Localization Explained - 360iDev Denver, August 2015

My talk from 360iDev 2015 about localization! Now featuring a few screenshots I couldn't quite find during the initial talk :)

The code is on GitHub as both a playground and a project:
https://github.com/designatednerd/LocalizationExplained

The videos are available here:
Mail Composed Character Input: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGvDk0Od_E
Hum Broken in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CuuoVF5IY
Hum Fixed in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvKP0bXIVhs

Transcript

1. Localization, Explained
   !"#$%&'()*+,
   360iDev | Denver, CO | August 2015
   by Ellen Shapiro | @designatednerd
   vokal.io | justhum.com | designatednerd.com
   

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2. Internationalization, Explained
   !"#$%&'()*+,
   360iDev | Denver, CO | August 2015
   by Ellen Shapiro | @designatednerd
   vokal.io | justhum.com | designatednerd.com
   

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3. 69%
   of apple's revenue is from outside the U.S
   

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4. 41%
   of iOS users are from China and Japan
   

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5. Languages
   Names
   Dates, Times and Time Zones
   Numbers and Measurements
   

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6. Languages
   

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7. Languages
   are more complicated than you realize
   

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8. http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp
   

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9. How your app knows
   what language to use
   

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11. How to tell the system
    what to translate
    

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28. Language Tips!
    

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29. Localized String
    Convenience Class/Struct
    

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32. Twine
    

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34. Don't forget to localize
    accessibility strings
    

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35. Languages You Don't Understand
    Affect Your UI
    

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36. Sometimes Things get
    Much Much Much Much Longer
    

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37. ! German !
    

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38. Privacy Policy
    Datenschutz-Bestimmugen
    

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39. Privacy Policy
    Datenschutz-Bestimmugen
    

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40. Sometimes Things get
    short
    

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41. ! Japanese !
    

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42. No Smoking
    
    

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43. No Smoking
    
    

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44. Pseudolanguages and
    Officially Supported Languages
    

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48. Watch out for
    Composed characters
    

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50. Bah, Hum Bug
    

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55. Sometimes Things Go
    thgiR
    ot
    tfeL
    

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56. Sometimes Things Go
    Right
    to
    Left
    

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57. ! Hebrew & Arabic "
    

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58. NEW iOS 9 Toy:
    Automatic RTL Support
    

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61. Names
    

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62. Names
    are more complicated than you realize
    

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63. Order and Meaning
    differ across languages
    

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64. NEW iOS 9 Toy:
    NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter
    

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65. NEW in iOS 9:
    NS Person Name Components Formatter
    

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68. Name Components Formatter
    Pitfalls
    

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69. Legal name
    vs.
    Preferred name
    

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70. Language
    vs. Locale
    

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71. Dates, Times,
    and Timezones
    

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73. Dates, Times,
    and Timezones
    are more complicated than you realize
    

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75. NSDateFormatter
    

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77. NSDateComponents
    let apple do the math for you
    

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78. NSTimeZone
    because nobody likes daylight savings time
    

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79. NSCalendar
    Who you callin' Gregorian?
    

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81. Numbers and
    Measurements
    

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82. Numbers and
    Measurements
    you know these are complicated
    

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87. TEH Codez
    https://github.com/designatednerd/LocalizationExplained
    

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88. Tools
    » Twine: https://www.mobiata.com/blog/2012/02/08/
    twine-string-management-ios-mac-os-x
    » Genstrings across multiple directories: http://
    stackoverflow.com/questions/2744401/how-to-use-
    genstrings-across-multiple-directories
    

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89. Recommended Reading/Viewing: Not Apple
    » Laura Savino at AltConf: https://realm.io/news/
    altconf-laura-savino-localization-because-n-est-
    pas-por-todo-el-mundo/
    » Tom Scott: The Problem With Time And Timezones:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY
    

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90. Recommended Reading: Apple
    » Internationalization and Localization Guide:
    https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/
    documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPInternational/
    Introduction/Introduction.html
    » How iOS Determines the Language For Your App
    https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1828/
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91. Recommended Viewing: Apple
    WWDC 2015
    » 222: New UIKit Support for International User
    Interfaces
    » 227: What's New In Internationalization
    WWDC 2014
    » 201: Advanced Topics in Internationalization
    » 412: Localizing With Xcode 6
    

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92. Photo Credits
    » Matthew McConaughey in True Detective © HBO, used
    for illustrative purposes only.
    

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