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Same as any other localized software -- pass every translatable string through a dynamic call to a localization function (e.g. `tr` in Qt [1]) and load localiza

• zer00eyz 9y ago
  As for quality checks, this gets MUCH harder. You basically need more than one translator and some of them do translation review.
  • mkempe 9y ago
    Yes, that part is a major problem. I don't think there is a simple path for quality localization -- you definitely want multiple people fluent in the target languages to review the UI, with expert knowledge of the domain. Watch out for adjectives becoming verbs, positives becoming negatives, phrases going from half a line to three lines, etc. -- I've unfortunately worked with US-based UX companies whose employees had zero understanding of the non-American world: 24h-clocks, ISO 8601 dates, no italics in Asian scripts, ... There was even one who wanted the verb to be colored blue or red depending on positive/negative connotation, as if that "system" could reliably or easily be "translated" and coded.