On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Grigore Dolghin wrote:
>
>> Thanks for reading this.
>
>
> Thanks for writing this!
>
> I've learned a lot about localization in the process of creating Dabo,
> which is used by people all over the world. We wrap all displayed strings in
> a localization function, and Python has tools to extract these. We then load
> them up to Launchpad, a service provided by Canonical (the people who bring
> you Ubuntu). After that, people who can translate to various languages can
> contribute their translations.
>
> https://translations.launchpad.net/dabo/trunk/+pots/dabo
>
> So far, we've got a lot of Dabo translated into German and Spanish,
> but there is still a lot more to get done.
>
> With these translations, all a developer has to do is:
>
> self.Application.Language = "es"
>
> ... and all strings will be displayed in Spanish if a translation is
> available; if not, they default to English.
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//Set which language resource file is needed
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture =
CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(Request.UserLanguages[0]);
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new
CultureInfo(Request.UserLanguages[0]);
LocRM = new
ResourceManager("NameSpace.Web.App_LocalResources.YourTranslationDocumentHere",
typeof(YourGUI_Here).Assembly);
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