Top "Localization" questions

Localization is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel".

Localization and internationalization, what's the difference?

I was going to ask a question about preparing a desktop application to support multiple languages on the UI. In …

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What's the best database structure to keep multilingual data?

Possible Duplicate: Schema for a multilanguage database Here's an example: [ products ] id (INT) name-en_us (VARCHAR) name-es_es (VARCHAR) name-pt_…

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Does PostgreSQL support "accent insensitive" collations?

In Microsoft SQL Server, it's possible to specify an "accent insensitive" collation (for a database, table or column), which means …

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What is the best free XLIFF editor?

I'm localizing my Flash application. Flash keeps localization data in XLIFF format, this is an XML dialect. Several users from …

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How can I change the CurrentCulture of the entire process (not just current thread) in .Net?

I have a situation where I need to set my process' locale to en-US. I know how to do this …

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Changing language on the fly, in running iOS, programmatically

I've been stackling and googling for hours. And I'm kind of desperate now. I would like to change the language …

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Rails: How to make Date strftime aware of the default locale?

I have my default locale set in the environment.rb as de (German). I also see all the error messages …

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How to access global resources in a view using asp.net mvc razor

Using ASP.NET MVC Razor, I have a resource file in App_GlobalResources named General.resx and General.fr.resx …

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How do I set CultureInfo.CurrentCulture from an App.Config file?

I need to set my application's culture through an App.Config file, so that "pt-BR" is used automatically for parsing …

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Global resource vs. Local resource in ASP.NET

We use resx files to localize our web applications. We usually create local resx files (that map to a specific …

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