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...
This is a new type of conference. If you work with languages, localization, or related fields, here is where you can learn about how the language standards are...
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...
... Is this really the forum for getting help with homework problems or solving problems at work that your company was hired to execute? Best, Barry...
You are right eflarup, this way mahesh won't learn anything and the less now the harder it will become in his career. mahesh: try to model the structure of...
Hi All, My name is Suresh.I am working on Internationalizing a product and at the same time Localizing it into one native language.I encountered a problem of...
Suresh - The easiest way to handle it is to specify that the unlocalized dialog must have all elements large enough to handle the largest expected case. IOW,...
Hi Barry, Thanks for your suggestion.But leaving losts of empty space will probably give an awkward appearance to the dialog in some locales where the strings...
Hello every one, I am Pavan and working on internationalization of a product. On the module that i am working on, which is a command line tool, I need to take...
dattu
dattu.pavan@...
Nov 17, 2005 1:33 pm
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... I'd guide you to restrict your input to a format such as ISO 8601 (YYYY.MM.DD). It's certainly the easiest. That said, ISO standards are often...
... Hello Pavan, The short answer is: yes, you need to put a restriction on format the user uses. There are many ways to enter dates, even in a given locale. ...
... Alternatively use a drop down boxes for date entry. It guarantees that invalid dates cannot be entered (unlike 2005.13.5) but takes longer for the user to...
Addison Phillips wrote: Suresh - Addison is well known, his advice is always good. Still I quibble a bit... ... I don't think I said "biggest possible layout:....
Hmm, we are starting to see some rookie questions here. Good to see interest pick up, but probably most of the old timers here know each other by name and...
... Addison - Can you list any such APIs you are aware of? That would be valuable info indeed! I am reminded of the time I had a cash register receipt from...
... I'd prefer to reduce the number of i18n engineers and have developers code for the world, not for their office! More i18n engineers = code getting worse. ...
... at ... the ... locales ... In my experience, you cannot use a single dialog template for all locales without it looking suboptimal in one or more locales....
I agree. To put it another way, anyone who is interested enough in making sure the dialogs look nice in any language will be going through the process of...
... That is not really true in an absolute sense. I recently worked on a l10n for a well known product, into v 7.0 so serious processes were in place. This was...
... That's a healthy discussion to have. I think in the 14 years since I became an i18n engineer, the average engineer *is* more versed in global development....
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