a month of i18n in 10 minutes
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A month of I18n in 10 minutes ( I18n )*
*Translated by Google, probably not accurate
English English (US)
Deutsch Español Français
Nederlands Italiano
English English (US)
Deutsch Español Français
Nederlands Italiano
– Almost everyone
“All out translations live on OneSky […]”
Translation live in
• Translation System
– That one guy who built the integration 18 months ago, that no one has worked on since but still seems to work and the marketing people use all the time
“There is some content in Contentful”
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
– Our Chinese Agency
“The country dropdown is in English”
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• Mysterious Country List
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• Mysterious Country List E-commerce Database
– Our Chinese Agency, again…
“The dates are formatted incorrectly”
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• E-commerce Database
• Hardcoded into our delivery estimation system
Date formats“D M Y” == 10th October 2016 “D M Y” == 10 2016
10 2016
10 2016
2016 10 10
2016 10 10
10th October 2016
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• E-commerce Database
• Hardcoded into our delivery estimation system
– Me, like 100x over
“OK, surely that’s all the places…”
– Our Project Manager
“Some of the error messages are in English”
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• E-commerce Database
• Hardcoded into our delivery estimation system
• Authentication Library
– Me, like 100x over
“OK, surely that’s all the places…”
Translation live in
• Translation System
• Content Management System
• E-commerce Database
• Hardcoded into our delivery estimation system
• Authentication Library
Except…Every time we add more text to the website
And…
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MoralTranslation are hard, they live in more places than you expect
It’s hard to translate into a language you have no exposure to
It’s unbelievably useful to work with people in-country
A month of I18n in 10 minutes ( I18n )*
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