I've a burning desire to create a new iOS language called "English(pirate)", in honor of International Speak Like A Pirate day.
The reason be simple, the FaceBook app looks at Settings->General->International->Language to decide how to localize. That scurvy Zuckerburg be ignorin' me options that I gave on his site.
Since just the language name is enough to trigger the FaceBook app to use pirate localization, I was thinking that I could just copy-and-rename English(US) to be English(pirate). But though I be a slashing outlaw programmer, I'll not void my warranty for such trivia, so no jailbreakin.
Be there an Apple Approved manner to create a new language on their iOS platform? A keg o' rum and a saucy wench to the best answer! (Or a small bounty if the TOC don't allow rum and wenches...)
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPInternational/LanguageandLocaleIDs/LanguageandLocaleIDs.html
If you choose to create a new designator, be sure to follow the rules found in sections 2.2.1 and 4.5 of BCP 47: Tags for Identifying Languages. Tags that do not follow these conventions are not guaranteed to work. When using subtags, ensure that the abbreviation stored by the user’s language settings matches the designator used by your .lproj directory exactly.
There's no Apple approved way to do it.
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I'm working on a "cook book" app that has multiple (language) versions.
Apple says I can't upload multiple apps that are almost the same, so how can I achieve what is mentioned below in single app release ?
multiple languages (possible)
multiple logos (possible)
different "config" file for each language - e.g. file with API URLs
Each language version "separately" on App store so a user can download both english and spanish versions
My biggest problem is #4, it has to be possible that one can decide which language version he downloads.
You're most likely still looking at one app with multiple languages included in it, which are picked based on user local. If you want the user to decide which language they'd like after install, give them an option. Many apps do this already.
I think you can follow these steps to create the app you'd like to make.
Localize your application. (This tutorial might be useful.)
Add a language parameter to your API calls and return the data based on the language parameter. Thus you won't be displaying a content which is not available in that language.
For your 4th requirement if you'd like to use versioning on each language (I do not know why but if you must) then you can use the language paramter you'll add on API calls. Just create a releation between the languages and the versions you are using then display the views and contents based on the relation.
Is there a way with the API to convert/translate Revit standard terms such as 'Insulation', '3D view', 'View Templates', 'Detail Level' and other baked-in terms to a given language (such as German, Russian , Chinese, etc.)? I'd like to ensure that the messages I provide in my localized add-in use terms that the user is familiar with (with regard to Revit).
I think Jeremy's answer is probably the way to go for a comprehensive approach.
However - if you're looking for something more self-contained and quick-and-dirty, you could try the LabelUtilities class in the Revit API. :)
The LabelUtilties lets you look up the translated value of all of the thousands of builtin parameters, parameter groups, unit types, etc).
All of the pieces of text that you mentioned above are available as BuiltInParmater translations (although, admittedly, some are not available as plurals).
For example:
LabelUtils.GetLabelFor( BuiltInParameter.RBS_WIRE_INSULATION_PARAM );
==> "Insulation" in English.
(You can see all of the translated English BuiltInParameters in the Revit API reference under the BuiltInParameters page).
Good Luck!
Matt
The Autodesk localisation team uses a cross product corpus database NeXLT for terminology and message translation:
http://langtech.autodesk.com/nexlt
This link is accessible from outside the company and translation companies working with the localisation team around the world make use it for translating products for Autodesk platforms.
This answer is already published with a little more background on The Building Coder blog:
http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/10/autodesk-open-source-all-over-germany-and-japan.html#4
As I am writing and translating localized app store descriptions for my app, I thought it would be handy to read other same-category apps' localized descriptions. However this has become more complicated than I had hoped (e.g., don't really want to change my Mac's language setting on top of my iTunes store country preference). Plus I have had limited success doing this on with OS X and iOS.
Can someone suggest a quick and easy way to look at app store descriptions in another language? I am sure I am missing something obvious here, for example currently I am poking around App Annie to see if it has archived localized descriptions.
Yes, there is a solution. You can use the urls that Apple provides and read the app description from there:
Head over to http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/ and you will see that there you can select a country.
For example, searching for "Twitter" in iOS apps and US you get (after removing the trailing url garbage):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8
Now just change the country code. E.g., German and Italian:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8
The best way is to modify URL and view it in browser.
If you open an app using URL:
itunes.apple.com/app/APP_NAME/ID
(for example: https://itunes.apple.com/app/zuko-monsters/id545619234?mt=8)
you can just add country code after first part:
itunes.apple.com/de/app/APP_NAME/ID
itunes.apple.com/us/app/APP_NAME/ID
(for example: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/zuko-monsters/id545619234?mt=8)
I'm adding an application to AppWorld, and on the Description field I'm adding a spanish description (wich my application supports).
The thing is that our app it only supports english since is targeted for a local market. Unfortunately it still asks me for English details of it (like descriptions), so my question is.... is it mandatory to provide an English descriptions? Even tho our app doesn't support (or will) support any other language.
Thanks
Yes, you do need to include an English description, as it is mandatory regardless of the language the application runs in.
Why? Applications are not filtered by language like they can be by device model or OS. Since any device, regardless of language, can view or download the app, English is used as a default when a language-specific description doesn’t exist.
If your application is published in Spanish, I'd highly recommend to include a statement that explains fact in a brief English description, followed by a more detailed separate description of the application submitted in Spanish.
I'm trying to figure out how to localize the title and description of our app in Danish, English and German.
When i add a new app in itunes connects it asks me to enter the information in english. When i then go to manage localizations i only get a limited list of languages to add - Danish is NOT one of them.
I read the iTunes connect developer guide which mentions the following: "This is in addition to the English (or other default language you set on your defaults page) metadata you’ve
already supplied during your initial app creation."
But i can't find anywhere to set Danish as the default language to then get the option to add english and german as extra languages.
So how do i go about making sure that my app is available with a local title and description in the Danish store as well as the english and german stores?
Any help is GREATLY appreciated since I can't seem to get an answer from Apple.
Unfortunaly you cannot change the default language as far as I know (and this has created some major headache for developers in the past as the default language appears in ALL stores that have no custom language. If you for example chose your native language instead of english, you will have that displayed all over the world and can create a lot of exceptions for the countries in the list). (Edit since recently the default language can be changed per App)
As for the language list: you only get what is there and have to rely on apple to extend the list in the future (never a bad idea to send en enhancement request).
Unfortunaly probably not what you wanted to hear but localization handling is still somewhat suboptimal. The only thing you can do is enter the information in the default language in Danish (and thus create a danish page for some parts of the world as well) and fill ALL of the other languages with a localized description (or english if you cannot localize) which at least gives an english description for some of the larger markets.
I'm not sure how/if Apple allows the default description in Danish if the setting is English but I already had to fill all localizations in the list with english text (even Japanese, French etc.) and had the app approved.