I do not know much translations in general, but I have noticed that every time I presume that a certain abbreviation or word is the same in all languages, I am almost always wrong ;-). Looking at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9933088/should-units-of-measurement-be-localized, it does seems that SI unit standards should also be translatable.
That said, I could ask in the ubuntu translation mailing list about this to get their opinion.
I do not know much translations in general, but I have noticed that every time I presume that a certain abbreviation or word is the same in all languages, I am almost always wrong ;-). Looking at http:// stackoverflow. com/questions/ 9933088/ should- units-of- measurement- be-localized, it does seems that SI unit standards should also be translatable.
That said, I could ask in the ubuntu translation mailing list about this to get their opinion.