Oi perissotero diadedomenes glwsses briskontai se polu kalo epipedo oson afora thn plhrothta kai thn poiothta twn metafrasewn. Akoma, yparxei yposthrijh apo glwsses poy den einai arketa synh8ismenes opws ta slobenika. Enhmerwtika, polu kalh doyleia yparxei gia ta gallika, ta germanika, ta finlandika, ta ispanika kai ta polwnezika. H tash ayth th stigmh einai oi diafores glwsses mikrhs embeleias na prosti8entai sth lista, kyriws logw ths anagnwrishs poy exei dex8ei to Linux poy einai kurios xrhsths twn programmatwn poy yposthrizoyn NLS.
To leitoyrgiko susthma Linux einai kurios xrhsths twn programmatwn poy yposthrizoyn NLS. To Linux apartizetai apo programmata efarmogwn poy diati8entai me thn adeia dia8eshs GNU. To logismiko ayto, yposthrizei kata bash to NLS. Ektos apo to Linux, ta perissotera leitoyrgika systhmata Unix h tupoy-Unix mporoun na yposthrijoyn NLS.
Gia ta perissotera programmata, h yposthrijh ginetai me to paketo gettext. Sto paketo ayto perilambanontai mia biblio8hkh sthn opoia syndeetai (link) to ekastote programma sth fash ths metaglwttishs. Sto idio to programma, prosti8entai merikes entoles ths biblio8hkhs. Oi entoles aytes elegxoyn metablhtes toy periballontos poy ka8orizoyn th glwssa kai antika8istoun ta mhnumata me ta metafrasmena mhnumata.
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H metafrash twn programmatwn aytwn organwnetai apo to GNU Translation Project to opoio exei stenes sxeseis me to FSF (Free Software Foundation). Ta pio basika programmata enos systhmatos Unix kaluptontai edw. To gegonos oti ta programmata einai epishma GNU shmainei oti ta atoma poy apostelloyn metafraseis, prepei na dhlwnoyn eggraptws oti symfwnoun me thn adeia dia8eshs GNU. Akoma, oi metafraseis ka8e glwssas prepei na exoyn ena ypeu8yno poy na organwnei th diadikasia. Aytes oi nomikes idiaiterothtes, an kai fainontai oti apo8arrunoyn tis metafraseis, einai anagkaies gia thn or8h xrhsh ths adeias dia8eshs GNU apo nomikhs pleyras.
Enas shmantikos ari8mos programmatwn, poy oi programmatistes toys epilegoyn na dia8esoyn me thn adeia dia8eshs GNU, yposthrizoyn NLS. Gia ayta ta programmata, arkei h apostolh ths metafrashs stoys idioys toys programmatistes gia na th symperilaboyn. Edw anhkoyn kai ta grafika periballonta KDE kai Gnome, wstoso gia ayta pros8etoyme duo nees kathgories logw ths megalhs shmasias toys.
To grafiko periballon KDE apartizetai apo ena shmantiko ari8mo programmatwn ta opoia yposthrizoyn NLS. To KDE einai polu dhmofiles kai yparxei megalh anagkh na yparxei mia plhrhs, trexoysa kai akribhs yposthrijh ellhnikwn.
To grafiko periballon Gnome, apartizetai, opws to KDE, apo ena shmantiko ari8mo programmatwn programmatwn poy yposthrizoyn NLS. To Gnome arxizei na diadidetai kai anamenetai na paijei ena shmantiko rolo san ena grafiko periballon gia systhmata Unix.
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