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color=#800000 size=2>Hi Jeremy,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#800000 size=2>I had to translate a small app last year into Dutch
and German and just created some ini files one for each language, with
name/value pairs of words and phrases in them. The main app ini specifies which
language to use at runtime. For this app we were mainly only asked to translate
the data and the reports, not so much the UI. It didn't take long at all to do
this way for a small app.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Jeremy Coulter
[mailto:jscoulter@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 16 February 2009 8:54
p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DUG] Translations<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
All.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I Think this has
been a subject a few times before, but unfortunitly I didnt really retain
anything about it because it didnt apply at the time.....hehehe...and of
course now it does :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have had a
requst to translate my application from English to German, then to French
maybe.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I downloaded the
trial of Sisulizer and Multilizer with the, as it now turns out,
misunderstanding that they did the translation, when infact they only appear
to give you a list of the strings in your app and a column for you to put the
translations into or export the strings into a file that you send off
somewhere.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought to
myself, if thats all, then why dont I just use resource strings and Googlaes
translation tool?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>The specifics of
grammer etc. from the translation will be done by someone anyway, so thats not
an issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am keen to know
what others do in this situation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, does anyone
use any online translation companies that you send your words too and they do
the translations?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265364007-16022009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,
Jeremy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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