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How  MeetMe  went  i18n  (on  Android)   Dallas  Gutauckis   @DallasGutauckis   [email protected]   DallasGutauckis.com   github.com/DallasGutauckis    

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DALLAS  GUTAUCKIS  

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Dallas  Gutauckis  (me)   §  Sr.  Architect  @  MeetMe   §  Amateur  photographer  and   designer   §  Programmer,  Developer,   Engineer,  Architect,  ScienFst  

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Why  interna=onalize?   §  MeetMe  sees  internaFonalizing  as  mutually  beneficial   –  Users  get  a  beKer  experience  with  naFve  language  support   –  Large  potenFal  market  outside  of  English-­‐speaking  market  

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CONTEXT   (before  and  aHer)  

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Before   AHer  

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Stringify  early,  stringify  oHen   §  Use  strings  liberally     Hello, World!

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Pluralize!   §  Got  a  string  that  has  a  variable  number  in  it?  Use  plurals!   Hello, one world! Hello, %d worlds!

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Strings   §  Use  ‘em  how  they’re  designed  to  be  used  (and  more)   –  Strings   –  Plurals   –  Arrays   –  (more)  Gender-­‐focused  OR  gender-­‐neutral  strings   §  First  thing  we  had  to  reconcile  out  of  the  gate   §  We  started  with  ~850  pre-­‐exisFng  strings  entries  (we  were  lucky  to   have  had  the  foresight  to  do  this  much)   §  Ended  with  ~910  

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Yeah…  

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Transla=ng   §  IniFal  translaFons   –  Machine  translate!   –  Prove  it  out.  Test  it.  

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Addressing  layout  issues   §  Designed  to  fit   –  Determine  ways  to  abbreviate.  Brevity  will  typically   benefit  you  anyway.    

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Addressing  layout  issues   §  Designed  to  flex   –  Update  the  layout  to  resolve  any  hard-­‐coded   dimensions  and  be  more  flexible   o  ScrollView  is  your  friend   o  HorizontalScrollView  too   o  AutoResizeTextView  (online)  

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Localizing   §  Dates   –  Calendar,  Date   –  DateUFls   §  Numbers   –  NumberFormat   o  Decimals   o  Grouping  (thousands)   o  Currency   o  Etc   §  Distances  

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On  depending  on  APIs   §  Success/error  messages   –  Whoops   –  Error  types  and  codes  corresponding  to  specific  errors   o  Invalid  credenFals?  AuthExcepFon#0x01   §  Huge  and/or  variable  lists  of  anything   –  Region  names   –  Random  quesFons  

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Human  Transla=ons   §  NaFve  speaker  translaFons  (outsourced)   §  NaFve  speaker  reviews  (in-­‐house)/QA  review   §  Iterate   §  In-­‐house  reviews   §  Release  

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Keeping  sane   §  TranslaFon  management  can  be  a  lot  of  work.  Automate.   §  Ongoing  development  includes  automated  translaFon  process   –  Keeps  developers  from  having  to  deal  with  logisFcs  of  translaFon  management  

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THINGS  YOU  SHOULD   BE  AWARE  OF…  

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1.  EVERYTHING  

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Be  pessimis=c   §  Don’t  assume  you  understand  internaFonalizaFon   §  Quotes   §  Ellipses   §  Wikipedia  is  your  friend!  

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What  are  the  best  devices  to  confirm  with?   §  Nexus  One   §  Nexus  S   §  Galaxy  Nexus   §  Nexus  7   §  Nexus  4  

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FIN  

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Q&A   Dallas  Gutauckis   @DallasGutauckis   [email protected]   DallasGutauckis.com   github.com/DallasGutauckis