Re: [flexcoders] i18n - Adavnced Internationalization in Flex Builder 3 - words order in a phrase
On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 03:13:46PM -, mydarkspoon wrote:
> For example, I have a label that displays "Search all images on Flickr".
> The label text is disassembled into "Search {scope} {mediaType} on
> {Flickr}". for instance, this phrase can be "Search your videos on
> Youtube"
> The ResourceManager can supply a good solution for using another
> language for these words, yet, language like German uses different part
> of speech order (I'm not speaking German so I might be wrong, sorry).
> Since I don't know German, but just to demonstrate what I mean in a
> fictional language I just made, the words order is "Videos your search
> Youtube on" (of course wit hthe appropriate translation).
>
> A good solution could be a binding template that would come with the
> locale file, but I couldn't find any existing solution to enable that.
>
> Has anyone came across with this problem ?
Typically, the entire phrase has to be translated in order to read properly.
Splitting phrases into words, then translating the words
individually, and then reassembling the phrase will result in a poor
translation in almost any language other than the app's native language.
-Jeff
Re: [flexcoders] i18n - Adavnced Internationalization in Flex Builder 3 - words order in a phrase
The methode getString in ResourceManager has a third optional Parameter.
"If a parameters Array is passed to this method, the parameters in it
are converted to Strings and then substituted, in order, for the
placeholders "{0}", "{1}", and so on, in the String before it is returned."
in your properties-File:
search_label=Search {0} {1} on {2}
Then pass in an array containing three objects.
Alger
mydarkspoon wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm in a progress of starting to I18n-ize a medium scale flex
> application.
>
> I'm reading the i18l tutorial as well as the ResourceManager flex 3
> docs.
>
> I find the ResourceManager class really useful, much more than I
> expected it to be, yet, I can't find any premade solution to a very
> common problem - words order.
> For example, I have a label that displays "Search all images on Flickr".
> The label text is disassembled into "Search {scope} {mediaType} on
> {Flickr}". for instance, this phrase can be "Search your videos on
> Youtube"
> The ResourceManager can supply a good solution for using another
> language for these words, yet, language like German uses different part
> of speech order (I'm not speaking German so I might be wrong, sorry).
> Since I don't know German, but just to demonstrate what I mean in a
> fictional language I just made, the words order is "Videos your search
> Youtube on" (of course wit hthe appropriate translation).
>
> A good solution could be a binding template that would come with the
> locale file, but I couldn't find any existing solution to enable that.
>
> Has anyone came across with this problem ?
>
> I'd be very glad to get some tips.
>
>
[flexcoders] i18n - Adavnced Internationalization in Flex Builder 3 - words order in a phrase
Hi,
I'm in a progress of starting to I18n-ize a medium scale flex
application.
I'm reading the i18l tutorial as well as the ResourceManager flex 3
docs.
I find the ResourceManager class really useful, much more than I
expected it to be, yet, I can't find any premade solution to a very
common problem - words order.
For example, I have a label that displays "Search all images on Flickr".
The label text is disassembled into "Search {scope} {mediaType} on
{Flickr}". for instance, this phrase can be "Search your videos on
Youtube"
The ResourceManager can supply a good solution for using another
language for these words, yet, language like German uses different part
of speech order (I'm not speaking German so I might be wrong, sorry).
Since I don't know German, but just to demonstrate what I mean in a
fictional language I just made, the words order is "Videos your search
Youtube on" (of course wit hthe appropriate translation).
A good solution could be a binding template that would come with the
locale file, but I couldn't find any existing solution to enable that.
Has anyone came across with this problem ?
I'd be very glad to get some tips.
