Localization for Developers

Localization tips and techniques that will help you adapt your applications to foreign markets and prep new products for international release.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Introducing Internationalization and Localization

• Localization is more than translation
• Internationalization is preparation
• Defining locales
• Timing internationalization and localization
• Localization management
• Researching localization targets
• Considering legal implications
• Working with specialists

2. Internationalizing Content

• Evaluating and externalizing text
• Avoiding string concatenation and string reuse
• Evaluating string context and reuse
• Accommodating different number systems
• Internationalizing media

3. Internationalizing a GUI

• Converting to Unicode
• Working with Unicode fonts
• Supporting right-to-left languages
• Acknowledging different formatting standards
• Adapting your user interface
• Observing local standards
• Considering color and visual metaphor
• Starting with pseudolocalization

4. Managing Localization

• Working with translators
• Establishing clear translation standards
• Choosing a translator
• Exploring localization solutions

5. Modifying Your Quality-Assurance Strategy

• Testing your localization
• Changing your locale in Windows
• Changing your locale in OS X
• Changing your locale in Android
• Changing your locale in iOS

Conclusion

• Next steps