Hi, You're completely right (except for the bit about ISO 3166 standardising country names). The header of the file very clearly states: "Translation of ISO 3166 (country names) to LANGUAGE".
Not that it solves the problem, of course, but it solves this bug report. For the curious: - Problem 1: From my first encounter with Launchpad translation, I felt it didn't provide the translator with enough information about the intention of the text. The fact that aforementioned header is not displayed is a demonstration of this. - Problem 2: ISO 3166 claims to merely standardise the codes for the names, not the names themselves. Those names are taken from the UN documents. The UN apparently takes the position that they standardise names for use in UN documents only. Does this make the list of country names in ISO 3166 fit for any specific purpose in Ubuntu? (The case above, regarding the naming of Australia versus that of Austria, and the case of Macedonia can serve as demonstrations of the problem.) But I've basically given up on bug databases, so I won't pursue either problem further. Anyone should, of course feel free ... Bye Mysha -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44528 Title: Missing "official name" entries. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iso-codes/+bug/44528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs