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<para>
Debian supports an ever-increasing number of natural languages. Even if you
are a native English speaker and do not speak any other language, it is part of
<para>
Debian supports an ever-increasing number of natural languages. Even if you
are a native English speaker and do not speak any other language, it is part of
url="http://&www-debian-org;/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/">Introduction to
i18n</ulink> from Tomohiro KUBOTA, I18N (internationalization) means
modification of a software or related technologies so that a software can
url="http://&www-debian-org;/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/">Introduction to
i18n</ulink> from Tomohiro KUBOTA, I18N (internationalization) means
modification of a software or related technologies so that a software can
-potentially handle multiple languages, customs, and so on in the world. while
+potentially handle multiple languages, customs, and so on in the world, while
L10N (localization) means implementation of a specific language for an already
internationalized software.
</para>
L10N (localization) means implementation of a specific language for an already
internationalized software.
</para>
<para>
Setting aside the i18n problems, where no general guideline can be given, there
is actually no central infrastructure for l10n within Debian which could be
<para>
Setting aside the i18n problems, where no general guideline can be given, there
is actually no central infrastructure for l10n within Debian which could be