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Skip
the typical software localization beginner's
traps
Author: Renate Reinartz
Numbers
A number is a number is a number, you might suppose. Wrong. Numbers are formatted.
Two things differ between countries: the decimal
and the thousand separator.
Some countries,
like the USA, use a comma to separate thousands
and a point as a decimal separator. Therefore,
one thousand and two cents are 1,000.02.
Other languages, such as German, use a comma
and
a point in the opposite way, so 1.000,02
displays the same as the previous example.
In Switzerland,
it is 1′000,02 because the Swiss use the
quote sign as the thousand separator.
Sisulizer
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What
you need to do
Do not store numbers internally, in databases, or in files as formatted strings.
Always use a numeric variable type
like Long or Float.
When
you display numbers, format them with
the right
system setting for the thousand and
decimal separators. The Windows API
provides functions to get the appropriate
values. In .Net, check the culture
name space. When you allow user input,
make sure that the user knows which
format is required. It is also a good
idea to check this input, or consider
to use masked input components. How
does Sisulizer support you
This is a internationalization issue (i18n) which is not covered by a localization
tool like Sisulizer. This is something
that
has to take place in your source code
typically before you begin to localize
your software.
Anyway you can start localizing with Sisulizer even if you haven't solved these
issues yet. Sisulizer's great Scan
for Changes feature allows you to rescan
your project, and see all strings that
are new, or changed; you even don't
lose translations of deleted strings. |
More software localization traps
1. Languages
2. Character
sets
3. Code
pages
4. Numbers
5. Currencies
6. Dates
7. Time
8. List separator
9. Measurements
10. Paper
format
11. Phone number
12. Sort order
13. Tax
14. States
15. Other traps
16. Conclusion
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HTML
JSP/ASP/PHP
JavaScript
Visual C++
Java
Windows Binaries
DLL/EXE/OCX
Windows Vista
32+64 Bit PE files
Reports
XML
XLIFF/TMX
Symbian
Pocket PC
.NET Compact Framework
J2ME
PO/POT/MO
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