[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Localization of text

[Heiko Tietze]

Presentation > Text
* Take care about localization of your project. 

http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/localization

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== Purpose ==
KDE address a world wide audience and is therefore fully localized. Localization means to adopt language, text layout, numerals as well as cultural aspects and regulatory compliance. 

== Examples ==

== Guidelines ==
* Provide bidirectional mode dependent to language (left-to-right vs. right-to-left).
* Allow translation with multiple plural forms.
* Design GUI with enough room for long captions.
* Allow users to choose currency and metric system (kg vs. lb, miles vs. km)
* Take cultural comprehension of icons (Red Cross vs. Red Crescent) into account. 
* Do not localize standard [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Keyboard_Shortcuts|short-cuts]].

== Implementation ==

[[Category:Usability]][[Category: Presentation]][[Category:Text]]


I guess there could be added a lot by the devs...

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