Comment 25 for bug 292473

Launchpad issues have been fixed yesterday (and they affected "only" 113 templates, which is not too bad considering the total number of KDE4 templates). This is partly the problem of Launchpad translations, which I filed as bug 294198.

We also found an issue with language pack building in Ubuntu (eg. kturtle was not affected by Launchpad issues at all, it's just that PO files were processed on the build machine which had a really old gettext which ignored all msgctxt entries).

So, the next step is for us to roll out a new language pack. We'll be doing that tomorrow after we also copy new translations done only in Hardy to Intrepid (see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2008-November/001911.html for details). Once we roll the language pack out (basic reason is to fix KDE4 issues), please help us test it.

As far as your other concerns go, part of the problem is that Ubuntu lacks a dedicated translations coordinator (or a team). This is being actively worked on (Canonical is hiring a new person to take that job full time), and I am sure this will make huge impact on how Ubuntu translations work and appear.