ExtraCatalogs and XliffToolbox is quite nice for localization

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> Behalf Of Alan Wostenberg
> Sent: 13 March 2010 02:57
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> Subject: [vwnc] ExtraCatalogs and XliffToolbox is quite nice for
> localization
>
>
> I recently used the ExtraCatalogs and XliffToobox in the Cincom Public
> Store
> repository to localize an application
> (http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/publicRepository/ExtraCatalogs.html).
> Is
> anybody else using this little gem?
>
> This is a nice solution to a real problem: how to extract UserMessages
> from
> the image, in a form that is convenient for human translators to work
> with.
> The toolbox emits Xliff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLIFF) which is
> an
> industry norm, and our translators knew right away how to consume and
> produce it.  The XliffToolbox extracts UserMessages in their various
> forms
> to write the Xliff and is a good example of how to traverse source code
> using the a visitor pattern. The ExtraCatalogs reads the Xliff strings
> into
> the runtime image so you can display the english, Spanish, French, etc.
> according to the Locale.
>
> If you have a need to localize the user messages in your application,
> check
> out ExtraCatalogs. Kudos to Travis Griggs and Randy Coulman for putting
> it
> together, and writing up some introductory material here
> http://bit.ly/cJZhqc and here http://bit.ly/bSOUGr
>
> People of Cincom: has any thought been given to including ExtraCatalogs
> in
> the standard product build? Consider this my nomination to do just that!
>
> -Alan Wostenberg
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> warn: calls). That would be a big help when starting out localizing.
>
> Steve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> > Behalf Of Alan Wostenberg
> > Sent: 13 March 2010 02:57
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Subject: [vwnc] ExtraCatalogs and XliffToolbox is quite nice for
> > localization
> >
> >
> > I recently used the ExtraCatalogs and XliffToobox in the Cincom Public
> > Store repository to localize an application
> > (http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/publicRepository/ExtraCatalogs.html).
> > Is
> > anybody else using this little gem?
> >
> > This is a nice solution to a real problem: how to extract UserMessages
> > from the image, in a form that is convenient for human translators to
> > work with.
> > The toolbox emits Xliff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLIFF) which is
> > an industry norm, and our translators knew right away how to consume
> > and produce it.  The XliffToolbox extracts UserMessages in their
> > various forms to write the Xliff and is a good example of how to
> > traverse source code using the a visitor pattern. The ExtraCatalogs
> > reads the Xliff strings into the runtime image so you can display the
> > english, Spanish, French, etc.
> > according to the Locale.
> >
> > If you have a need to localize the user messages in your application,
> > check out ExtraCatalogs. Kudos to Travis Griggs and Randy Coulman for
> > putting it together, and writing up some introductory material here
> > http://bit.ly/cJZhqc and here http://bit.ly/bSOUGr
> >
> > People of Cincom: has any thought been given to including
> > ExtraCatalogs in the standard product build? Consider this my
> > nomination to do just that!
> >
> > -Alan Wostenberg
> > --
> > View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/ExtraCatalogs-and-
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