Questions tagged [localization]
is a place where something happens or is set and may also refer to cultural adaptation for specific countries, regions, or groups.
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Visual way (icon or otherwise) to indicate localization language is only partially complete
We have an application that is localised in 40 languages and that number is growing. When a person first starts up the program they are greeted with an interface language choice: When a user ever ...
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How to handle translation in a dynamic string on GUI?
I'm currently working on a localization project for a GUI, and I'm facing a challenge regarding dynamic strings. Specifically, I'm unsure about the best approach for handling translations when it ...
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Decrease the font size or break to a new line with multiple languages?
I would like to know what is the better way to deal with the following issue: A website supports multiple languages; some of them fit on one line of a container, while others do not. Is it better to ...
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Design language and color choices by geography (culture)
We were doing a study/survey recently on an app which is expected to be launched globally (North America, Europe, South/East Asia). The current design favors cleanliness, white space, and muted colors....
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How do you handle localisation with special tags for long languages
I've created a tag that will be used for products in search results. In English everything is ok. but when doing localization for languages like Bahasa the words can become very long. How do I handle ...
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Localization guide
I am trying to find a concise guide to localization settings by language or country. By this I mean the rules and example of how to format dates, numbers and currencies in each language or country. ...
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What order do stars get filled out in RTL locales?
I am implementing a star rating system for an app, which should support several RTL locales. Right now, when the user hovers over a star, all stars to the left of it are filled in, like so: ★☆☆☆☆, ...
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If a search result is a place that only people who live in a certain area can visit, what's the best way of explaining that?
For example there's a community doctor's surgery in a town, it's free for people who live in town 1 and town 2. As someone living in town 3 who has searched and found this community doctor's surgery ...
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