Use this tag for reviews of code that addresses localization/globalization concerns, which make an application be displayable in multiple languages.
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Localizing an enum in Java
I am currently using an enum in my Android application to display time periods:
Weekly
Bi-Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Yearly
I created the enum like this, because I wanted to know the description, and (...
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1answer
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CultureInfo with fallback routing to another language
Our company needs a localization/translation behavior which allows incomplete (ResX) resources.
If a String
isn't available in italian
fall back to the next roman language, like french
fall back to ...
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2answers
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The multilingual duck
So, we have this "Rubberduck Settings" window, with a number of "tabs" dedicated to each configurable feature. The "root" tab contains the application's "general settings" and, in the next release, we'...
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Resx Editor in WPF
To aid in the localization of .resx files, I made a generic resx comparer that allows you to edit the values of the resx's. Also, this is my first proper adventure in WPF (I've just been using ...
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3answers
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Parsing dates from an OCR application
I wrote this code to parse dates from the output of the OCR, which means that the obtained date can be literally anything, so I put some restrictions in place:
Date is the the format of: ...
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1answer
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Resx Translation Helper, V.2.0
Related to Resx Translation Helper, V.2.0 Remove Files Window
First, I implemented the changes suggested in my last question, then I changed my entire code base to support editing 1-N Resx files. So,...
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2answers
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Extension methods for translation engine
Our application uses some singletons for localized strings. These calls used to be long and dirty. Therefore some co-worker created extensions for the int and ...
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1answer
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Localized Enum in C# 6
I had to jump through some hoops to get a localized enum working. I went through dozens of SO articles that never actually answered the relevant conundrum with a working solution. So I made my own:
I ...
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3answers
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PHP Bilingual Error System Ideas
I am building a php based mobile website that must be in both Spanish and English. This is my first bilingual site so I've been having to re-think a lot of coding practices I currently use to ...
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1answer
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WPF Localisation - using resx
I have a small WPF application which I'm not exactly localizing, but not hard-coding resources either. I know WPF doesn't use .resx files for that purpose, but I exposed the resource strings as public ...
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2answers
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Working with Locales in Swing (with change at runtime)?
I thought about the best way to implement localisation with runtime in Swing.
I currently solve the problem like that:
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votes
1answer
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String algorithms and locale
I am trying to write some string algorithms which I want to work for any kinds of strings and/or locale. I managed to get some results that do work, but I am not sure that what I am doing is idiomatic ...
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votes
1answer
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Finding an arbitrary word in a string of words given an offset
Background
Given a string (s) and an offset into that string (offset), find the whole word that can be found at the given ...
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votes
1answer
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Getting translated string using reflection and Resource Manager
I wrote the following code to get the translated string from Resource Manager. The method GetTranslatedString is called more than 50 times in my project.
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2answers
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Lightweight localization for a Cordova app
I had been trying to find a suitable solution to implement localization in my Phonegap/Cordova application. My search proved that any localization through seperate .xml or .json files was a nightmare (...
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vote
1answer
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A localization helper in codeigniter
I created a project to better understand CI3, while developing it I tried to introduce localization elements.
When I tried to localize the view everything messed up. I made a helper to identify if the ...
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vote
1answer
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C++ conversion from std::string to arithmetic type using std::locale::classic()
I recently had a bug where extracting a decimal from a string failed due to locale settings. That is, some locales use a , as a decimal point, rather than a ...
