dh-translations software package provides debhelper extension for translation support, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dh-translations
dh-translations is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dh-translations package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dh-translations *
You will get with dh-translations package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dh-translations |
| Version | 129 |
| Description | debhelper extension for translation support |
| Sub Section | Devel |