Re: WXP interface translation

How to change display language:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2bac0e03-c331-48fc-8b7e-b66b8007512d1033.mspx

Please let us know if this helps. I've never tried it.

-Paul Randall

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Patrick Keenan wrote:
"Metallo" <doriawar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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