Good morning! I've got a 2D grid of products and languages that are built off of the same code base, but with different RC files. I'd hate to manage this mess...
Consider using the open source ICU libraries written in C++ which provide Java style resource bundles. The Resource Bundles in ICU would give you dynamic...
Thanks for the pointer Paul. I guess I forgot to mention that I'm only internationalizing to the 8 bit languages (Spanish, German, etc.) not the Unicode ones. ...
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Hello everyone, I am confused about some abbreviation of Time Zone, such as CST. It stands for Central Standard Time, China Time, Cuba Summer Name. So if a...
Hi Emen there is no standard for time zone abbreviations. here is a link that might help http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/ ... From:...
Landess,Rich
rich.landess@...
Oct 13, 2005 1:40 pm
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here is a better link perhaps http://www.worldtimezone.com/wtz-names/timezonenames.html ... From: i18n-prog@yahoogroups.com...
Landess,Rich
rich.landess@...
Oct 13, 2005 1:50 pm
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I'd think that - if the language was in English, ppl wld know what it meant & similarly for Chinese variants or Cuban Spanish. Unless "CST" just popped up on a...
Rosenfeld Walter-W18693
Walter@...
Oct 13, 2005 2:16 pm
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Language alone will not do it, in fact neither does my suggestion of spelling it out unless a country context is given. Is EST Eastern Standard Time (USA) or...
While I thought the discussion was limited to the 3 langauges listed below, why would it matter if it were EST Oz or EST US if the "E", "S", and "T" all mean...
Rosenfeld Walter-W18693
Walter@...
Oct 13, 2005 3:41 pm
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Because one means UTC+11 and the other UTC+4. So if the application is asking you to set a timezone, or interpret a time against a timezone then it is...
well, that would be a g18n problem then & not a l10n issue. ;) ________________________________ From: i18n-prog@yahoogroups.com ...
Rosenfeld Walter-W18693
Walter@...
Oct 13, 2005 4:20 pm
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Walter - It is probably better to think in terms of usabilty for the user when you start getting into the fuzzy area of "is it i18n or is it l10n? " I find...
LOL - Nono - completely agree. :) I'm just saying that - if you happen upon a scenario where the "translation" in multiple locales happens to be identical, and...
Rosenfeld Walter-W18693
Walter@...
Oct 13, 2005 6:51 pm
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Hello, I was wondering if there are books explaining the specification of several languages, all th infos you need to know about building a product into a...
Hi Oliview, Not a book, but have you had a look at the Common Locale Data Repository (http://www.unicode.org/cldr/)? The purpose of this collection of locale ...
Martin Wunderlich
martin_wu@...
Oct 17, 2005 1:29 pm
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Thanks for your input. I will have a lokk at it. Thanks Olivier Martin Wunderlich <martin_wu@...> wrote: Hi Oliview, Not a book, but have you had a look at...
Hi, I am working on a script, which grep's for output of a certain db2 command - to format and display it on stdout. Now, the grep is being done on locale...
We need to migrate our C/C++ project from Global C to ICU. Has anyone ever done that? What, if any, are the architectural differences between the two? Any ...
Hi Listmates I have a question regarding Chinese encodings. Here are the facts, please correct me if I am wrong: CHTraditional uses Big-5 encoding (MS locale...
ilan Bloch
ilan@...
Nov 3, 2005 1:46 pm
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I would recommend never, ever, going through Word if what you actually need is a software resource file (Java properties file, Windows resource file, etc.). In...
Hello iLan, I agree with Elsebeth about knowing if the characters in GB2312 are correct or not. It is difficult unless you speak the language. In my case, I am...
Hi folks, I posted this on the G11Njobs group also, but wanted to post this here to cover both bases. These exciting opportunities are also available in Santa...
Thanks to all for the insights, advice and questions I agree with Elsebeth regarding the use of Word, however as Olivier puts it quite correctly, there is not...
ilan Bloch
ilan@...
Nov 6, 2005 10:55 am
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ilan, Yes, there could indeed be some words (or formatting) using characters that do not exist in the target code page (that was what I was referring to with...
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hi all any one please help me in doing this project please send me some tips please reply fast............ a digital library has a unique collection of ...
Tip: sit down and do some work on your own. This is obviously a course project, so the objective is for you to learn from your process of trial and error. If...
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