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8th Sakai Conference
4-7 December 2007Newport Beach
Internationalization & Internationalization & LocalizationLocalization
Beth Kirschner - University of Michigan
Raul Mengod - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
Anna Korsun - Smolny College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Vitaly Khudobakhshov - Smolny College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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Localization (L10N) versus Localization (L10N) versus Internationalization (I18N)Internationalization (I18N)
• Localization of a web interface is usually limited to isolating the language dependencies such that they can be easily translated.
• Internationalization of a web interface takes into account many aspects beyond strict translation of the text, such as cultural differences, space allocation and formatting.
• Sakai needs to consider both.
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Where is Sakai?Where is Sakai?
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Current TranslationsCurrent Translations• Arabic • English/UK (new)• Catalan• Simplified Chinese (updated)• Dutch (updated)• French/France (new)• French/Canadian (updated)• Japanese (updated)• Korean (updated)• Russian (new)• Spanish (updated)• Swedish
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Translations UnderwayTranslations Underway
• Traditional Chinese• Danish• German• Hebrew• Mongolian• Portuguese• Slovakian• Turkish• Vietnamese
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I18N Progress ReportI18N Progress Report• Over 50 enhancements and bug fixes in Sakai 2.5• Increased awareness of I18N with developers• SVN commit access for translators
• I18N Wish List (vote for your favorites!)– SAK-8908: Dynamic localization of tool/page titles– SAK-7000: Adopt Localized Date/Time Widget for all tools– SAK-12320: Separate configuration from internationalization
properties files (separate folders) – SAK-2601: Localization of permissions names/descriptions
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How to get involvedHow to get involved
• Best practices in confluence (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/I18N)
• JIRA - comment, vote, add issues
• JIRA - contribute patches
• Join [email protected]
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Priorities for Sakai 2.6 and Priorities for Sakai 2.6 and beyond?beyond?
