Re: Summary (Re: A system for localizing documentation strings)

[Richard Stallman]

    In concrete terms it means that if the locale language in English and  
    the elisp code documentation is in English elisp-mode will display  
    the English documentation.

Do you mean the major mode, Lisp mode?

    If the locale language is Japanese and the elisp code documentation  
    is in Japanese or in English but with a Japanese translation  
    available then elisp-mode will display the Japanese.

Do you mean that the translated documentation strings would
appear in the Lisp source files in place of the actual doc
string text?

If so, what would it do if you try to edit the file?