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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Wasteful internationalization (Was: Structured exception
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:49:26 +0100
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:17:59 +0100, Alex R. Mosteo wrote:

> Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
>> Umm, even I (who think internationalization is a total waste of effort)
> 
> I'm curious about this, could you elaborate a bit? Surely
> internationalization is a reality; in what sense you consider it a total
> waste?

Much of reality is a total waste.

As for renaming buttons and translating compiler messages, it is so obvious
that there is no any need to explain why this idea is evil.

Even in entertainment industry, it is sometimes quite problematic. I
remember some quest games, virtually impossible to go through in localized
versions. Translated songs in a musical film, presented by local third-rate
interpreters, this can ruin any masterpiece.

It is always amusing to read Russian manuals written outside Russia.
Unfortunately due to universality of this argument (about wastefulness), I
cannot present any examples a non-Russian reader could understand... (:-))

BTW, it is not that funny in some cases. I saw many safety devices, people
of good intentions tried to localize...with almost life threatening
effect...

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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