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#Localization and #Internationalization are #UX *enablers,* not just means of providing the experience to people who speak a different language or have different conventions.
They force you to work in concepts, not in English words and US-centric assumptions. A concept that is well-defined and can be translated into any number of languages is a clear concept; it forces you out of naming arguments and into the right space to make meaningful decisions.
Lately, I've been building a website for Lokalisointi.fi, which is a community-driven effort to #translate free and libre open source software into the #Finnish language: https://lokalisointi.fi/
The source code is in the repository and new contributors are welcome to produce and update content, fix bugs, add features, etc. #Suomi #Finland #l10n #localization #opensource #kääntäminen
A publishing house is looking for a translator from Taiwanese to Ukrainian.
#translation #translator #taiwanese #ukrainian #booktranslation #publishing #literature #linguistics #languagejobs #ukraine #taiwan #translatorwanted #localization #cultureexchange
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gwewrrmrxh5tgb5gubzxif4d/post/3m357c23nqk2c
文章合为时而著，歌诗合为事而作。
Serious translation: Prose is written for the era, poetry is written for the moment.
New Living Internet translation: Post takes as long as the world needs to hear them, post memes while they're still funny.
source: https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hans/%E8%88%87%E5%85%83%E4%B9%9D%E6%9B%B8
Better late than never: #TranslateKit is now fully compatible with #LiquidGlass! 
Sorry for the delay, our app icon is finally out of jail. 
Here's a direct comparison – which one do you like better, old or new design?
A minor update, but would love your feedback back https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-localizer/id6740183836 #localization #macos
As you can guess deno also has a good localization for languages. I'll leave it up to you to research that
Fa wakka means how are you in Sranan tongo, one of the many of languages is SR SA
On this site a sample is given of the languages we have. There are many many more than stated!
Followed by 18:00 UTC (19:00 UK) - Reinaldo Ferraz - Advancing Web Accessibility: Standardization and Localization in Brazil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTC1zK-B14M&list=PLn7dsvRdQEfFTeoA8kZcsASPbYi2rf4C0&index=21 #id24 #accessibility #a11y #standardization #localization #Brazil
A #Fediverse tech idea I've been considering for a while.
Hashtags can sometimes be annoying, right? Their primary application is finding posts related to a certain topic, including following one. Therefore, if I look for "horses", I want to find everything horse-related.
The following hashtags should therefore lead to the same set of posts:
- #horse
- #horses
- #equines
- #equine
- #horsetodon
Right? But that's not a reality. Some people tag with one of them, with multiple, or with none at all.
Similarly, #Döner, #Doener and perhaps even #Doner should lead to the same set of posts, right? And what about British-American-splits like how #Localization is #Localisation, and perhaps even #l10n as well? And #LGBT, #LGBTQ, #LBGTQ+, #LGBT+, #LGBTQIA and so on and so on also really should be one hashtag.
So what to do?
I propose:
We should introduce a second symbol for something like "fuzzy hashtags". Not the '#' symbol, but another; perhaps '&' or '~'.
That way I could tag my post '~horse', and it could appear on all hashtag feeds concerning the different spellings of horses! Or I could search for such a fuzzy hashtag.
The different variants could be crowdsourced, or overridden by instance mods. You could also opt-out of that system - your posts showing up in fuzzy searches, most likely.
This would also fix languages like German, where you have many inflected forms: #Männer #Mann #Mannes #Manns #Männern #Männers and so on should all lead to the same result.
Behold what I have to do to sign off on this post:
#MarkupLanguages #MarkupLanguage #Markup
Numina is now available in Ukrainian!
Huge thanks to the amazing translation team for making this happen. 
Check out the announcement here:
https://starlit.itch.io/numina/devlog/1024467/ukrainian-translation-now-available-
#IndieGame #RPGMaker #GameDev #IndieDev #JRPG #Localization #SteamGames #itchio
There once was a guy named Sir Ye who liked dragons. His tools looked like dragons, his tableware looked like dragons, his house and hall were decked by, you guessed it, dragons. Everyone knew this guy was a little too into dragons.
Word got around to a dragon, who came down from heaven to poke their head in through the window, their tail wrapping around the manor. Sir Ye was so scared that he lost all color as his soul fled his body. It turns out he didn’t like dragons — he liked furry fanart of dragons.
(by Liu Xiang, a contemporary of Julius Caesar a little over 2000 years ago)
Today on New Living Internet Translations:
Do not post in anger, do not get mired in a flamewar because you’re mad online. If a comment is in your cause’s favor, then post it; if it’s not then FFS stop. Anger can be replaced by cat pics, the maddest online can still learn to touch grass — but a banned account isn’t getting unbanned, and the people who blocked you aren’t gonna unblock. Watch yourself, bro.
— Sun Tzu’s Art of Social Media
German users activate 3x faster than US users? 
Our dashboard reveals geographic patterns that guide localization priorities.
Some markets show higher activation.
Data-driven decisions!
Learn more: 
https://telemetrydeck.com/blog/new-activation-dashboard-pirate-metrics?source=fediverse
So he stabbed a dude dead and said “whoa bro, I don’t kill people, GLAIVES kill people.” — Mengzi
A story of a Chinese translator for Silksong that completely disregarded their NDA and stubbornly produced Chinese localization that fans hated, resulting in only 52 % positive reviews for Silksong in China on release day (by Loek van Kooten):
Numina is now available in Ukrainian!
Huge thanks to the amazing translation team for making this happen.
Check out the announcement here: https://starlit.itch.io/numina/devlog/1024467/ukrainian-translation-now-available-
#IndieGame #RPGMaker #GameDev #IndieDev #JRPG #Localization #SteamGames #itchio
Full transparency; here are my rates for #English <> #German #localisation and related tasks:
- Translation/Localisation: 0,10€/word
- Machine Translation Post-Editing: 0,06€/word
- Proofreading: 0,04€/word
Those rates are the result of extensive market research and existing business partnerships. So far, they've done me well.
Do you charge more, less? I'd be interested in your opinions! :o
#linguistics #getFediHired #localization #translation #trans lation
If you localized your app with machine translation or AI, you don't want to miss the latest features added to @TranslateKit! 
I significantly improved its #Proofreading capabilities & even built my own AI benchmark to scientifically find the best model & prompt for #localization! It's now able to find 96% of common translation issues in your app!
Download on Mac and fix them now (or localize your app to reach more users!):
https://translatekit.app
