bing translator language code zh-CN or zh-CHS

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jasonjifly picture jasonjifly · Oct 23, 2012 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

I have found that zh-CN and zh-CHS both of them can be used as language code, but why microsoft only tells me only zh-CHS can be used: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh456380.aspx.

Would it make any difference?

Answer

haimg picture haimg · Oct 24, 2012

There is quite a lot of confusion with these codes, because they all look similar but may mean different things.

If you take a peak in CultureInfo docs, you'll see that zh-CHS refers to a "Chinese Simplified" culture, and zh-CN is a more specific culture code which means "Chinese Simplified, People's Republic of China" (e.g. same language as used in a specific country, a child culture to zh-CHS parent).

I suppose it does not make sense to use country-specific culture code in the context of Bing translator (e.g. both cultures use the same language, but zh-CN is more specific and lets you distinguich Simplified Chinese in PRC vs Simplified Chinese in Singapore, zh-SG).

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