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Localisation Engineering
Standards in the Digital World the Localisers’ Perspective
Enda McDonnell
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• Whoami– Enda McDonnell– Software Architect at Alchemy
Software
• Standards affecting software localisation
• Theme
Introduction
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Internet
• Huge Driving Force– Web Applications– Web Services
DBDB xmlxml
InternetInternetDesktopDesktop
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Microsoft .NET
• Applications– Web Apps– Desktop Apps– XML Web
Services– Enterprise Apps
• Languages• C++• C#• VB• J#• more…
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.NET and Software L10n
• New Formats.resxWinForms
.rc .rc .resx .resx
Dialogs Dialogs MenusMenus
String TablesString Tables
WinFormsWinFormsMenus*Menus*Strings*Strings*
NET Binaries
Databases
XML
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.NET and Software L10n
• Paradigm Change
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XML
• Structured content– Eg. Music CD Catalog
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XML
• Catalyst attributes meaning
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Visual Xliff
• Emerging standard• Stores L10n information in xml
– text segments eg. ‘Cancel’– visual information for forms, eg. Co-ords– process info. eg. suggested translations
• You need Native support for Xliff
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Databases
• Highly structured data• Large volumes• Mono-lingual databases• Multi-lingual databases
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Mono-Lingual DBs
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Mono-Lingual DBs
• Copy of DB is localised for target
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Multi-Lingual DBs
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Multi-Lingual DBs
• Exporting / Importing data to/from XML– Extra process steps– Error Prone
• Need native, direct access to data
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Database L10n
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Database L10n
• Direct Visual connection via ADO to any datasource
• Structure your own query• Identify Source, Target & Ids• DB Engineer generates *.DDF• Create once, then automate• Both mono & multi - lingual
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Text Files• Emerging Standard?• Unicode text Files
– ANSI, UTF8, UTF-16
• Name Value Pairs where ID is critical– Assign ID in L10n tool– Dramatically improves accuracy of
leverage
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Name Value Pairs• Why is the ID so important?
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Name-Value Paired Text
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Name-Value Paired Text
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Name-Value Paired Text
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Name Value Pairs• Trait based Leverage
– Greatly improved re-use of TM
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Summary• Visual Tools – Huge Productivity Gains• .NET
– Resx– Dot Net Binaries (Satellite Assemblies)
• XML (Visual Programming)• Native Xliff Support• Database (Direct Visual Connection)
– ADO connection to any source
• Text – Utf-8, utf-16– Name Value pairs
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