Re: What does i18n mean?

From: Frank Yung-Fong Tang (ytang0648@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 18:33:21 EST

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    of course, I was just joking

    the answer is, read http://www.i18nguy.com/origini18n.html
    and notice the spelling of "internationalization" (US spelling) and "internationalisation" (UK spelling) in that doc. The reason is to abbreviate is not because it is too long for Asian engineers like me to memorize it, but also because UK and US people often spell it differently and cofused Asian engineers like me.


    YTang0648@aol.com wrote:

    In a message dated 11/14/2003 2:34:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, bdesgraupes@easyconnect.fr writes:
    > what does i18n mean? I see it bandied about a lot.
    It is a short hand for "Iñţérñåţîöñåļîžåţîön " because it is too hard for most of the people to type the "ñţérñåţîöñåļîžåţîö" part. :) [and if your software can save that string retrive it correct later, 50% of the i18n problem is addressed....]
     
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    Does your software display Thai language text correctly for Thailand users?
    -> Basic Conceptof Thai Language linked from Frank Tang's Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn Secrets
    Want to translate your English text to something Thailand users can understand ?
    -> Try English-to-Thai machine translation at http://c3po.links.nectec.or.th/parsit/

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