionally, some people prefer to read |
| documentation in their native language, but please bear in mind that the |
| *only* official documentation is the English one: :ref:`linux_doc`. |
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| It is very unlikely that an update to :ref:`linux_doc` will be propagated |
| immediately to all translations. Translations' maintainers - and |
| contributors - follow the evolution of the official documentation and they |
| maintain translations aligned as much as they can. For this reason there is |
| no guarantee that a translation is up to date. If what you read in a |
| translation does not sound right compared to what you read in the code, please |
| inform the translation maintainer and - if you can - check also the English |
| documentation. |
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| A translation is not a fork of the official documentation, therefore |
| translations' users should not find information that differs from the official |
| English documentation. Any content addition, removal or update, must be |
| applied to the English documents first. Afterwards and when possible, the |
| same change should be applied to translations. Translations' maintainers |
| accept only contributions that are merely translation related (e.g. new |
| translations, updates, fixes). |
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| Translations try to be as accurate as possible but it is not possible to map |
| one language directly to all other languages. Each language has its own |
| grammar and culture, so the translation of an English statement may need to be |
| adapted to fit a different language. For this reason, when viewing |
| translations, you may find slight differences that carry the same message but |
| in a different form. |
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| If you need to communicate with the Linux community but you do not feel |
| comfortable writing in English, you can ask the translation's maintainers |
| for help. |
