SWAT Feature Details and Discussion

[Ludolf Holzheid]

On Mon, 2009-04-27 08:19:14 -0400, simo wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 09:43 +0200, Ludolf Holzheid wrote:
> > [..]
> > 
> > What's the exact difference between i18n and l10n?
> 
> Roughly:
> 
> i18n == ability to handle input/output in multiple formats (for example
> using UTF-8 so that you can support multiple alphabets)
> 
> l10n == translation of text interfaces and support of locales to change
> output depending on the locale settings

Ah, I see.

i18n is a pre-stage to l10n, something about changes to the program
vs. actual translations.

Thank you.

Ludolf


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