On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vixens and Reynards: > > I can not find it, but there was a long article -- on the Web > somewhere -- on the difficulties of localising language. It > mentioned the complications of word order, different cases, and so > forth with more detail than the long post upthread. Just think of > the number of variations on the theme and realise that you will > almost certainly miss some anyway.
Correct. You need a native speaker to do the translation. In our old app we had a special command line switch that displays the language codes on the GUI. The translator could then provide the correct language string based on context. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
