1.. _translations:
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4Translations
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7.. toctree::
8   :maxdepth: 1
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10   zh_CN/index
11   it_IT/index
12   ko_KR/index
13   ja_JP/index
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16.. _translations_disclaimer:
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18Disclaimer
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20
21Translation's purpose is to ease reading and understanding in languages other
22than English. Its aim is to help people who do not understand English or have
23doubts about its interpretation. Additionally, some people prefer to read
24documentation in their native language, but please bear in mind that the
25*only* official documentation is the English one: :ref:`linux_doc`.
26
27It is very unlikely that an update to :ref:`linux_doc` will be propagated
28immediately to all translations.  Translations' maintainers - and
29contributors - follow the evolution of the official documentation and they
30maintain translations aligned as much as they can.  For this reason there is
31no guarantee that a translation is up to date.  If what you read in a
32translation does not sound right compared to what you read in the code, please
33inform the translation maintainer and - if you can - check also the English
34documentation.
35
36A translation is not a fork of the official documentation, therefore
37translations' users should not find information that differs from the official
38English documentation.  Any content addition, removal or update, must be
39applied to the English documents first.  Afterwards and when possible, the
40same change should be applied to translations.  Translations' maintainers
41accept only contributions that are merely translation related (e.g. new
42translations, updates, fixes).
43
44Translations try to be as accurate as possible but it is not possible to map
45one language directly to all other languages. Each language has its own
46grammar and culture, so the translation of an English statement may need to be
47adapted to fit a different language.  For this reason, when viewing
48translations, you may find slight differences that carry the same message but
49in a different form.
50
51If you need to communicate with the Linux community but you do not feel
52comfortable writing in English, you can ask the translation's maintainers
53for help.
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