On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 09:00:18AM +0200, Eric MAEKER wrote: > How can I add a (short and long) description translation in control file You can not. The control file only contains the English text. Once your package is an official package you can use the DDTP project: http://www.debian.org/international/l10n/ddtp Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de