Re: WXP interface translation

Patrick Keenan wrote:
"Metallo" <doriawar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f9nn7u$g6b$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I use WXP PRO in English, sometimes I need to do some work on the PC of my father in law who is Dutch and has a Dutch version of WXP PRO.
My Dutch is not good enough for technical stuff and was wondering if there is an application that could make my task easier, basically I am looking for something that simultaneously translate, for example, "Eigenschappen" into "Properties".

Thank you

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Alex

One thing that you might note is that often, the sequence of menu items or dialog buttons does not change due to localization. For example, a "properties" entry for a given window may always be, say, the fifth item down. And the "OK" , "Cancel" and "Apply" dialog buttons are in the same place regardless of language; this applies to other items within the dialogs.

The text strings are translated, the dialogs and menus aren't re-created in any order other than the original. Some companies keep this in mind when creating software, and keep the text strings in specific modules that can be easily changed and recompiled, perhaps separately, significantly reducing the cost of localization and the testing it requires.

I worked, for a large software company, next to a localization group that relied on this for testing software in the dozens of available OS languages, which they didn't speak or read. They always had an English system nearby to verify what was actually (or supposed to be!) at a given location.

HTH
-pk


Indeed, this is the way I followed so far, I have my PC on (EN) and can double check the menus, however, I hoped there was a shorter way...but I was wrong.

Thank you for your recommendations :-)



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Alex
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