developing localization ready applications

Developing Localization Ready Applications

By Localization User ConferenceMarch 2012

Localization User Conference | March 2012

What is Localization Ready?


Basic Guidelines


Extract strings


Mapping and handling Locale dependant data

Messages Dates & Times Numbers Currencies Unit of Measurements Phone numbers Titles Postal addresses


Numbering


Date/Time


Spacing & Layout

• 0 -10 characters: 101 - 200%.

• 11- 20 characters: 81 - 100%

• 21 - 30 characters: 61 - 80%

• 31 - 50 characters: 41 - 60%

• 50 - 70 characters: 31 - 40%

• Over 70 characters: 30%


Spacing & Layout


Concatenation

Key1 = Are you sure you want to uninstallKey2 = Community Toolbar?

sToolbarName = “Try me English”

Key1 & sToolbarName & Key2

Key1 = ההתקנה את להסיר ברצונך האםKey2 = כלים ?סרגל

Key1 & sToolbarName & Key2 =

ההתקנה את להסיר ברצונך כלים Try me Englishהאם ?סרגל


Concatenation

Key1 =Are you sure you want to uninstall [TOOLBAR_NAME] Community Toolbar?

הכלים ] סרגל התקנת את להסיר ברצונך [?TOOLBAR_NAMEהאם


String Re-Keys


Is your application ready?


Standard Product Lifecycle

Planning

Design

CodingTesting

Localization QA

Context Functionality Layout Hardcoding


Using Pseudo Language


Pseudo Language - examples


Thank you!Sagi Adiv,

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